Error thrown on List initialization

Why would this yield a 'Method name expected' error? (The part under new List[10] is squiggly 开发者_运维知识库underlined.)

List<int>[] whatever = new List<int>[10]();

List<int>[] whatever = new List<int>[10];

The syntax for initializing an array doesn't need parentheses. If you're trying to initialize a List with a starting capacity of 10, use:

List<int> whatever = new List<int>(10);