ASP.NET MVC generic base view class

I can have a base class for views in an MVC project like this: ``` public class BaseViewPage : System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage { public string Something { get; set; } } ``` And then in the ASPX I can do this: ``` <%@ Page Something="foo" Language="C#" Inherits="MyNamespace.BaseViewPage" %> ``` This works fine; the problem is when I try to do the same with the generic version: ``` public class BaseViewPage<TModel> : System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<TModel> where TModel : class { public string Something { get; set; } } ``` When I try to use this from the ASPX, like this: ``` <%@ Page Something="foo" Language="C#" Inherits="MyNamespace.BaseViewPage<SomeClass>" %> ``` I get the error message: Error parsing attribute 'something': Type 'System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage' does not have a public property named 'something'. Notice how it tries to use System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage rather than my BaseViewPage class. To make it more interesting, if I remove the "Something" attribute from the Page directive and put some code in the generic version of BaseViewPage (OnInit for example) the class is actually called / used / instantiated. So, am I doing something wrong or is this a limitation / bug? Thanks.