[fpc-pascal] casting interfaces and objects

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

2008/5/18 Marc Santhoff <M.Santhoff at t-online.de>:
> Since the compiler dod not warn about using the "as" operator I assume
> it is safe? Like this:
>
> procedure TObservable.DeRegister( obsv: IObserver );
> var
>        i: integer;
> begin
>        if (fObservers.count<=0) then exit;
>        for i:=0 to fObservers.count-1 do begin
>                if ((fObservers[i] as IObserver)=obsv) then begin


I'm not a big Interfaces expert, but as for as I know using 'as' like
that with Interfaces actually translates to a QueryInterface() call
internally, which is why it is allowed.  I vaguely remember as issue
between CORBA and COM interfaces and the 'as' call, because CORBA
interfaces do not have a QueryInterface() implementation. Well,
something like that... :-)


Regards,
 - Graeme -


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