c# Casting v As operator
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Sorry - wrong. The answer's a, because it's better.
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B. Because apart from what others have mentioned in favor of b, it will automagically do a QueryInterface as well in case of a COM interface call.
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Good point, I suppose not many noobies would know about QueryInterface, ah those were the days. :)
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Good point, I suppose not many noobies would know about QueryInterface, ah those were the days. :)
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Yeah... I always ended up using CComPtr to avoid reference-leak issues. MS should have banned direct use of QueryInterface and CoCreateInstance anyway. RAII should have been the way from onset.
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For those using c#, what do you prefer? A.
SomeObject obj = (SomeObject) e;
or B.
SomeObject obj = e as SomeObject;
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If an illegal cast is an exceptional (woah, that should never happen) situation, then (a) If there's a possibility that through normal use the cast might be invalid (e.g. Plug-in tpye code), then (b), followed by an If to check for Null. -Richard
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Yeah... I always ended up using CComPtr to avoid reference-leak issues. MS should have banned direct use of QueryInterface and CoCreateInstance anyway. RAII should have been the way from onset.
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I used raw COM when the COM specs where first released, wow you needed a ton of code to do a small task. But it did give me background on the workings of COM.
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If an illegal cast is an exceptional (woah, that should never happen) situation, then (a) If there's a possibility that through normal use the cast might be invalid (e.g. Plug-in tpye code), then (b), followed by an If to check for Null. -Richard
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Richard A. Dalton wrote:
Plug-in tpye code
That's the only situation I could eve think off, normally you should be aware if the cast would fail or not.
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I used raw COM when the COM specs where first released, wow you needed a ton of code to do a small task. But it did give me background on the workings of COM.
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For those using c#, what do you prefer? A.
SomeObject obj = (SomeObject) e;
or B.
SomeObject obj = e as SomeObject;
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It depends on what you're trying to do, the two things are different. If you're certain e is a SomeObject then I'd cast it. If it may or may not be I'd usually use the as keyword, in which case obj would be null if it isn't a SomeObject as opposed to throwing an exception.
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There seems to be alot of white space in your sig.
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Possibly a font-problem on your end? It looks roughly like: W**.'.** Balboos - the three punctuation-like characters being the HTML character code:
& there4;(space put in after & so it doesn't render)"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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Oh that brings back memories, and forgetting idl files :)
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Possibly a font-problem on your end? It looks roughly like: W**.'.** Balboos - the three punctuation-like characters being the HTML character code:
& there4;(space put in after & so it doesn't render)"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
Not your name, your sig:
W∴ Balboos wrote:
Possibly a font-problem on your end?
It looks roughly like: W**.'.** Balboos - the three punctuation-like characters being the HTML character code:& there4;(space put in after & so it doesn't render)"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
There's a lot of white space...
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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It's a debate, not a question.
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To be or not to be.? That is a question. :-D
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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To be or not to be.? That is a question. :-D
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
Nope wrong, you've omitted the ? mark. ;)
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Nope wrong, you've omitted the ? mark. ;)
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Did I?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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Did I?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
The hand is quicker than the I eye.
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a. Throw back from C++ programming.
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Wrong - a is C-style casting, not C++
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Wrong - a is C-style casting, not C++
Splitting hairs :)
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Norm .net wrote:
Good point.
Holy cr_p! I'm going to the pub, we'll see what comes out after lunch! :laugh:
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:beer:
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Which is exactly why this is more of a programming question than a "lifestyle choice" question.
I'd say more of a debate, but as we all know rules of the lounge, I'd say just go along with it and chill :)
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True, but you should know beforehand if the casting is correct.
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If you do know something is not gonna be null, the cast is more efficient.