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

According to the Immediate Window in Visual Studio 2012 Int32 is int, Int64 is long. Here is the output:

sizeof(int)
4
sizeof(Int32)
4
sizeof(Int64)
8
Int32
int
    base {System.ValueType}: System.ValueType
    MaxValue: 2147483647
    MinValue: -2147483648
Int64
long
    base {System.ValueType}: System.ValueType
    MaxValue: 9223372036854775807
    MinValue: -9223372036854775808
int
int
    base {System.ValueType}: System.ValueType
    MaxValue: 2147483647
    MinValue: -2147483648