Why does IPEndPoint take an Int64 and an Int32 as parameters?

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Why not have chosen to use an UInt32 (for the IP) and an UInt16 (for the port)?

possible duplicate of [Why does .NET use int instead of uint in certain classes?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/782629/why-does-net-use-int-instead-of-uint-in-certain-classes) — dtb, Feb 09 '12 at 00:55

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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Unsigned integers are not CLS compliant. As such many languages does not support them and they are avoided, whenever possible, in the .NET base class libraries (BCL).

See also: Why are unsigned int's not CLS compliant?

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Why does IPEndPoint take an Int64 and an Int32 as parameters?

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