**** Merged from MCS ****
[mono.git] / mcs / gmcs / rootcontext.cs
1 //
2 // rootcontext.cs: keeps track of our tree representation, and assemblies loaded.
3 //
4 // Author: Miguel de Icaza (miguel@ximian.com)
5 //         Ravi Pratap     (ravi@ximian.com)
6 //
7 // Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL
8 //
9 // (C) 2001 Ximian, Inc (http://www.ximian.com)
10
11 using System;
12 using System.Collections;
13 using System.Reflection;
14 using System.Reflection.Emit;
15 using System.Diagnostics;
16
17 namespace Mono.CSharp {
18
19         public class RootContext {
20
21                 //
22                 // Contains the parsed tree
23                 //
24                 static Tree tree;
25
26                 //
27                 // This hashtable contains all of the #definitions across the source code
28                 // it is used by the ConditionalAttribute handler.
29                 //
30                 public static Hashtable AllDefines = new Hashtable ();
31                 
32                 //
33                 // Whether we are being linked against the standard libraries.
34                 // This is only used to tell whether `System.Object' should
35                 // have a parent or not.
36                 //
37                 public static bool StdLib = true;
38
39                 //
40                 // This keeps track of the order in which classes were defined
41                 // so that we can poulate them in that order.
42                 //
43                 // Order is important, because we need to be able to tell by
44                 // examining the parent's list of methods which ones are virtual
45                 // or abstract as well as the parent names (to implement new, 
46                 // override).
47                 //
48                 static ArrayList type_container_resolve_order;
49                 static ArrayList interface_resolve_order;
50                 static ArrayList attribute_types;
51
52                 //
53                 // Holds a reference to the Private Implementation Details
54                 // class.
55                 //
56                 static ArrayList helper_classes;
57                 
58                 static TypeBuilder impl_details_class;
59
60                 public static int WarningLevel = 2;
61
62                 public static Target Target = Target.Exe;
63                 public static string TargetExt = ".exe";
64
65                 public static bool VerifyClsCompliance = true;
66
67                 //
68                 // If set, enable C# version 2 features
69                 //
70                 public static bool V2 = true;
71
72                 //
73                 // We keep strongname related info here because
74                 // it's also used as complier options from CSC 8.x
75                 //
76                 public static string StrongNameKeyFile;
77                 public static string StrongNameKeyContainer;
78                 public static bool StrongNameDelaySign = false;
79
80                 //
81                 // Constructor
82                 //
83                 static RootContext ()
84                 {
85                         tree = new Tree ();
86                         interface_resolve_order = new ArrayList ();
87                         type_container_resolve_order = new ArrayList ();
88                 }
89
90                 public static bool NeedsEntryPoint {
91                         get {
92                                 return RootContext.Target == Target.Exe || RootContext.Target == Target.WinExe;
93                         }
94                 }
95
96                 static public Tree Tree {
97                         get {
98                                 return tree;
99                         }
100                 }
101
102                 static public string MainClass;
103                 
104                 public static void RegisterOrder (Interface iface)
105                 {
106                         interface_resolve_order.Add (iface);
107                 }
108                 
109                 public static void RegisterOrder (TypeContainer tc)
110                 {
111                         type_container_resolve_order.Add (tc);
112                 }
113
114                 public static void RegisterAttribute (TypeContainer tc)
115                 {
116                         if (attribute_types == null)
117                                 attribute_types = new ArrayList ();
118                         
119                         attribute_types.Add (tc);
120                 }
121                 
122                 // 
123                 // The default compiler checked state
124                 //
125                 static public bool Checked = false;
126
127                 //
128                 // Whether to allow Unsafe code
129                 //
130                 static public bool Unsafe = false;
131                 
132                 static string MakeFQN (string nsn, string name)
133                 {
134                         if (nsn == "")
135                                 return name;
136                         return String.Concat (nsn, ".", name);
137                 }
138
139                 // <remarks>
140                 //   This function is used to resolve the hierarchy tree.
141                 //   It processes interfaces, structs and classes in that order.
142                 //
143                 //   It creates the TypeBuilder's as it processes the user defined
144                 //   types.  
