[Mono-bugs] [Bug 50840][Wis] New - Cannot cast to System.IConvertible from System.Enum

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http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=50840

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+Bug#: 50840
+Product: Mono/MCS
+Version: unspecified
+OS: 
+OS Details: Debian Unstable of 2003-11-12
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Wishlist
+Component: Misc
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: gs234-mono-bugzilla@srcf.ucam.org               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Cannot cast to System.IConvertible from System.Enum
+
+Description of Problem:
+MCS cannot cast to System.IConvertible from System.Enum.
+
+Steps to reproduce the problem:
+
+$ cat > test.cs
+using System;
+
+class Test
+{
+  enum MyEnum { A, B, C, D };
+  static void Main ()
+  {
+    MyEnum ee = MyEnum.C;
+    int i = (int) (System.IConvertible) (System.Enum) ee;
+  }
+}
+$ mcs test.cs
+
+Actual Results:
+test.cs(9) error CS0030: Cannot convert type 'System.Enum' to
+'System.IConvertible'
+Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warnings
+
+Expected Results:
+Compilation succeeded.
+
+Additional Information:
+
+This problem was encountered while trying to get the SML.NET compiler from
+http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/TSG/SMLNET/ working with Mono.  The same
+error occurs when compiling smlnet/src/clr/getmeta.cs .