Why are C# calls different for overloaded methods for different values of the same type?

Question

I have one doubt concerning c# method overloading and call resolution.

Let's suppose I have the following C# code:

enum MyEnum { Value1, Value2 }

public void test() {
    method(0); // this calls method(MyEnum)
    method(1); // this calls method(object)
}

public void method(object o) {
}

public void method(MyEnum e) {
}

Note that I know how to make it work but I would like to know why for one value of int (0) it calls one method and for another (1) it calls another. It sounds awkward since both values have the same type (int) but they are "linked" for different methods.

Answer 1

Literal 0 is implicitly convertible to any enum type, which is a closer match than object. Spec.

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