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c# Casting v As operator

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  • N NormDroid

    Good point, I suppose not many noobies would know about QueryInterface, ah those were the days. :)

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    Aamir Butt
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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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      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.

      A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God

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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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      • R Richard A Dalton

        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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        NormDroid
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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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        • N NormDroid

          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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          Aamir Butt
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          Norm .net wrote:

          wow you needed a ton of code to do a small task

          Check the section "Master Programmer" in this link. :)[^]

          A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God

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          • N NormDroid

            For those using c#, what do you prefer? A.

            SomeObject obj = (SomeObject) e;

            or B.

            SomeObject obj = e as SomeObject;

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            Dave Parker
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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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            • N Nagy Vilmos

              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

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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)

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              • A Aamir Butt

                Norm .net wrote:

                wow you needed a ton of code to do a small task

                Check the section "Master Programmer" in this link. :)[^]

                A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God

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                Oh that brings back memories, and forgetting idl files :)

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                • W W Balboos GHB

                  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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                  Nagy Vilmos
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                  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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                  • N NormDroid

                    It's a debate, not a question.

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                    Nagy Vilmos
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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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                    • N Nagy Vilmos

                      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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                      NormDroid
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                      Nope wrong, you've omitted the ? mark. ;)

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                      • N NormDroid

                        Nope wrong, you've omitted the ? mark. ;)

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                        Nagy Vilmos
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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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                        • N Nagy Vilmos

                          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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                          NormDroid
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                          The hand is quicker than the I eye.

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                          • N NormDroid

                            a. Throw back from C++ programming.

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                            Quirkafleeg
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                            Wrong - a is C-style casting, not C++

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                            • Q Quirkafleeg

                              Wrong - a is C-style casting, not C++

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                              NormDroid
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                              Splitting hairs :)

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                              • N Nagy Vilmos

                                Norm .net wrote:

                                Good point.

                                Holy cr_p! I'm going to the pub, we'll see what comes out after lunch! :laugh:


                                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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                                NormDroid
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                                :beer:

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                                • H hairy_hats

                                  Which is exactly why this is more of a programming question than a "lifestyle choice" question.

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                                  NormDroid
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                                  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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                                  • N NormDroid

                                    True, but you should know beforehand if the casting is correct.

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                                    Fabio Franco
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                                    If you do know something is not gonna be null, the cast is more efficient.

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                                    • N NormDroid

                                      For those using c#, what do you prefer? A.

                                      SomeObject obj = (SomeObject) e;

                                      or B.

                                      SomeObject obj = e as SomeObject;

                                      www.software-kinetics.co.uk Wear a hard hat it's under construction

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                                      Sahir Shah
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                                      The second one sounds like some kind of hominid comrade Norm.

                                      Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

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                                      • F Fabio Franco

                                        If you do know something is not gonna be null, the cast is more efficient.

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                                        NormDroid
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                                        To add... and the cast is a qualified cast.

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                                        • S Sahir Shah

                                          The second one sounds like some kind of hominid comrade Norm.

                                          Und wenn du lange in einen abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein.

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                                          NormDroid
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                                          Don't fancy seeing your code if you think b. looks like a great ape :rolleyes:

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