Intrinsic Procedure __as__

'__as__' function

The __as__ function is used to create user defined conversions between types

Declaration

There are two primary ways of declaring __as__.

When using a regular definition, the conversion will require explicit use of cast or as to take effect.

func __as__(from FromType) ToType {

}

result ToType = from as ToType

When the implicit keyword is thrown out in front, then the conversion will not require cast or as to take effect. It will perform conversions between types even when the cast is never explicitly invoked.

implicit func __as__(from FromType) ToType {

}

result ToType = from

See user defined conversions for more information