145                 // </remarks>
146                 static public void ResolveTree ()
147                 {
148                         //
149                         // Process the attribute types separately and before anything else
150                         //
151                         if (attribute_types != null)
152                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in attribute_types)
153                                         tc.DefineType ();
154                         
155                         //
156                         // Interfaces are processed next, as classes and
157                         // structs might inherit from an object or implement
158                         // a set of interfaces, we need to be able to tell
159                         // them appart by just using the TypeManager.
160                         //
161                         TypeContainer root = Tree.Types;
162
163                         ArrayList ifaces = root.Interfaces;
164                         if (ifaces != null){
165                                 foreach (Interface i in ifaces) 
166                                         i.DefineType ();
167                         }
168
169                         foreach (TypeContainer tc in root.Types)
170                                 tc.DefineType ();
171
172                         if (root.Delegates != null)
173                                 foreach (Delegate d in root.Delegates) 
174                                         d.DefineType ();
175
176                         if (root.Enums != null)
177                                 foreach (Enum e in root.Enums)
178                                         e.DefineType ();
179                 }
180
181                 static void Error_TypeConflict (string name, Location loc)
182                 {
183                         Report.Error (
184                                 520, loc, "`" + name + "' conflicts with a predefined type");
185                 }
186
187                 static void Error_TypeConflict (string name)
188                 {
189                         Report.Error (
190                                 520, "`" + name + "' conflicts with a predefined type");
191                 }
192
193                 //
194                 // Resolves a single class during the corlib bootstrap process
195                 //
196                 static TypeBuilder BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (TypeContainer root, string name)
197                 {
198                         object o = root.GetDefinition (name);
199                         if (o == null){
200                                 Report.Error (518, "The predefined type `" + name + "' is not defined");
201                                 return null;
202                         }
203
204                         if (!(o is Class)){
205                                 if (o is DeclSpace){
206                                         DeclSpace d = (DeclSpace) o;
207
208                                         Error_TypeConflict (name, d.Location);
209                                 } else
210                                         Error_TypeConflict (name);
211
212                                 return null;
213                         }
214
215                         return ((DeclSpace) o).DefineType ();
216                 }
217
218                 //
219                 // Resolves a struct during the corlib bootstrap process
220                 //
221                 static void BootstrapCorlib_ResolveStruct (TypeContainer root, string name)
222                 {
223                         object o = root.GetDefinition (name);
224                         if (o == null){
225                                 Report.Error (518, "The predefined type `" + name + "' is not defined");
226                                 return;
227                         }
228
229                         if (!(o is Struct)){
230                                 if (o is DeclSpace){
231                                         DeclSpace d = (DeclSpace) o;
232
233                                         Error_TypeConflict (name, d.Location);
234                                 } else
235                                         Error_TypeConflict (name);
236
237                                 return;
238                         }
239
240                         ((DeclSpace) o).DefineType ();
241                 }
242
243                 //
244                 // Resolves a struct during the corlib bootstrap process
245                 //
246                 static void BootstrapCorlib_ResolveInterface (TypeContainer root, string name)
247                 {
248                         object o = root.GetDefinition (name);
249                         if (o == null){
250                                 Report.Error (518, "The predefined type `" + name + "' is not defined");
251                                 return;
252                         }
253
254                         if (!(o is Interface)){
255                                 if (o is DeclSpace){
256                                         DeclSpace d = (DeclSpace) o;
257
258                                         Error_TypeConflict (name, d.Location);
259                                 } else
260                                         Error_TypeConflict (name);
261
262                                 return;
263                         }
264
265                         ((DeclSpace) o).DefineType ();
266                 }
267
268                 //
269                 // Resolves a delegate during the corlib bootstrap process
270                 //
271                 static void BootstrapCorlib_ResolveDelegate (TypeContainer root, string name)
272                 {
273                         object o = root.GetDefinition (name);
274                         if (o == null){
275                                 Report.Error (518, "The predefined type `" + name + "' is not defined");
276                                 Environment.Exit (1);
277                         }
278
279                         if (!(o is Delegate)){
280                                 Error_TypeConflict (name);
281                                 return;
282                         }
283
284                         ((DeclSpace) o).DefineType ();
285                 }
286                 
287
288                 /// <summary>
289                 ///    Resolves the core types in the compiler when compiling with --nostdlib
290                 /// </summary>
291                 static public void ResolveCore ()
292                 {
293                         TypeContainer root = Tree.Types;
294
295                         TypeManager.object_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.Object");
296                         TypeManager.value_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.ValueType");
297                         TypeManager.attribute_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.Attribute");
298                         
299                         string [] interfaces_first_stage = {
300                                 "System.IComparable", "System.ICloneable",
301                                 "System.IConvertible",
302                                 
303                                 "System.Collections.IEnumerable",
