VB.NET: What's the suffix (type character) for "Byte" numeric constants?

Question

Just out of curiosity:

I know I can tell the compiler if I want a value to be interpreted as a certain numeric type, e.g. as Integer (32 bit signed) this way appending an "I" (type character) to the constant value:

Private Function GetTheAnswerAsInteger() As Integer

   Return 42I

End Function

There's also "S" for Short or "D" for Decimal etc.

But what is the suffix for Byte? Hint: it's not the obvious one "B"...

Answer 1

Byte doesn't require a suffix. EDIT: i.e There isn't one!

Answer 2

There's no byte literal in .NET.

Answer 3

There isn't one. If you need to distinguish between an integer and a byte (e.g. to call an appropriate overload) for a constant, you need to cast.

(The same is true in C#, by the way.)

MSDN provides confirmation:

Byte has no literal type character or identifier type character.

There's also a list of type characters and literal suffixes.