Difference in car type in the same example

[GrosFrelon]

Type of issue

Other (describe below)

Description

Description

The declaration of the variable car2 in TestCars1 differs between the presentation of the standalone snippet test at the beginning of the article and the final code at the end.
The snippet declare car2 as a Car

Car car2 = new ConvertibleCar();

However in the full project listing at the end, the same car2 is declared as a ConvertibleCar

ConvertibleCar car2 = new ConvertibleCar();

The output is the same either way, but it's confusing. It's writent that "The type of the object is ConvertibleCar" and for the other car, the Minivan, the declared type is that of the derived class. Since TestCars2 already tests the case where all object have type Car, the final code seems more accurate.

Suggested fix

Update the standalone snippet of TestCars1 to match the full listing, i.e. use:

ConvertibleCar car2 = new ConvertibleCar();

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/knowing-when-to-use-override-and-new-keywords

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/knowing-when-to-use-override-and-new-keywords.md

Document Version Independent Id

c88cfd2b-fdee-64eb-c26c-4d808e82e8b6

Platform Id

b04bd07e-965d-f8c1-0ffe-fb4c35394fba

Article author

@BillWagner

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• PlatformId: b04bd07e-965d-f8c1-0ffe-fb4c35394fba
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• Sub-service: fundamentals

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