Question

It seems the compiler is not going let this syntax fly.

void main()
{
  foo(false?0:"");
}

void foo(int i) {return;}
void foo(string s) {return;}

The only other way I can see of fixing this is something as follows:

void bar(object o) 
{
 if (o is string){//do this}
 else{//im an int, do this}
}

Anyone have any better ideas?

Answer 1

You’re example doesn’t make a whole lot of sense (the second example doesn’t relate to the first).

I think the first example would be fine as:

void main()
{
    foo("");
}

Since 0 will never be passed anyway (false is always false) and you can’t use the inline conditional operator without an assignment somewhere (which your example is lacking).

As for the second way, that is probably how I would prefer to see it:

void bar(object o)
{
    if(o is string) foo(o as string);
    else foo((int)o);
}