304                                 "System.Collections.ICollection",
305                                 "System.Collections.IEnumerator",
306                                 "System.Collections.IList", 
307                                 "System.IAsyncResult",
308                                 "System.IDisposable",
309                                 
310                                 "System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable",
311
312                                 "System.Reflection.IReflect",
313                                 "System.Reflection.ICustomAttributeProvider"
314                         };
315
316                         foreach (string iname in interfaces_first_stage)
317                                 BootstrapCorlib_ResolveInterface (root, iname);
318
319                         //
320                         // These are the base value types
321                         //
322                         string [] structs_first_stage = {
323                                 "System.Byte",    "System.SByte",
324                                 "System.Int16",   "System.UInt16",
325                                 "System.Int32",   "System.UInt32",
326                                 "System.Int64",   "System.UInt64",
327                         };
328
329                         foreach (string cname in structs_first_stage)
330                                 BootstrapCorlib_ResolveStruct (root, cname);
331
332                         //
333                         // Now, we can load the enumerations, after this point,
334                         // we can use enums.
335                         //
336                         TypeManager.InitEnumUnderlyingTypes ();
337
338                         string [] structs_second_stage = {
339                                 "System.Single",  "System.Double",
340                                 "System.Char",    "System.Boolean",
341                                 "System.Decimal", "System.Void",
342                                 "System.RuntimeFieldHandle",
343                                 "System.RuntimeTypeHandle",
344                                 "System.IntPtr",
345                                 "System.TypedReference",
346                                 "System.ArgIterator"
347                         };
348                         
349                         foreach (string cname in structs_second_stage)
350                                 BootstrapCorlib_ResolveStruct (root, cname);
351                         
352                         //
353                         // These are classes that depends on the core interfaces
354                         //
355                         string [] classes_second_stage = {
356                                 "System.Reflection.MemberInfo",
357                                 "System.Type",
358                                 "System.Exception",
359                                 "System.Activator",
360
361                                 //
362                                 // These are not really important in the order, but they
363                                 // are used by the compiler later on (typemanager/CoreLookupType-d)
364                                 //
365                                 "System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers",
366                                 "System.Reflection.DefaultMemberAttribute",
367                                 "System.Threading.Monitor",
368                                 
369                                 "System.AttributeUsageAttribute",
370                                 "System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute",
371                                 "System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImplAttribute",
372                                 "System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute",
373                                 "System.Runtime.CompilerServices.NewConstraintAttribute",
374                                 "System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute",
375                                 "System.ObsoleteAttribute",
376                                 "System.ParamArrayAttribute",
377                                 "System.CLSCompliantAttribute",
378                                 "System.Security.UnverifiableCodeAttribute",
379                                 "System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IndexerNameAttribute",
380                                 "System.Runtime.InteropServices.InAttribute",
381                                 "System.InvalidOperationException",
382                                 "System.MarshalByRefObject"
383                         };
384
385                         // We must store them here before calling BootstrapCorlib_ResolveDelegate.
386                         TypeManager.string_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.String");
387                         TypeManager.enum_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.Enum");
388                         TypeManager.array_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.Array");
389                         TypeManager.multicast_delegate_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.MulticastDelegate");
390                         TypeManager.delegate_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.Delegate");
391                         
392                         foreach (string cname in classes_second_stage)
393                                 BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, cname);
394
395                         BootstrapCorlib_ResolveDelegate (root, "System.AsyncCallback");
396                 }
397                         
398                 // <summary>
399                 //   Closes all open types
400                 // </summary>
401                 //
402                 // <remarks>
403                 //   We usually use TypeBuilder types.  When we are done
404                 //   creating the type (which will happen after we have added
405                 //   methods, fields, etc) we need to "Define" them before we
406                 //   can save the Assembly
407                 // </remarks>
408                 static public void CloseTypes ()
409                 {
410                         TypeContainer root = Tree.Types;
411                         
412                         if (root.Enums != null)
413                                 foreach (Enum en in root.Enums)
414                                         en.CloseType ();
415
416                         if (attribute_types != null)
417                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in attribute_types)
418                                         tc.CloseType ();
419                         
420                         foreach (Interface iface in interface_resolve_order)
421                                 iface.CloseType ();
422
423                         //
424                         // We do this in two passes, first we close the structs,
425                         // then the classes, because it seems the code needs it this
426                         // way.  If this is really what is going on, we should probably
427                         // make sure that we define the structs in order as well.
