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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:01:00 -0000
From: kartick Vaddadi <kartick_vaddadi@yahoo.com>
Subject: automatic casting
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in code such as this:

if (o instanceof Dog)
    {
    Dog d = (Dog)o;
    d.bark();
    . . .
    }

why not eliminate the requirement to cast, since the
instanceof ensures that the object is of the right
type;i.e., u should be able to write:

if(o instanceof Dog)
    {
    o.bark();
    . . .
    }

what do u think?
-kartick


	
		
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