Comments on: Automatic Casting Using XML http://jacwright.com/blog/57/automatic-casting-using-xml/ Flex, AIR, PHP, etc. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tyler Wright http://jacwright.com/blog/57/automatic-casting-using-xml/comment-page-1/#comment-8413 Tyler Wright Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:04 +0000 http://jacwright.com/blog/57/automatic-casting-using-xml/#comment-8413 The casting isn't quite pure. XML("true") is still of type XML, and so <code>trace(XML("true") === true);</code> outputs <em>false</em>. The comparison <code>XML("56") == 56</code> returns true, but the expression <code>XML("56") + 1</code> evaluates to 561. I'm still hoping to find one more step that can bring this solution home, I'd really like an easy method for simple-type casting like this. The casting isn’t quite pure. XML(“true”) is still of type XML, and so trace(XML("true") === true); outputs false. The comparison XML("56") == 56 returns true, but the expression XML("56") + 1 evaluates to 561.

I’m still hoping to find one more step that can bring this solution home, I’d really like an easy method for simple-type casting like this.

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