Steps to reproduce
There are few issues with casting to [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject]. Note the full name! The short name [PSCustomObject] works just fine, I guess it uses a different (type accelerator) code path.
First part
Try to create a [PSCustomObject] as described in a numerous of blog posts (example)
> $a = [PSCustomObject]@{a = 'a'; b = 'b'}
> $a
a b
- -
a b
> $a.GetType().FullName
System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject
So far so good.
Now, try to do it with the full name
> [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject]@{a = 'a'; b = 'b'}
Cannot convert the "System.Collections.Hashtable" value of type "System.Collections.Hashtable" to type
"System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject".
At line:1 char:2
+ [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject]@{a = 'a'; b = 'b'}
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ConvertToFinalInvalidCastException
Expected behavior
Conversion succeed.
Actual behavior
> [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject]@{a = 'a'; b = 'b'}
Cannot convert the "System.Collections.Hashtable" value of type "System.Collections.Hashtable" to type
"System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject".
At line:1 char:2
+ [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject]@{a = 'a'; b = 'b'}
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ConvertToFinalInvalidCastException
Second part
Now try to cast the original object $a
> [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject]$a
Cannot convert the "@{a=a; b=b}" value of type "System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject" to type
"System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject".
At line:1 char:2
+ [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject]$a
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ConvertToFinalInvalidCastException
The error message is pretty weird, since no actual conversion should be required.
Note: this affects UX, because auto-completion on [pscu will expend it into [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject and not [PSCustomObject.
This is also inconsistent with [pso that expends into [psobject and not [System.Management.Automation.PSObject]
Also, note that this works fine
> [System.Management.Automation.PSObject]@{a = 'a'; b = 'b'}
Environment data
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.0.0-alpha
PSEdition Core
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 3.0.0.0
GitCommitId v6.0.0-alpha.10
CLRVersion
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1 cc @jpsnover
Steps to reproduce
There are few issues with casting to [System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObject]. Note the full name! The short name [PSCustomObject] works just fine, I guess it uses a different (type accelerator) code path.
First part
Try to create a [PSCustomObject] as described in a numerous of blog posts (example)
So far so good.
Now, try to do it with the full name
Expected behavior
Conversion succeed.
Actual behavior
Second part
Now try to cast the original object
$aThe error message is pretty weird, since no actual conversion should be required.
Note: this affects UX, because auto-completion on
[pscuwill expend it into[System.Management.Automation.PSCustomObjectand not[PSCustomObject.This is also inconsistent with
[psothat expends into[psobjectand not[System.Management.Automation.PSObject]Also, note that this works fine
Environment data
cc @jpsnover