Method overloads resolution and Jon Skeet's Brain Teasers

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I\'m looking at the answer to #1, and I must admit I never knew this was the case in overload resol

Answer 1

This behaviour is deliberate and carefully designed. The reason is because this choice mitigates the impact of one form of the Brittle Base Class Failure.

Read my article on the subject for more details.

http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2007/09/04/future-breaking-changes-part-three.aspx