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Title:

Introduce java casting using an "as" operator

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Status/Resolution/Reason: Closed/Deferred/EnhancementRequired

Reporter/Name(from Bugbase): Luis Majano / Luis Majano (Luis Majano)

Created: 04/04/2014

Components: Language

Versions: 11.0

Failure Type: Enhancement Request

Found In Build/Fixed In Build: PublicBeta /

Priority/Frequency: Trivial / Unknown

Locale/System: English / Mac All

Vote Count: 2

It would be great to introduce an "as" operator instead of calling functions to do casting as it can be tedious and non-productive.

var integer = "4" as integer;
var null = "" as null;
var string  = "" as string;
var arrayOfStrings = "" as string[];

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Watson Bug ID:	3737415

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Vote by External U.
12853 | July 01, 2015 03:05:55 AM GMT
Big +1 on this ER. +++++++++++++++++++
Vote by External U.
12854 | July 01, 2015 02:00:05 PM GMT