Generic method to type casting

Question

I\'m trying to write generic method to cast types. I want write something like Cast.To(variable) instead of (Type) variable. My wrong versi

Answer 1

Instance a is an object to the moment of casting to B. Not A type, but object. So, it is impossible to cast object to B because of CLR can not know, that o contains explicit operator.
EDIT:
Yeah! Here is solution:

public class Cast
{
    public static T1 To(dynamic o)
    {
        return (T1) o;
    }
}

Now CLR exactly knows, that o is an instance of type A and can call the explicit operator.