when you use `as?` that will effectively wrap it in a try catch and return null if the cast fails

# getting-started

[trevjones]

when you use as? that will effectively wrap it in a try catch and return null if the cast fails

[orangy]

That’s incorrect, it is equivalent to if (a is X) a else null

[adam-mcneilly]

Oooh that's even better.

[trevjones]

clarification much appreciated. I have never looked at the output bytecode