On Nov 14, 2010, at 10:16 PM, Tom Philpot wrote:
> The following code compiled with a warning on Mono 2.7 (as of 147679) but
> has an error in 2.8.
>
> namespace Application
> {
> public class Z {}
>
> public class A<X, Y>
> where Y : Z
> where X : Y
> {
> protected void SomeOperation(Y y)
> {
> X x = y as X;
> }
> }
>
> public class Foo { public static void Main() {} }
> }
>
> /opt/mono-2.8/bin/gmcs CS0413Regression.cs
> CS0413Regression.cs(12,33): error CS0413: The `as' operator cannot be used
> with a non-reference type parameter `X'. Consider adding `class' or a
> reference type constraint
> Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warnings
>
> /opt/mono-r147679/bin/gmcs CS0413Regression.cs
> CS0413Regression.cs(12,27): warning CS0219: The variable `x' is assigned but
> its value is never used
> Compilation succeeded - 1 warning(s)
The error message here is the correct thing to do—as casts are only valid with
reference types, because they can result in null, which is invalid for a value
type. If this raised only a warning in gmcs earlier, it was a bug.
—Bojan
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