2004-09-22 Marek Safar <marek.safar@seznam.cz>
[mono.git] / mcs / mcs / 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 enum LanguageVersion
20         {
21                 Default = 0,
22                 ISO_1   = 1
23         }
24
25         public class RootContext {
26
27                 //
28                 // Contains the parsed tree
29                 //
30                 static Tree tree;
31
32                 //
33                 // This hashtable contains all of the #definitions across the source code
34                 // it is used by the ConditionalAttribute handler.
35                 //
36                 public static Hashtable AllDefines = new Hashtable ();
37                 
38                 //
39                 // Whether we are being linked against the standard libraries.
40                 // This is only used to tell whether `System.Object' should
41                 // have a parent or not.
42                 //
43                 public static bool StdLib = true;
44
45                 //
46                 // This keeps track of the order in which classes were defined
47                 // so that we can poulate them in that order.
48                 //
49                 // Order is important, because we need to be able to tell by
50                 // examining the parent's list of methods which ones are virtual
51                 // or abstract as well as the parent names (to implement new, 
52                 // override).
53                 //
54                 static ArrayList type_container_resolve_order;
55                 static ArrayList attribute_types;
56
57                 //
58                 // Holds a reference to the Private Implementation Details
59                 // class.
60                 //
61                 static ArrayList helper_classes;
62                 
63                 static TypeBuilder impl_details_class;
64
65                 public static int WarningLevel = 2;
66                 
67                 public static Target Target = Target.Exe;
68                 public static string TargetExt = ".exe";
69
70                 public static bool VerifyClsCompliance = true;
71
72                 public static LanguageVersion Version = LanguageVersion.Default;
73
74                 //
75                 // We keep strongname related info here because
76                 // it's also used as complier options from CSC 8.x
77                 //
78                 public static string StrongNameKeyFile;
79                 public static string StrongNameKeyContainer;
80                 public static bool StrongNameDelaySign = false;
81
82                 //
83                 // Constructor
84                 //
85                 static RootContext ()
86                 {
87                         tree = new Tree ();
88                         type_container_resolve_order = new ArrayList ();
89                 }
90                 
91                 public static bool NeedsEntryPoint {
92                         get {
93                                 return RootContext.Target == Target.Exe || RootContext.Target == Target.WinExe;
94                         }
95                 }
96
97                 static public Tree Tree {
98                         get {
99                                 return tree;
100                         }
101                 }
102
103                 static public string MainClass;
104                 
105                 public static void RegisterOrder (TypeContainer tc)
106                 {
107                         type_container_resolve_order.Add (tc);
108                 }
109
110                 public static void RegisterAttribute (TypeContainer tc)
111                 {
112                         if (attribute_types == null)
113                                 attribute_types = new ArrayList ();
114                         
115                         attribute_types.Add (tc);
116                 }
117                 
118                 // 
119                 // The default compiler checked state
120                 //
121                 static public bool Checked = false;
122
123                 //
124                 // Whether to allow Unsafe code
125                 //
126                 static public bool Unsafe = false;
127                 
128                 static string MakeFQN (string nsn, string name)
129                 {
130                         if (nsn == "")
131                                 return name;
132                         return String.Concat (nsn, ".", name);
133                 }
134
135                 // <remarks>
136                 //   This function is used to resolve the hierarchy tree.
137                 //   It processes interfaces, structs and classes in that order.
138                 //
139                 //   It creates the TypeBuilder's as it processes the user defined
140                 //   types.  
141                 // </remarks>
142                 static public void ResolveTree ()
143                 {
144                         //
145                         // Process the attribute types separately and before anything else
146                         //
147                         if (attribute_types != null)
148                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in attribute_types)
149                                         tc.DefineType ();
150                         
151                         //
152                         // Interfaces are processed next, as classes and
153                         // structs might inherit from an object or implement
154                         // a set of interfaces, we need to be able to tell
155                         // them appart by just using the TypeManager.
