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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Parameter resolution for integer types doesn't work in some cases","articleBody":"### Environment\r\n\r\n-   Pythonnet version: master\r\n-   Python version: 3.7\r\n-   Operating System: Windows 10\r\n-   .NET Runtime: .NET 4.8\r\n\r\n### Details\r\n\r\n-   Describe what you were trying to get done.\r\n\r\n  Calling .NET methods from Python\r\n\r\n-   What commands did you run to trigger this issue? \r\n\r\nGiven a class like the following, any value you pass for address to the first MethodA will cause the exception underneath, it looks like because when needsResolution is true, the Converter will see the the value as an Int32 in GetTypeByAlias since in 3.7 there is no distinction between int and long anymore.\r\n\r\n```csharp\r\npublic class MethodResolutionInt\r\n    {\r\n        public IEnumerable\u003cbyte\u003e MethodA(ulong address, int size)\r\n        {\r\n            return new byte[10];\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        public int MethodA(string dummy, ulong address, int size)\r\n        {\r\n            return 0;\r\n        }\r\n    }\r\n```\r\n\r\n```python\r\nmri = MethodResolutionInt()\r\ndata = list(mri.MethodA(0x1000, 10))\r\nassert len(data) == 10\r\nassert data[0] == 0\r\n\r\ndata = list(mri.MethodA(0x100000000, 10))\r\nassert len(data) == 10\r\nassert data[0] == 0\r\n```\r\n\r\n-   If there was a crash, please include the traceback here.\r\n\r\n```\r\nPython.Runtime.PythonException: Expected UInt64, got Int32\r\n\r\nThe above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:\r\nPython.Runtime.PythonException: Expected UInt64, got Int32\r\n\r\nThe above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:\r\n\r\nSystem.ArgumentException: Expected UInt64, got Int32 in method System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[System.Byte] MethodA(UInt64, Int32) ---\u003e Python.Runtime.PythonException: Expected UInt64, got Int32\r\n   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---\r\n\r\nThe above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:\r\nPython.Runtime.PythonException: Expected UInt64, got Int32\r\n\r\nThe above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:\r\n\r\nSystem.ArgumentException: Expected UInt64, got Int32 in method System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[System.Byte] MethodA(UInt64, Int32) ---\u003e Python.Runtime.PythonException: Expected UInt64, got Int32\r\n   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---\r\n\r\nThe above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:\r\n\r\nSystem.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---\u003e System.ArgumentException: Expected UInt64, got Int32 in method System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[System.Byte] MethodA(UInt64, Int32) ---\u003e Python.Runtime.PythonException: Expected UInt64, got Int32\r\n   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---\r\n   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---\r\n---\u003e (Inner Exception #0) System.ArgumentException: Expected UInt64, got Int32 in method System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[System.Byte] MethodA(UInt64, Int32) ---\u003e Python.Runtime.PythonException: Expected UInt64, got Int32\r\n   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---\u003c---\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\nI have a PR almost ready with A solution to the issue, but it may not be the correct solution.\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/slide","@type":"Person","name":"slide"},"datePublished":"2021-08-21T00:50:50.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/1523/pythonnet/issues/1523"}