Cast delegate to Func in C#

Question

I have code:

public delegate int SomeDelegate(int p);

public static int Inc(int p) {
    return p + 1;
}

I can cast Inc to

Answer 1

It is the same kind of problem as this:

public delegate int SomeDelegate1(int p);
public delegate int SomeDelegate2(int p);
...
  SomeDelegate1 a = new SomeDelegate1(Inc);
  SomeDelegate2 b = (SomeDelegate2)a;  // CS0030

which is the same kind of problem as:

public class A { int prop { get; set; } }
public class B { int prop { get; set; } }
...
  A obja = new A();
  B objb = (B)obja;  // CS0029

Objects cannot be casted from one type to an unrelated other type, even though the types are otherwise completely compatible. For lack of a better term: an object has type identity that it carries along at runtime. That identity cannot be changed after the object is created. The visible manifestation of this identity is Object.GetType().