One of my clients had an app crash and i traced it due to this bug/feature i can't really explain.
The WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.GetHashCode() returns this string: - ?2097695743
Yes, that a minus, a space, a question mark and then the actual hash numbers.
This is the code of a simple console app that show the weird behaviour.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("From String: string name = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name");
string name = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name;
Console.WriteLine("name: " + name);
Console.WriteLine("name.GetHashCode().GetType(): " + name.GetHashCode().GetType());
Console.WriteLine("name.GetHashCode(): " + name.GetHashCode());
Console.WriteLine("name.GetHashCode().ToString(): " + name.GetHashCode().ToString());
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Direct");
Console.WriteLine("WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name: " + WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name);
Console.WriteLine("WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.GetHashCode().GetType(): " + WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.GetHashCode().GetType());
Console.WriteLine("WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.GetHashCode(): " + WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.GetHashCode());
Console.WriteLine("WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.GetHashCode().ToString(): " + WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.GetHashCode().ToString());
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Press Enter to continue");
Console.ReadLine();
}
This is the text output:
From String: string name = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name
name: COMMARC\tje
name.GetHashCode().GetType(): System.Int32
name.GetHashCode(): - ?2097695743
name.GetHashCode().ToString(): - ?2097695743
Direct
WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name: COMMARC\tje
WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.GetHashCode().GetType(): System.Int32
WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.GetHashCode(): - ?2097695743
WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent().Name.GetHashCode().ToString(): - ?2097695743
Press Enter to continue
And this is a picture of the same output:

My question is: How on earth is this possible?
UPDATE: the problem was with the funky windows settings for negative numbers.
int.ToString()is incorrect, but I doubt that.)Name.GetHashCode().ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)print?