Useless function

[musefan]

A common one in this forum is functions used that don't actually do anything. Well here is one I have just found too... public static bool ToBoolean(bool value); ...forget where I seen this now :laugh: (no wonder it is seen so often, people obviously read too much documentation lol) PS. I am assuming most no exactly where I found this Convertion function

return 5;

[OriginalGriff]

It not really a horror, is it? It does say it does no conversion in MSDN[^] I would say it is just there to complete the set: Convert.ToInt32 and so forth are there too.

Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

[RobCroll]

Actually very handy if you are passing a object type which has an underlying value of type bool. Good code should always be strongly typed but maybe when dealing with COM objects, this overloaded method could be handy.

[fjdiewornncalwe]

For those who desperately need self-validation.

I wasn't, now I am, then I won't be anymore.

[musefan]

As I said. People post these 'Do Nothing' functions all the time. I was simple pointing this one out as these are obviously OK if MS says so

return 5;

[musefan]

Robert Croll wrote:

Actually very handy if you are passing a object type which has an underlying value of type bool

But this specific function does not take an object. It takes a bool and returns a bool. Just wasted code in any usage

return 5;