428                         //
429                         foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order){
430                                 if (tc is Struct && tc.Parent == tree.Types){
431                                         tc.CloseType ();
432                                 }
433                         }
434
435                         foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order){
436                                 if (!(tc is Struct && tc.Parent == tree.Types))
437                                         tc.CloseType ();                                        
438                         }
439                         
440                         if (root.Delegates != null)
441                                 foreach (Delegate d in root.Delegates)
442                                         d.CloseType ();
443
444
445                         //
446                         // If we have a <PrivateImplementationDetails> class, close it
447                         //
448                         if (helper_classes != null){
449                                 foreach (TypeBuilder type_builder in helper_classes)
450                                         type_builder.CreateType ();
451                         }
452                         
453                         attribute_types = null;
454                         interface_resolve_order = null;
455                         type_container_resolve_order = null;
456                         helper_classes = null;
457                         tree = null;
458                         TypeManager.CleanUp ();
459                 }
460
461                 /// <summary>
462                 ///   Used to register classes that need to be closed after all the
463                 ///   user defined classes
464                 /// </summary>
465                 public static void RegisterHelperClass (TypeBuilder helper_class)
466                 {
467                         if (helper_classes == null)
468                                 helper_classes = new ArrayList ();
469                         helper_classes.Add (helper_class);
470                 }
471                 
472                 //
473                 // This idea is from Felix Arrese-Igor
474                 //
475                 // Returns : the implicit parent of a composite namespace string
476                 //   eg. Implicit parent of A.B is A
477                 //
478                 static public string ImplicitParent (string ns)
479                 {
480                         int i = ns.LastIndexOf ('.');
481                         if (i < 0)
482                                 return null;
483                         
484                         return ns.Substring (0, i);
485                 }
486
487                 static TypeExpr NamespaceLookup (DeclSpace ds, string name,
488                                                  int num_type_args, Location loc)
489                 {
490                         //
491                         // Try in the current namespace and all its implicit parents
492                         //
493                         for (NamespaceEntry ns = ds.NamespaceEntry; ns != null; ns = ns.ImplicitParent) {
494                                 IAlias result = ns.Lookup (ds, name, num_type_args, loc);
495
496                                 if (result == null)
497                                         continue;
498
499                                 if (!result.IsType)
500                                         return null;
501
502                                 return result.Type;
503                         }
504
505                         return null;
506                 }
507                 
508                 static public TypeExpr LookupType (DeclSpace ds, string name, bool silent,
509                                                    Location loc)
510                 {
511                         return LookupType (ds, name, silent, 0, loc);
512                 }
513
514                 //
515                 // Public function used to locate types, this can only
516                 // be used after the ResolveTree function has been invoked.
517                 //
518                 // Returns: Type or null if they type can not be found.
