> On Jan 15, 2022, at 3:24 PM, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-pascal
> <fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
>
> I don't see how an inline variable helps with the casting mess. You'll
> always need a cast.
>
> What I do is Var
> MyInstance : TObject;
> MyNeededClass : TMyNeededClass absolute myInstance:
Yes that's the best option.
Anyways, the case statement in FPC allows for strings which basically fold down
into an if-else statement for comparing strings and this same logic could be
expanded for class types. Seems like a smart extension to add but does the
compiler team support this?
Something like this:
case o.ClassType of
TObject: writeln('TObject');
TInterfacedObject: writeln('TInterfacedObject');
end;
Converts to:
if o.ClassType = TObject then
writeln('TObject')
else if o.ClassType = TInterfacedObject then
writeln('TInterfacedObject');
There is a possibility for using "as" operator also though....
Regards,
Ryan Joseph
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