diff --git a/docs/guides/concepts/entities.md b/docs/guides/concepts/entities.md index a38651829..3a5d5496b 100644 --- a/docs/guides/concepts/entities.md +++ b/docs/guides/concepts/entities.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Discord API. ### Inheritance Due to the nature of the Discord API, some entities are designed with -multiple variants, for example, `SocketUser` and `SocketGuildUser`. +multiple variants; for example, `SocketUser` and `SocketGuildUser`. All models will contain the most detailed version of an entity possible, even if the type is less detailed. @@ -61,8 +61,11 @@ a variant of the type that you need. ### Tips Avoid using boxing-casts to coerce entities into a variant, use the -`as` keyword, and a null-conditional operator. +[`as`] keyword, and a null-conditional operator instead. -This allows you to write safer code, and avoid InvalidCastExceptions. +This allows you to write safer code and avoid [InvalidCastExceptions]. -For example, `(message.Author as SocketGuildUser)?.Nickname`. \ No newline at end of file +For example, `(message.Author as SocketGuildUser)?.Nickname`. + +[`as`]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/as +[InvalidCastExceptions]: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.invalidcastexception(v=vs.110).aspx \ No newline at end of file