156                         //
157                         TypeContainer root = Tree.Types;
158
159                         ArrayList ifaces = root.Interfaces;
160                         if (ifaces != null){
161                                 foreach (Interface i in ifaces) 
162                                         i.DefineType ();
163                         }
164
165                         foreach (TypeContainer tc in root.Types)
166                                 tc.DefineType ();
167
168                         if (root.Delegates != null)
169                                 foreach (Delegate d in root.Delegates) 
170                                         d.DefineType ();
171
172                         if (root.Enums != null)
173                                 foreach (Enum e in root.Enums)
174                                         e.DefineType ();
175                 }
176
177                 static void Error_TypeConflict (string name, Location loc)
178                 {
179                         Report.Error (
180                                 520, loc, "`" + name + "' conflicts with a predefined type");
181                 }
182
183                 static void Error_TypeConflict (string name)
184                 {
185                         Report.Error (
186                                 520, "`" + name + "' conflicts with a predefined type");
187                 }
188
189                 //
190                 // Resolves a single class during the corlib bootstrap process
191                 //
192                 static TypeBuilder BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (TypeContainer root, string name)
193                 {
194                         object o = root.GetDefinition (name);
195                         if (o == null){
196                                 Report.Error (518, "The predefined type `" + name + "' is not defined");
197                                 return null;
198                         }
199
200                         if (!(o is Class)){
201                                 if (o is DeclSpace){
202                                         DeclSpace d = (DeclSpace) o;
203
204                                         Error_TypeConflict (name, d.Location);
205                                 } else
206                                         Error_TypeConflict (name);
207
208                                 return null;
209                         }
210
211                         return ((DeclSpace) o).DefineType ();
212                 }
213
214                 //
215                 // Resolves a struct during the corlib bootstrap process
216                 //
217                 static void BootstrapCorlib_ResolveStruct (TypeContainer root, string name)
218                 {
219                         object o = root.GetDefinition (name);
220                         if (o == null){
221                                 Report.Error (518, "The predefined type `" + name + "' is not defined");
222                                 return;
223                         }
224
225                         if (!(o is Struct)){
226                                 if (o is DeclSpace){
227                                         DeclSpace d = (DeclSpace) o;
228
229                                         Error_TypeConflict (name, d.Location);
230                                 } else
231                                         Error_TypeConflict (name);
232
233                                 return;
234                         }
235
236                         ((DeclSpace) o).DefineType ();
237                 }
238
239                 //
240                 // Resolves a struct during the corlib bootstrap process
241                 //
242                 static void BootstrapCorlib_ResolveInterface (TypeContainer root, string name)
243                 {
244                         object o = root.GetDefinition (name);
245                         if (o == null){
246                                 Report.Error (518, "The predefined type `" + name + "' is not defined");
247                                 return;
248                         }
249
250                         if (!(o is Interface)){
251                                 if (o is DeclSpace){
252                                         DeclSpace d = (DeclSpace) o;
253
254                                         Error_TypeConflict (name, d.Location);
255                                 } else
256                                         Error_TypeConflict (name);
257
258                                 return;
259                         }
260
261                         ((DeclSpace) o).DefineType ();
262                 }
263
264                 //
265                 // Resolves a delegate during the corlib bootstrap process
266                 //
267                 static void BootstrapCorlib_ResolveDelegate (TypeContainer root, string name)
268                 {
269                         object o = root.GetDefinition (name);
270                         if (o == null){
271                                 Report.Error (518, "The predefined type `" + name + "' is not defined");
272                                 Environment.Exit (1);
273                         }
274
275                         if (!(o is Delegate)){
276                                 Error_TypeConflict (name);
277                                 return;
278                         }
279
280                         ((DeclSpace) o).DefineType ();
281                 }
282                 
283
284                 /// <summary>
285                 ///    Resolves the core types in the compiler when compiling with --nostdlib
286                 /// </summary>
287                 static public void ResolveCore ()
288                 {
289                         TypeContainer root = Tree.Types;
290
291                         TypeManager.object_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.Object");
292                         TypeManager.value_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.ValueType");
293                         TypeManager.attribute_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.Attribute");
294                         
295                         string [] interfaces_first_stage = {
296                                 "System.IComparable", "System.ICloneable",
297                                 "System.IConvertible",
298                                 
299                                 "System.Collections.IEnumerable",
300                                 "System.Collections.ICollection",
301                                 "System.Collections.IEnumerator",
302                                 "System.Collections.IList", 
303                                 "System.IAsyncResult",
304                                 "System.IDisposable",
305                                 
306                                 "System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable",
307
308                                 "System.Reflection.IReflect",
309                                 "System.Reflection.ICustomAttributeProvider"
310                         };
311
312                         foreach (string iname in interfaces_first_stage)
313                                 BootstrapCorlib_ResolveInterface (root, iname);
314
315                         //
316                         // These are the base value types
317                         //
318                         string [] structs_first_stage = {
319                                 "System.Byte",    "System.SByte",
320                                 "System.Int16",   "System.UInt16",
321                                 "System.Int32",   "System.UInt32",
322                                 "System.Int64",   "System.UInt64",
323                         };
324
325                         foreach (string cname in structs_first_stage)
326                                 BootstrapCorlib_ResolveStruct (root, cname);
327
328                         //
329                         // Now, we can load the enumerations, after this point,
330                         // we can use enums.
