Question

In C# we have .Net class and the short names, like Double and double. I was suggested sometime back that we shall use the short name always, wanted to know why. I know they both are same, but why one is sometimes preferred over others? Just readability or is there something more to it?

For example if I am creating a Class having a string and a boolean properties, which of the following should be used always and when the other should be used:

Class MyClass {
    ...
    private String x;
    private Boolean y;
    ...
}

OR

Class MyClass {
    ...
    private string x;
    private bool y;
    ...
} 

Answer 1

In short: Do it like you want.

I would prefer to use the alias every time I can.

Use Int32 instead of int when you have several different Ints in your Code. Like mixing Int32, Int64 or Int16.