[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: Type compatibility between HANDLE and Progress.Lang.Object

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I know that would work but it seemed redundant, if there was some compatibility between the two. Eg a built-in method like GET-HANDLE(p_Object) or GET-OBJECT(p_Handle). Even a built-in boxing class would do the trick if it existed (eg NEW Progress.Lang.HandleBox(p_Handle). Also, my question is not really about a class, it's about a generic interface that would be implemented by classes. It would be unfortunate if all implementations had to be cluttered with the two variations of DoAction, even though 99% would be working with the p_Object and only 1% would ever care about the p_Handle.

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