Beginning sometime after PowerShell 5.1 a class implementing IConvertible throws an exception when casting to a string.
Note that in the repro below simply removing : IConvertible is sufficient to restore the ability to cast to string.
Steps to reproduce
//type.cs
using System;
public class C : IConvertible
{
public readonly string Value = null;
public C(string v) { Value = v; }
override public String ToString() {return Value; }
public TypeCode GetTypeCode() { return Value.GetTypeCode(); }
public object ToType(Type conversionType, IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToType(conversionType, provider); }
public bool ToBoolean(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToBoolean(provider); }
public byte ToByte(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToByte(provider); }
public char ToChar(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToChar(provider); }
public DateTime ToDateTime(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToDateTime(provider); }
public decimal ToDecimal(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToDecimal(provider); }
public double ToDouble(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToDouble(provider); }
public short ToInt16(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToInt16(provider); }
public int ToInt32(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToInt32(provider); }
public long ToInt64(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToInt64(provider); }
public sbyte ToSByte(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToSByte(provider); }
public float ToSingle(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToSingle(provider); }
public string ToString(IFormatProvider provider) { return Value.ToString(provider); }
public ushort ToUInt16(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToUInt16(provider); }
public uint ToUInt32(IFormatProvider provider) { return ((IConvertible)Value).ToUInt32(provider); }
public ulong ToUInt64(IFormatProvider provider) {return ((IConvertible)Value).ToUInt64(provider); }
}Add-Type -Path "$PSScriptRoot\type.cs"
$c = [C]::new('value')
$c.ToString()
[string]$cExpected behavior
Actual behavior
PowerShell 7
value
OperationStopped: C:\test.ps1:5
Line |
5 | [string]$c
| ~~~~~~~~~~
| Unable to cast object of type 'C' to type 'System.String'.
PowerShell 5.1
Environment data
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 7.0.0-rc.2
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.0.0-rc.2
OS Microsoft Windows 6.3.9600
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0.}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Beginning sometime after PowerShell 5.1 a class implementing
IConvertiblethrows an exception when casting to a string.Note that in the repro below simply removing
: IConvertibleis sufficient to restore the ability to cast to string.Steps to reproduce
Expected behavior
Actual behavior
PowerShell 7
PowerShell 5.1
Environment data