Using Prefix vs As casts in C#

Sarang Date

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Yesterday during code review, one suggestion that came up from the reviewer was to always use Prefix-casting instead of As-casting in our code and that brings out the question why? The answer lies in choosing a tradeoff between reliability and performance. The primary difference between...

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