Comment by mrsmrtss

In your sample there really is no benefit to using the "is" operator over just checking for null (assuming you haven't overloaded the "!=" operator). However, the "is" operator is a lot more powerful, you can match an expression against a pattern with it. Would you say that these samples show no benefit to using the "is" operator?

if (obj is string s) { ... }

if (date is { Month: 10, Day: <=7, DayOfWeek: DayOfWeek.Friday }) { ... }

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