[Mono-list] implicit, explicit, and why does C# have these?

[Luciano Callero]

Yes, it is a good think (for me) beacause you can not mistake and lost data.


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>David La Motta wrote:
> > Thanks for the explanation.  I can see how the implicit operator can
> > be useful in the example you describe; still, I think it wasn't
> > necessary for C# to expose them to us.  I.e., let us deal with the
> > explicit casts and spare the confusion they may cause.  In other
> > words, an implicit cast from a Pear object to a Truck object can seem
> > quite odd, assuming their inheritance tree has nothing in common.
>
>Sure, but would you really want to be required to use an explicit cast when
>converting an int to a long?
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