519                 //
520                 // Come to think of it, this should be a DeclSpace
521                 //
522                 static public TypeExpr LookupType (DeclSpace ds, string name, bool silent,
523                                                    int num_type_params, Location loc)
524                 {
525                         TypeExpr t;
526
527                         if (ds.Cache.Contains (name)){
528                                 t = (TypeExpr) ds.Cache [name];
529                                 if (t != null)
530                                         return t;
531                         } else {
532                                 //
533                                 // For the case the type we are looking for is nested within this one
534                                 // or is in any base class
535                                 //
536                                 DeclSpace containing_ds = ds;
537                                 while (containing_ds != null){
538                                         Type current_type = containing_ds.TypeBuilder;
539                                         
540                                         while (current_type != null) {
541                                                 //
542                                                 // nested class
543                                                 //
544                                                 Type type = TypeManager.LookupType (current_type.FullName + "." + name);
545                                                 if (type != null){
546                                                         t = new TypeExpression (type, loc);
547                                                         ds.Cache [name] = t;
548                                                         return t;
549                                                 }
550                                                 
551                                                 current_type = current_type.BaseType;
552                                         }
553                                         
554                                         containing_ds = containing_ds.Parent;
555                                 }
556                                 
557                                 t = NamespaceLookup (ds, name, num_type_params, loc);
558                                 if (t != null){
559                                         ds.Cache [name] = t;
560                                         return t;
561                                 }
562                         }
563
564                         if (!silent)
565                                 Report.Error (246, loc, "Cannot find type `"+name+"'");
566                         
567                         return null;
568                 }
569
570                 // <summary>
571                 //   This is the silent version of LookupType, you can use this
572                 //   to `probe' for a type
573                 // </summary>
574                 static public TypeExpr LookupType (TypeContainer tc, string name, Location loc)
575                 {
576                         return LookupType (tc, name, true, loc);
577                 }
578
579                 static public bool IsNamespace (string name)
580                 {
581                         Namespace ns;
582
583                         if (tree.Namespaces != null){
584                                 ns = (Namespace) tree.Namespaces [name];
585
586                                 if (ns != null)
587                                         return true;
588                         }
589
590                         return false;
591                 }
592
593                 static void Report1530 (Location loc)
594                 {
595                         Report.Error (1530, loc, "Keyword new not allowed for namespace elements");
596                 }
597                 
598                 static public void PopulateCoreType (TypeContainer root, string name)
599                 {
600                         DeclSpace ds = (DeclSpace) root.GetDefinition (name);
601
602                         ds.DefineMembers (root);
603                         ds.Define (root);
604                 }
605                 
606                 static public void BootCorlib_PopulateCoreTypes ()
607                 {
608                         TypeContainer root = tree.Types;
609
610                         PopulateCoreType (root, "System.Object");
611                         PopulateCoreType (root, "System.ValueType");
612                         PopulateCoreType (root, "System.Attribute");
613                 }
614                 
615                 // <summary>
616                 //   Populates the structs and classes with fields and methods
617                 // </summary>
618                 //
619                 // This is invoked after all interfaces, structs and classes
620                 // have been defined through `ResolveTree' 
621                 static public void PopulateTypes ()
622                 {
623                         TypeContainer root = Tree.Types;
624
625                         if (attribute_types != null)
626                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in attribute_types)
627                                         tc.DefineMembers (root);
628                         
629                         if (interface_resolve_order != null){
630                                 foreach (Interface iface in interface_resolve_order)
631                                         if ((iface.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
632                                                 iface.DefineMembers (root);
633                                         else
634                                                 Report1530 (iface.Location);
635                         }
636
637
638                         if (type_container_resolve_order != null){
639                                 if (RootContext.StdLib){
640                                         foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order)
641                                                 tc.DefineMembers (root);
642                                 } else {
643                                         foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order) {
644                                                 // When compiling corlib, these types have already been
645                                                 // populated from BootCorlib_PopulateCoreTypes ().
646                                                 if (((tc.Name == "System.Object") ||
647                                                      (tc.Name == "System.Attribute") ||
648                                                      (tc.Name == "System.ValueType")))
649                                                 continue;
650
651                                                 tc.DefineMembers (root);
652                                         }
653                                 } 
654                         }
655
656                         ArrayList delegates = root.Delegates;
657                         if (delegates != null){
658                                 foreach (Delegate d in delegates)
659                                         if ((d.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
660                                                 d.DefineMembers (root);
661                                         else
662                                                 Report1530 (d.Location);
663                         }
664
665                         ArrayList enums = root.Enums;
666                         if (enums != null){
667                                 foreach (Enum en in enums)
668                                         if ((en.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
669                                                 en.DefineMembers (root);
670                                         else
671                                                 Report1530 (en.Location);
672                         }
673
674                         //
675                         // Check for cycles in the struct layout
676                         //
677                         if (type_container_resolve_order != null){
678                                 Hashtable seen = new Hashtable ();
679                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order)
680                                         TypeManager.CheckStructCycles (tc, seen);
681                         }
682                 }
683
684                 //
685                 // A generic hook delegate
686                 //
687                 public delegate void Hook ();
688
689                 //
690                 // A hook invoked when the code has been generated.
