This one takes 1000ms vs 6500ms but it handles one of the types being
an overflow for the other. I couldn't find a way to detect if there
will be an overflow for a specific value without actually catching the
overflow exception which makes this take much longer. Any ideas?

    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            RunComparisons(CreateComparerLCG);
            RunComparisons(CreateComparerTypeConverter);
        }

        //Comparison types

        private static Func<object, object, bool>
CreateComparerTypeConverter(Type firstType, Type secondType)
        {
            if (firstType == secondType)
                return Equals;

            TypeConverter converterFirstType =
TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(firstType);
            TypeConverter converterSecondType =
TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(secondType);

            return delegate(object first, object second)
            {
                try
                {
                    return object.Equals(
                        first,
                        converterFirstType.ConvertTo(second,
firstType)
                    );
                }
                catch (OverflowException)
                {
                    return object.Equals(
                        second,
                        converterSecondType.ConvertTo(first,
secondType)
                    );
                }
            };
        }

        private static Func<object, object, bool> CreateComparerLCG
(Type firstType, Type secondType)
        {
            if (firstType == secondType)
                return Equals;

            var firstParameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(object),
"first");
            var secondParameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(object),
"second");

            var equalExpression = Expression.Equal(Expression.Convert
(firstParameter, firstType),
                Expression.Convert(Expression.Convert(secondParameter,
secondType), firstType));

            return Expression.Lambda<Func<object, object, bool>>
(equalExpression, firstParameter, secondParameter).Compile();
        }

        private static void RunComparisons(Func<Type, Type,
Func<object, object, bool>> createComparer)
        {
            List<Comparison> comparisonsToMake = new List<Comparison>
{
                new Comparison { item = (byte)1, otherItem = (int)1 },
                new Comparison { item = (int)1, otherItem = (long)1 },
                new Comparison { item = (long)1, otherItem = (float)
1 },
                new Comparison { item = (float)1, otherItem = (double)
1 },
                new Comparison { item = (byte)byte.MaxValue, otherItem
= (int)int.MaxValue, expectedValue = false },
            };

            Program program = new Program();

            Stopwatch watch = new Stopwatch();
            watch.Start();
            for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
            {
                foreach (var comparison in comparisonsToMake)
                {
                    if (program.Compare(comparison, createComparer) !=
comparison.expectedValue)
                        throw new ApplicationException("Comparison
didn't work");
                }
            };
            watch.Stop();
            Console.WriteLine("All comparisons took " +
watch.ElapsedMilliseconds + "ms");
        }

        private class Comparison
        {
            public object item;
            public object otherItem;
            public bool expectedValue = true;
        }

        private bool Compare(Comparison comparison, Func<Type, Type,
Func<object, object, bool>> createComparer)
        {
            object item = comparison.item;
            object otherItem = comparison.otherItem;

            if (item == null | otherItem == null)
                return item == null & otherItem == null;

            var equalityComparer = createComparer(item.GetType(),
otherItem.GetType());

