How do I check if a given value is a generic list?

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For you guys that enjoy the use of extension methods:

public static bool IsGenericList(this object o)
{
    var oType = o.GetType();
    return (oType.IsGenericType && (oType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(List<>)));
}

So, we could do:

if(o.IsGenericList())
{
 //...
}

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