691                 //
692                 public static event Hook EmitCodeHook;
693
694                 //
695                 // DefineTypes is used to fill in the members of each type.
696                 //
697                 static public void DefineTypes ()
698                 {
699                         TypeContainer root = Tree.Types;
700
701                         if (attribute_types != null)
702                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in attribute_types)
703                                         tc.Define (root);
704                         
705                         if (interface_resolve_order != null){
706                                 foreach (Interface iface in interface_resolve_order)
707                                         if ((iface.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
708                                                 iface.Define (root);
709                         }
710
711
712                         if (type_container_resolve_order != null){
713                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order) {
714                                         // When compiling corlib, these types have already been
715                                         // populated from BootCorlib_PopulateCoreTypes ().
716                                         if (!RootContext.StdLib &&
717                                             ((tc.Name == "System.Object") ||
718                                              (tc.Name == "System.Attribute") ||
719                                              (tc.Name == "System.ValueType")))
720                                                 continue;
721
722                                         if ((tc.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
723                                                 tc.Define (root);
724                                 }
725                         }
726
727                         ArrayList delegates = root.Delegates;
728                         if (delegates != null){
729                                 foreach (Delegate d in delegates)
730                                         if ((d.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
731                                                 d.Define (root);
732                         }
733
734                         ArrayList enums = root.Enums;
735                         if (enums != null){
736                                 foreach (Enum en in enums)
737                                         if ((en.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
738                                                 en.Define (root);
739                         }
740                 }
741
742                 static public void EmitCode ()
743                 {
744                         if (attribute_types != null)
745                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in attribute_types)
746                                         tc.Emit ();
747
748                         CodeGen.Assembly.Emit ();
749                         CodeGen.Module.Emit ();
750                         
751                         if (Tree.Types.Enums != null) {
752                                 foreach (Enum e in Tree.Types.Enums)
753                                         e.Emit (Tree.Types);
754                         }
755
756                         if (interface_resolve_order != null){
757                                 foreach (Interface iface in interface_resolve_order)
758                                         iface.Emit (Tree.Types);
759                         }                        
760                         
761                         if (type_container_resolve_order != null) {
762                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order)
763                                         tc.EmitConstants ();
764                                 
765                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order)
766                                         tc.Emit ();
767                         }
768                         
769                         if (Tree.Types.Delegates != null) {
770                                 foreach (Delegate d in Tree.Types.Delegates)
771                                         d.Emit (Tree.Types);
772                         }                       
773                         //
774                         // Run any hooks after all the types have been defined.
775                         // This is used to create nested auxiliary classes for example
776                         //
777
778                         if (EmitCodeHook != null)
779                                 EmitCodeHook ();
780                 }
781                 
782                 //
783                 // Public Field, used to track which method is the public entry
784                 // point.
785                 //
786                 static public MethodInfo EntryPoint;
787
788                 //
789                 // Track the location of the entry point.
790                 //
791                 static public Location EntryPointLocation;
792
793                 //
794                 // These are used to generate unique names on the structs and fields.
795                 //
796                 static int field_count;
797                 
798                 //
799                 // Makes an initialized struct, returns the field builder that
800                 // references the data.  Thanks go to Sergey Chaban for researching
801                 // how to do this.  And coming up with a shorter mechanism than I
802                 // was able to figure out.
803                 //
804                 // This works but makes an implicit public struct $ArrayType$SIZE and
805                 // makes the fields point to it.  We could get more control if we did
806                 // use instead:
807                 //
808                 // 1. DefineNestedType on the impl_details_class with our struct.
809                 //
810                 // 2. Define the field on the impl_details_class
811                 //
812                 static public FieldBuilder MakeStaticData (byte [] data)
813                 {
814                         FieldBuilder fb;
815                         
816                         if (impl_details_class == null){
817                                 impl_details_class = CodeGen.Module.Builder.DefineType (
818                                         "<PrivateImplementationDetails>",
819                                         TypeAttributes.NotPublic,
820                                         TypeManager.object_type);
821                                 
822                                 RegisterHelperClass (impl_details_class);
823                         }
824
825                         fb = impl_details_class.DefineInitializedData (
826                                 "$$field-" + (field_count++), data,
827                                 FieldAttributes.Static | FieldAttributes.Assembly);
828                         
829                         return fb;
830                 }
831         }
832 }
833               
834