Strange issue with is and as operator

NETMF & Gadgeteer
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I have a strange issue with the is and as Operator in NETMF (V4.3).

I have a class with an property Data of type object.
This property can contain a string, a Byte[] or an class that can implement specific Interface, lets call it IMyData
When I now do a safe cast of Data to IMyData, I would expect to get null if Data containas a Byte[].
But I actually do not get null.
When I hover the local variable in the Debugger I see the Byte Array.
But when I then call a Interface method I get an CLR_WRONG_TYPE exception.

Here some Code to reproduce

public Interface IMyInterface
{
  bool SomeProperty { get; }
}
public class SomeClass
{
  public object Data { get; set; }

  public void SomeMethod()
  {
    var myData = Data as IMyInterface; // if data contains a Byte[] I would expect the result to be null, but it isn't
    if (myData != null) // this check return true
    {
      if(myData.SomeProperty) // this throws a System.Exception CLR_WRONG_TYPE
      {
        //...
      }
    }
}

//...
var x = new SomeClass();
x.Data = new byte[5];
x.SomeMethod();

if I type “Data is IEnumerable” or any class in the intermediate window, I always get true. If I type “Data is int[]” I get false as expected.

Would be greate if anyone could confirm this, then I will Report it to the NETMF team.

I use VS2015, but switched back to the old Compiler instead of rosslyn.
My Device is a custom G120 board with FW V4.3.6 (I know it’s not the latest, but this should not make any difference here)
Also Debug or Release makes no difference.

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@ Reinhard Ostermeier - A good way to confirm it would be to test on the emulator and in a desktop console application.