[Feature request] Add cast function with sugared syntax
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Problem
MethodScript currently does not have a method to cast to any desired type. This makes it impossible to fully statically type programs such as:
mixed @a = ...;
if(@a instanceof array) {
array @arr = @a; // Typecheck error, need to insert a cast.
}
Proposed solution
- Add a
cast(mixed, classtype)
function that casts the given mixed to the given classtype, or throws aClassCastException
when it can't. - Add
(type) expression
syntax that compiles tocast(expression, type)
.
Note that MethodScript currently does have integer(mixed)
, string(mixed)
, boolean(mixed)
and double(mixed)
that all cast to one specific type.