Using 'as' for value types...

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In many occasions I found code like this (especially in Microsoft's code)

object obj1
num1 = 0
[...
if ((obj1 as short) != 0

num1 = ((short) obj1)


But when I try to do it I get an error on (obj1 as short) saying that "The as operator must be used with a reference type ('short' is a value type)

So how come it works for others but not for me

Thanx
 
Andrew,
In many occasions I found code like this (especially in Microsoft's code):
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I don't think I've ever seen such code. Got any pointers to it?

But when I try to do it I get an error on (obj1 as short) saying that "The as operator must be used with a reference type ('short' is a value type)"

So how come it works for others but not for me?
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It doesn't work. Are you sure you're not confusing it with

if (obj is short) ...



Mattias
 
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