>>Hi everybody,
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>>Quite often when I need to compare, say, two values where one is a constant, I need to put (Int16) in front of that constant to avoid a compile error. I am wondering is there a way to somehow automatically make 0 to be Int16 without explicitly boxing it?
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>>Thanks in advance.
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>I think you mean 'casting' rather than 'boxing' ?
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>How are you declaring the constant ?

Here is one of the samples (I introduce the constant inline same way as in the VFP code I am translating):

DateTime admission_end = this.dtScan.Date.AddDays(Math.Max(admissions, (Int16)1)).AddSeconds(-1);