331                         //
332                         TypeManager.InitEnumUnderlyingTypes ();
333
334                         string [] structs_second_stage = {
335                                 "System.Single",  "System.Double",
336                                 "System.Char",    "System.Boolean",
337                                 "System.Decimal", "System.Void",
338                                 "System.RuntimeFieldHandle",
339                                 "System.RuntimeArgumentHandle",
340                                 "System.RuntimeTypeHandle",
341                                 "System.IntPtr",
342                                 "System.TypedReference",
343                                 "System.ArgIterator"
344                         };
345                         
346                         foreach (string cname in structs_second_stage)
347                                 BootstrapCorlib_ResolveStruct (root, cname);
348                         
349                         //
350                         // These are classes that depends on the core interfaces
351                         //
352                         string [] classes_second_stage = {
353                                 "System.Reflection.MemberInfo",
354                                 "System.Type",
355                                 "System.Exception",
356
357                                 //
358                                 // These are not really important in the order, but they
359                                 // are used by the compiler later on (typemanager/CoreLookupType-d)
360                                 //
361                                 "System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers",
362                                 "System.Reflection.DefaultMemberAttribute",
363                                 "System.Threading.Monitor",
364                                 
365                                 "System.AttributeUsageAttribute",
366                                 "System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute",
367                                 "System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImplAttribute",
368                                 "System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute",
369                                 "System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute",
370                                 "System.ObsoleteAttribute",
371                                 "System.ParamArrayAttribute",
372                                 "System.CLSCompliantAttribute",
373                                 "System.Security.UnverifiableCodeAttribute",
374                                 "System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IndexerNameAttribute",
375                                 "System.Runtime.InteropServices.InAttribute",
376                                 "System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute",
377                                 "System.Runtime.InteropServices.FieldOffsetAttribute",
378                                 "System.InvalidOperationException",
379                                 "System.NotSupportedException",
380                                 "System.MarshalByRefObject"
381                         };
382
383                         // We must store them here before calling BootstrapCorlib_ResolveDelegate.
384                         TypeManager.string_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.String");
385                         TypeManager.enum_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.Enum");
386                         TypeManager.array_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.Array");
387                         TypeManager.multicast_delegate_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.MulticastDelegate");
388                         TypeManager.delegate_type = BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, "System.Delegate");
389                         
390                         foreach (string cname in classes_second_stage)
391                                 BootstrapCorlib_ResolveClass (root, cname);
392
393                         BootstrapCorlib_ResolveDelegate (root, "System.AsyncCallback");
394                 }
395                         
396                 // <summary>
397                 //   Closes all open types
398                 // </summary>
399                 //
400                 // <remarks>
401                 //   We usually use TypeBuilder types.  When we are done
402                 //   creating the type (which will happen after we have added
403                 //   methods, fields, etc) we need to "Define" them before we
404                 //   can save the Assembly
405                 // </remarks>
406                 static public void CloseTypes ()
407                 {
408                         TypeContainer root = Tree.Types;
409                         
410                         if (root.Enums != null)
411                                 foreach (Enum en in root.Enums)
412                                         en.CloseType ();
413
414                         if (attribute_types != null)
415                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in attribute_types)
416                                         tc.CloseType ();
417                         
418                         //
419                         // We do this in two passes, first we close the structs,
420                         // then the classes, because it seems the code needs it this
421                         // way.  If this is really what is going on, we should probably
422                         // make sure that we define the structs in order as well.
