Hello everybody, this is my first message here.

Today I had a problem converting a Long (Int64) to an Integer (Int32). The problem is that my code was always working in 32-bit environments, but when I try THE SAME executable in a 64-bit computer it crashes with a System.OverflowException exception.

I've prepared this test code in VS2008 in a new project with default settings:

Module Module1

    Sub Main()
      Dim alpha As Long = -1
      Dim delta As Integer

      Try
         delta = CInt(alpha And UInteger.MaxValue)
         Console.WriteLine("CINT OK")
         delta = Convert.ToInt32(alpha And UInteger.MaxValue)
         Console.WriteLine("Convert.ToInt32 OK")
      Catch ex As Exception
         Console.WriteLine(ex.GetType().ToString())
      Finally
         Console.ReadLine()
      End Try
   End Sub

End Module

On my 32-bit setups (Windows XP SP3 32-bit and Windows 7 32-bit) it prints "CINT OK", but in the 64-bit computer (Windows 7 64-bit) that I've tested THE SAME executable it prints the exception name only.

Is this behavior documented? I tried to find a reference but failed miserably.

For reference I leave the MSIL code too:

.method public static void  Main() cil managed
{
  .entrypoint
  .custom instance void [mscorlib]System.STAThreadAttribute::.ctor() = ( 01 00 00 00 ) 
  // Code size       88 (0x58)
  .maxstack  2
  .locals init ([0] int64 alpha,
           [1] int32 delta,
           [2] class [mscorlib]System.Exception ex)
  IL_0000:  nop
  IL_0001:  ldc.i4.m1
  IL_0002:  conv.i8
  IL_0003:  stloc.0
  IL_0004:  nop
  .try
  {
    .try
    {
      IL_0005:  ldloc.0
      IL_0006:  ldc.i4.m1
      IL_0007:  conv.u8
      IL_0008:  and
      IL_0009:  conv.ovf.i4
      IL_000a:  stloc.1
      IL_000b:  ldstr      "CINT OK"
      IL_0010:  call       void [mscorlib]System.Console::WriteLine(string)
      IL_0015:  nop
      IL_0016:  ldloc.0
      IL_0017:  ldc.i4.m1
      IL_0018:  conv.u8
      IL_0019:  and
      IL_001a:  call       int32 [mscorlib]System.Convert::ToInt32(int64)
      IL_001f:  stloc.1
      IL_0020:  ldstr      "Convert.ToInt32 OK"
      IL_0025:  call       void [mscorlib]System.Console::WriteLine(string)
      IL_002a:  nop
      IL_002b:  leave.s    IL_0055
    }  // end .try
    catch [mscorlib]System.Exception 
    {
      IL_002d:  dup
      IL_002e:  call       void [Microsoft.VisualBasic]Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.ProjectData::SetProjectError(class [mscorlib]System.Exception)
      IL_0033:  stloc.2
      IL_0034:  nop
      IL_0035:  ldloc.2
      IL_0036:  callvirt   instance class [mscorlib]System.Type [mscorlib]System.Exception::GetType()
      IL_003b:  callvirt   instance string [mscorlib]System.Type::ToString()
      IL_0040:  call       void [mscorlib]System.Console::WriteLine(string)
      IL_0045:  nop
      IL_0046:  call       void [Microsoft.VisualBasic]Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.ProjectData::ClearProjectError()
      IL_004b:  leave.s    IL_0055
    }  // end handler
  }  // end .try
  finally
  {
    IL_004d:  nop
    IL_004e:  call       string [mscorlib]System.Console::ReadLine()
    IL_0053:  pop
    IL_0054:  endfinally
  }  // end handler
  IL_0055:  nop
  IL_0056:  nop
  IL_0057:  ret
} // end of method Module1::Main

I suspect that the instruction that is behaving differently is either conv.ovf.i4 or the ldc.i4.m1/conv.u8 pair.

If you know what is going on here please let me know

Thanks