PropertyInfo.SetValue() can assign ints to enums, ints to nullable ints, enums to nullable enums, but not ints to nullable enums.
enumProperty.SetValue(obj, 1, null); //works
nullableIntProperty.SetValue(obj, 1, null); //works
nullableEnumProperty.SetValue(obj, MyEnum.Foo, null); //works
nullableEnumProperty.SetValue(obj, 1, null); // throws an exception !!!
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