Are implicity/explicit conversion methods inherited in C#?

Question

I\'m not sure what I\'m doing wrong here. I have a generic class, which is basically a glorified integer, with a few methods for certain string formatting, as well as into/from

Answer 1

The conversion/operator methods are a convenience but as others have noted, they're not always going to do what you want. Particularly, if the compiler doesn't see the right types on both sides of the = sign, it won't even consider your conversion/operator. This is why if you do the following you get a compiler warning:

object str = "hello";
if ( str == "hello" ) {
}

Furthermore, custom conversions are not considered when using the as/is keywords.

When thinking about implementing an explicit/implicit conversion, you should also consider implementing IConvertible and/or implementing a TypeConverter. This gives you a lot more flexibility when having a base class handle type conversions.