> >
> >> Sorry, I'll drop this point.
> >>
> >> It would have been really really simple when the language was
> conceived
> >> to consider that a simple test for object existance should not
> require
> >> the
> >> specification of a null constant;
> >
> > It would make things very weird, things like !((object) true)) would
> > return
> > true.
> >
> >
>
> How does that expression even mean anything?
> Wouldn't you get like expected operator before true ?
>
> {
>
> bool whatever = true;
> 16: if( !((whatever)true)))
> Console.WriteLine( "true" );
> else
> Console.WriteLine( false" );
> }
>
'(object)' is a cast, a full sample to make it easier to understand:
{
object o = false;
if (!o)
Console.WriteLine ("true");
else
Console.WriteLine ("false");
}
would print false (or is it true? I can't really make my head around this)
Rolf
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