06 Converting An Object Reference To A Different Type

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# Section:    Converting an Object Reference to a Different Type
# Class and interface definitions
positionable := interface() {}
shape := class<abstract>(positionable) {}
triangle := class(shape) {}
square := class(shape) {}

# Create a square object referenced using the superclass type shape
MyShape:shape = square{}

# This will succeed since MySquare is a square object
if(MySquare := square[MyShape]):
    Print("Successfully cast shape to square")

if(MyTriangle := triangle[MyShape]):
    Print("This will never print.")
else:
    Print("Failed to cast MyShape to triangle. This is expected behavior.")

# This will succeed since the positionable interface must be implemented by subclasses of shape
if(MyDrawable := positionable[MyShape]):
    Print("Successfully cast shape to positionable")
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