            return equalityComparer(item, otherItem);
        }

    }


On Mar 6, 9:23 am, webpaul <[email protected]> wrote:
> This does it in 93ms vs. 6500ms on my box, could be improved with a
> Dictionary as well. Also, it always converts to the first type so if
> you compare byte.MaxValue with int.MaxValue you get an exception. It
> should convert to the largest type so I'll see what I can do on that
> as well.
>
>         private static Func<object, object, bool>
> CreateComparerTypeConverter(Type firstType, Type secondType)
>         {
>             if (firstType == secondType)
>                 return Equals;
>
>             TypeConverter converterFirstType =
> TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(firstType);
>             TypeConverter converterSecondType =
> TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(firstType);
>
>             return delegate(object first, object second)
>             {
>                 return
>                     object.Equals(
>                         converterFirstType.ConvertTo(first,
> firstType),
>                         converterFirstType.ConvertTo(
>                             converterSecondType.ConvertTo(second,
> secondType),
>                             firstType
>                         )
>                     )
>                 ;
>             };
>         }
>
> On Mar 6, 9:10 am, webpaul <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > It's pretty slow as is - takes 6.5 seconds for 10K iterations. I'm
> > going to try it a few different ways and see which is fastest.
>
> >     class Program
> >     {
> >         static void Main(string[] args)
> >         {
> >             RunComparisons(CreateComparerLCG);
> >         }
>
> >         //Comparison types
>
> >         private static Func<object, object, bool> CreateComparerLCG
> > (Type firstType, Type secondType)
> >         {
> >             if (firstType == secondType)
> >                 return Equals;
>
> >             var firstParameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(object),
> > "first");
> >             var secondParameter = Expression.Parameter(typeof(object),
> > "second");
>
> >             var equalExpression = Expression.Equal(Expression.Convert
> > (firstParameter, firstType),
> >                 Expression.Convert(Expression.Convert(secondParameter,
> > secondType), firstType));
>
> >             return Expression.Lambda<Func<object, object, bool>>
> > (equalExpression, firstParameter, secondParameter).Compile();
> >         }
>
> >         private static void RunComparisons(Func<Type, Type,
> > Func<object, object, bool>> createComparer)
> >         {
> >             List<Comparison> comparisonsToMake = new List<Comparison>
> > {
> >                 new Comparison { item = (byte)1, otherItem = (int)1 },
> >                 new Comparison { item = (int)1, otherItem = (long)1 },
> >                 new Comparison { item = (long)1, otherItem = (float)
> > 1 },
> >                 new Comparison { item = (float)1, otherItem = (double)
> > 1 },
> >             };
>
> >             Program program = new Program();
>
> >             Stopwatch watch = new Stopwatch();
> >             watch.Start();
> >             for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
> >             {
> >                 foreach (var comparison in comparisonsToMake)
> >                 {
> >                     if (!program.Compare(comparison, createComparer))
> >                         throw new ApplicationException("Comparison
> > didn't work");
> >                 }
> >             };
> >             watch.Stop();
> >             Console.WriteLine("All comparisons took " +
> > watch.ElapsedMilliseconds + "ms");
> >         }
>
> >         private class Comparison
> >         {
> >             public object item;
> >             public object otherItem;
> >         }
>
> >         private bool Compare(Comparison comparison, Func<Type, Type,
> > Func<object, object, bool>> createComparer)
> >         {
> >             object item = comparison.item;
> >             object otherItem = comparison.otherItem;
>
> >             if (item == null | otherItem == null)
> >                 return item == null & otherItem == null;
>
> >             var equalityComparer = createComparer(item.GetType(),
> > otherItem.GetType());
>
> >             return equalityComparer(item, otherItem);
> >         }
>
> >     }
>
> > On Mar 5, 11:46 pm, Ayende Rahien <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Stopwatch.StartNew
> > > Please measure.
>
> > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 7:56 PM, webpaul <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > What kind of performance gain is there to what you did compared to
> > > > using a TypeConverter on both objects, then a final comparison of the
> > > > result? Curious if you have looked at that before.
>
> > > > That is creating an expression for each row and compiling it for each
> > > > row, right? I'm guessing the main factor here is performance so if it
> > > > was that big of a concern I wonder if you wouldn't want to make a
> > > > dictionary of them for the unique types encountered, especially since
> > > > most rows are going to have the same columns.
>
> > > > I think I'm going to work up an example app with a few of these
> > > > methods on lots of rows, to try some of these out and see the
> > > > difference. I'll post it here within a few days.
>
> > > > On Mar 4, 6:23 am, Simone Busoli <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > It's the .NET fx, and it's LCG, lightweight code generation.
>
> > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:19, webpaul <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Is there a framework you are using that supports this or is that
> > > > > > something you guys came up with? I see a .compile in there when it 
> > > > > > is
> > > > > > generating that final .Equal statement.
>
> > > > > > On Mar 4, 2:31 am, Simone Busoli <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > I'm creating on the fly a method which performs a comparison of 
> > > > > > > the
> > > > two
> > > > > > > values by coercing them to the same type.
> > > > > > > Say you have:
>
> > > > > > > object a = (int)1;
> > > > > > > object b = (byte)1;
>
> > > > > > > You'd get a.Equals(b) to be false, which is somewhat unexpected.
>
> > > > > > > What I'm doing is this:
>
> > > > > > > ((int)a).Equals((int)(byte)b), which returns true, as expected.
>
> > > > > > > There might be other ways, however.
>
> > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 03:40, webpaul <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > Do you have a link to something that explains the general 
> > > > > > > > concept
> > > > of
> > > > > > > > what is going on there? I haven't ever seen anything like that
> > > > before.
>
> > > > > > > > On Mar 3, 8:06 pm, Simone Busoli <[email protected]> 
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > committed in rev. 2086
>
> > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 20:03, Simone Busoli <
> > > > > > [email protected]
> > > > > > > > >wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > > Right :)  I'm not sure I can take the time in the next few
> > > > days,
> > > > > > > > though,
> > > > > > > > > > but it's on my todo list.
>
> > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 20:01, Ayende Rahien <
> > > > [email protected]>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > >> Go for it :-)That would actually keep us consistent with 
> > > > > > > > > >> the
> > > > > > > > appropriate
> > > > > > > > > >> C# behavior, which is the expected one.
>
> > > > > > > > > >> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Simone Busoli <
> > > > > > > > [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > >>> What about LCG with expressions? They know how to compare
> > > > each
> > > > > > other,
> > > > > > > > > >>> when they know who they are :)
>
> > > > > > > > > >>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 19:52, Ayende Rahien <
> > > > [email protected]>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > >>>> Custom Comparators for the join.We can detect them not 
> > > > > > > > > >>>> being
> > > > of
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > >>>> same type and coerce them to the bigger type
>
> > > > > > > > > >>>> On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 1:49 PM, webpaul <
> > > > [email protected]>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> How are you thinking of doing it? Casting up should 
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> always
> > > > be
> > > > > > safe,
> > > > > > > > so
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> you could always cast any numeric type to double or
> > > > something
> > > > > > like
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> that in order to compare. That way you could compare 1 
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> with
> > > > > > 1.00
> > > > > > > > also.
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> Not sure if that is a perf problem or not though.
>
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> On Feb 22, 11:33 am, Ayende Rahien <[email protected]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > +1
>
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Simone Busoli <
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> [email protected]>wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > Actually, when you're doing a join it would be a 
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > very
> > > > cool
> > > > > > > > feature
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> to have.
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > I spent quite some time wondering why the rows 
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > didn't
> > > > join
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> correctly, and it
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > was because the field on which it was performing the
> > > > join
> > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > an
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> integer on
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > one side and a byte on the other. So far, the 
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > solution
> > > > has
> > > > > > been
> > > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> write
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > tests which ensure that the two sides of the join 
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > have
> > > > the
> > > > > > same
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> field types,
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > but I would like to solve it at the RhinoETL level.
>
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 03:54, webpaul <
> > > > [email protected]
>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > >> Ok, mission accomplished then - Makes sense once 
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > >> you
> > > > think
> > > > > > > > about
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> it. I
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > >> certainly don't have any burning need for it to 
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> > >> work
> > > > and
> > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > easy
> > > > > > > > > >>>>> work
>
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