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| From | markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: question about casting and inheritance |
| Date | 2014-01-09 13:00 -0800 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <lan2l6$657$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <5dfabbeb-9201-488d-b56b-e1cef3913c92@googlegroups.com> |
On 1/9/2014 10:48 AM, marc.at.compass@gmail.com wrote: > a=b; > b=(B)a; > Why is it the line b=(B)a; doesn't give me a ClassCastException during runtime? Because the line above assigns 'b' to 'a'. It's actually the only interesting thing inside the program. The second line with the cast is a tautology: it casts 'b' to a 'B'. A more explicit naming scheme for your variables would help a lot to understand this.
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question about casting and inheritance marc.at.compass@gmail.com - 2014-01-09 10:48 -0800
Re: question about casting and inheritance leif.roar@invalid.com (Leif Roar Moldskred) - 2014-01-09 13:03 -0600
Re: question about casting and inheritance Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-01-09 14:07 -0500
Re: question about casting and inheritance markspace <markspace@nospam.nospam> - 2014-01-09 13:00 -0800
Re: question about casting and inheritance Ricardo Palomaes <rpmdisguise-java@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-09 23:24 +0100
Re: question about casting and inheritance Ricardo Palomares <rpmdisguise-java@nowhere.com> - 2014-01-12 12:20 +0100
Re: question about casting and inheritance Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2014-01-10 03:04 -0800
Re: question about casting and inheritance Arved Sandstrom <asandstrom2@eastlink.ca> - 2014-01-11 09:38 -0400
Re: question about casting and inheritance Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-01-10 16:36 -0800
Re: question about casting and inheritance marc.at.compass@gmail.com - 2014-01-11 08:01 -0800
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