iOS Question [B4X] Casting recomendation

[Andrew (Digitwell)]

With the introduction of casting in the latest versions of the B4X family, I was wondering if it is now recommended to cast all returns from items such as maps.

for example

I have plenty of if statements where I use

if (thismap.getdefault("SomeValue",False)) then
...
end if

is it now recommended to use

if (thismap.getdefault("SomeValue",False).As(Boolean)) then
...
end if

 

[agraham]

If it works you don't need it and it just adds meaningless bloat to your code. B4X weak typing already mostly takes care of it for you. Casting is intended to minimise your code, not maximise it!

 

[Andrew (Digitwell)]

Fair enough.
I know there are type conversion issues with

if (mymap.getdefault("value",-1) = 1) then
....
end if

which is solved by adding As(Int) or switching the arguments, so I was just wondering if the same was true for boolean.

Cheers

 

[agraham]

I was just wondering if the same was true for boolean.

It is the the same for all types. I just remember that it is the type of the left hand item that determines the type of the comparison.