Various casting methods in ActionScript 3

Question

What's the difference between:

Car(someObject).isRacing; 

and

 (someObject as Car).isRacing; 

Answer 1

Here is an earlier topic on the same topic, you will find many details there.

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Answer 2

Casting using Car(someObject) will Car(someObject) error if someObject is not of type Car or does not extend Car, while someObject as Car will simply return null if any object is not of type Car or extends Car.