VARIANT datatype of C++ into C#
c#, c++, type-conversion, variant
Solution
This is a tricky question.
From C# 4, you can use dynamic to indicate that the type is known at run-time.
By my personal understanding, however, c++ requires the type known at compile time. Thus you might consider to use `object`, but `object` in C# is an existent type.
For the concept of multi-type, single value (AKA polymorphism) of VARIANT, you would not need to find a corresponding type in C#, just define your classes and interfaces. You can always reference an object as its interface which the class implements.
If you are porting the code, and to figure out a syntax that you can simply use in LHS and for the considering of the type is known at compile time, then use var.
Problem
What is equivalent of the VARIANT datatype of C++ in C#? I have code in C++ which uses the VARIANT datatype. How can I convert that code in C#?