I'm facing the problem that C# in my case can't cast the number 1 to bool. In my scenario (bool)intValue doesn't work. I get an InvalidCastException. I know I can use Convert.ToBoolean(...) but I'm just wondering it doesn't work. Any explanation for this?
My code is
if (actualValueType.Name == "Boolean" || setValueType.Name == "Boolean")
{
if ((bool)actualValue != (bool)setValue)
...
}
If all you want is not to have to type the != 0 in if (foo != 0), you could make an extension method for the int type and do something like if (foo.IsNonZero()).
If C# allowed for extension properties, you would be able to write if (foo.IsNonZero) without the parentheses, which in my opinion would read more clearly than the original if (foo != 0), but sadly, that is currently not the case.
You're probably better off with the previously suggested Convert.ToBoolean(foo) either way, though.