Should I use int or Int32

Question

In C#, int and Int32 are the same thing, but I\'ve read a number of times that int is preferred over Int32 with no reason

Answer 1

int is a C# keyword and is unambiguous.

Most of the time it doesn't matter but two things that go against Int32:

• You need to have a "using System;" statement. using "int" requires no using statement.
• It is possible to define your own class called Int32 (which would be silly and confusing). int always means int.