Byte enum comparison in C#

Question

Given this enum

public enum UserStatus : byte
{
    Approved = 1,
    Locked = 2,
    Expire = 3
}

why does this check always return false

Answer 1

Because you will have to cast.

The equals method will check if UserStatus is an int (depending on the type you have defined at the property usr.Status). It will then return that is not (it is of type UserStatus) thus return false

Better code would be:

return usr.Status == (int)UserStatus.Approved;