Re: Cool! A Variant in Delphi.NET is just a TObject!

Joanna Carter [TeamB] wrote:

Hmmm, sounds like generics to me ;-)

Not a bit. The whole point of generics is to get rid of the need for
casting, and untyped params are all about casting.

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