[Mono-list] Compilation Error

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> /browser.cs(257) error CS0019: Operator == cannot be applied to
> operands of type `Monodoc.Tabs' and `object'
> 
> The code that fails is:
> 
> 256://Add the Tab
> 257: if(tabs == null) {
> 258: tabs = new Tabs(tb);
> 259:} else {
> 260: tabs.tabsList.Add(tb);
> 261:}
> 
> I solved the problem doing this:
> if((object)tabs == null) {
> 
> But I don't know why the compiler can't compile the prior version. The
> tabs variable is a reference to an object of type Tabs that inherites
> from Notebook. So, where is the problem?

This is very strange.

In any case, I have a rewrite of this particular chunk of code that
conforms to some updated bits from the new spec.