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TypeOf or Enumeration ?

Hi guys,

When deriving classes from a base class, I often find myself to use an
enumeration
to keep track fo the derived object type. I set it at New().

(I am aware that using overrides I hardly need to keep track of the
derived types,
but there are situation where they need to be "sorted out". )

This way I do not have to use TypeOf when I need to determine the
type of the derived class (for instance when doing some iteration
on parent objects).

I find handy to use the enumeration and also have a suspect it
can be slightly faster than TypeOf.

I would like to hear your opinion on this practice.

-P

Oct 18 '06 #1
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