Why does Enum.GetValues() return names when using “var”?

Question

Can anyone explain this?

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using System;

namespace TestEnum2342394834
{
    class Program
    {
         


        

Answer 1

FWIW, here's the disassembled code from Enum.GetValues() (via Reflector):

[ComVisible(true)]
public static Array GetValues(Type enumType)
{
    if (enumType == null)
    {
        throw new ArgumentNullException("enumType");
    }
    if (!(enumType is RuntimeType))
    {
        throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Arg_MustBeType"), "enumType");
    }
    if (!enumType.IsEnum)
    {
        throw new ArgumentException(Environment.GetResourceString("Arg_MustBeEnum"), "enumType");
    }
    ulong[] values = GetHashEntry(enumType).values;
    Array array = Array.CreateInstance(enumType, values.Length);
    for (int i = 0; i < values.Length; i++)
    {
        object obj2 = ToObject(enumType, values[i]);
        array.SetValue(obj2, i);
    }
    return array;
}

Looks like what everyone's saying about the var being an object and calling object.ToString() returning the name is correct...