On 5-May-07, at 10:08 AM, Charles Yeomans wrote: > > This is exactly what I would expect. What's happening is that the > compiler sees the assignment of a String to a variable of type > Class1. It then looks for an Operator_Convert subroutine with > parameter of type String, which it finds. So it creates a new Class1 > object and calls Operator_Convert. > > That myClass was not nil prior to the execution of this line does not > matter.
One thing that is important is that myClass is declared to be a SuperClass so the operator_convert creates a new instance of the DECLARED type. As Charles said, the fact it was not nil prior to this makes no difference as the use of operator_convert first creates a new instance and does the defined conversion. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
