Error : Cannot implicitly convert type

[77it]

The following code:

IEnumerable<string> list = new List<string>();
Maybe<IEnumerable<string>> maybeList = list;  // line in error

gives me the error

Cannot implicitly convert type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable' to 'CSharpFunctionalExtensions.Maybe<System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable>'

Instead, the following code, works perfectly:

List<string> list = new List<string>();
Maybe<IEnumerable<string>> maybeList = list;

Any hint?

[kitsu]

I just ran into a similar problem. I noticed there is a From static method on the Maybe type though, and it allowed me to work around this problem:

var thing = Maybe<IThing>.From(other.ContainsKey(key) ? other[key] : null);
// thing is now Maybe of IThing