423                         //
424                         foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order){
425                                 if (tc.Kind == Kind.Struct && tc.Parent == tree.Types){
426                                         tc.CloseType ();
427                                 }
428                         }
429
430                         foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order){
431                                 if (!(tc.Kind == Kind.Struct && tc.Parent == tree.Types))
432                                         tc.CloseType ();                                        
433                         }
434                         
435                         if (root.Delegates != null)
436                                 foreach (Delegate d in root.Delegates)
437                                         d.CloseType ();
438
439
440                         //
441                         // If we have a <PrivateImplementationDetails> class, close it
442                         //
443                         if (helper_classes != null){
444                                 foreach (TypeBuilder type_builder in helper_classes)
445                                         type_builder.CreateType ();
446                         }
447                         
448                         attribute_types = null;
449                         type_container_resolve_order = null;
450                         helper_classes = null;
451                         //tree = null;
452                         TypeManager.CleanUp ();
453                 }
454
455                 /// <summary>
456                 ///   Used to register classes that need to be closed after all the
457                 ///   user defined classes
458                 /// </summary>
459                 public static void RegisterHelperClass (TypeBuilder helper_class)
460                 {
461                         if (helper_classes == null)
462                                 helper_classes = new ArrayList ();
463                         helper_classes.Add (helper_class);
464                 }
465                 
466                 //
467                 // This idea is from Felix Arrese-Igor
468                 //
469                 // Returns : the implicit parent of a composite namespace string
470                 //   eg. Implicit parent of A.B is A
471                 //
472                 static public string ImplicitParent (string ns)
473                 {
474                         int i = ns.LastIndexOf ('.');
475                         if (i < 0)
476                                 return null;
477                         
478                         return ns.Substring (0, i);
479                 }
480
481                 static Type NamespaceLookup (DeclSpace ds, string name, bool silent,
482                                              Location loc)
483                 {
484                         //
485                         // Try in the current namespace and all its implicit parents
486                         //
487                         for (NamespaceEntry ns = ds.NamespaceEntry; ns != null; ns = ns.ImplicitParent) {
488                                 object result = ns.Lookup (ds, name, false, silent, loc);
489                                 if (result == null)
490                                         continue;
491
492                                 if (result is Type)
493                                         return (Type) result;
494
495                                 return null;
496                         }
497
498                         return null;
499                 }
500                 
501                 //
502                 // Public function used to locate types, this can only
503                 // be used after the ResolveTree function has been invoked.
504                 //
505                 // Returns: Type or null if they type can not be found.
506                 //
507                 // Come to think of it, this should be a DeclSpace
508                 //
509                 static public Type LookupType (DeclSpace ds, string name, bool silent, Location loc)
510                 {
511                         Type t;
512
513                         if (ds.Cache.Contains (name)) {
514                                 t = (Type) ds.Cache [name];
515                         } else {
516                                 //
517                                 // For the case the type we are looking for is nested within this one
518                                 // or is in any base class
519                                 //
520                                 DeclSpace containing_ds = ds;
521                                 while (containing_ds != null){
522                                         
523                                         // if the member cache has been created, lets use it.
524                                         // the member cache is MUCH faster.
525                                         if (containing_ds.MemberCache != null) {
526                                                 t = containing_ds.MemberCache.FindNestedType (name);
527                                                 if (t == null) {
528                                                         containing_ds = containing_ds.Parent;
529                                                         continue;
530                                                 }
531                                                 
532                                                 ds.Cache [name] = t;
533                                                 return t;
534                                         }
535                                         
536                                         // no member cache. Do it the hard way -- reflection
537                                         Type current_type = containing_ds.TypeBuilder;
538                                         
539                                         while (current_type != null &&
540                                                current_type != TypeManager.object_type) {
541                                                 //
542                                                 // nested class
543                                                 //
544                                                 t = TypeManager.LookupType (current_type.FullName + "." + name);
545                                                 if (t != null){
546                                                         ds.Cache [name] = t;
547                                                         return t;
548                                                 }
549                                                 
550                                                 current_type = current_type.BaseType;
551                                         }
552                                         
553                                         containing_ds = containing_ds.Parent;
554                                 }
555                                 
556                                 t = NamespaceLookup (ds, name, silent, loc);
557                                 if (!silent)
558                                         ds.Cache [name] = t;
559                         }
560
561                         if (t == null && !silent)
562                                 Report.Error (246, loc, "Cannot find type `"+name+"'");
563                         
564                         return t;
565                 }
566
567                 // <summary>
568                 //   This is the silent version of LookupType, you can use this
569                 //   to `probe' for a type
570                 // </summary>
571                 static public Type LookupType (TypeContainer tc, string name, Location loc)
572                 {
573                         return LookupType (tc, name, true, loc);
574                 }
575
576                 static void Report1530 (Location loc)
577                 {
578                         Report.Error (1530, loc, "Keyword new not allowed for namespace elements");
579                 }
580                 
581                 static public void PopulateCoreType (TypeContainer root, string name)
582                 {
583                         DeclSpace ds = (DeclSpace) root.GetDefinition (name);
584
585                         ds.DefineMembers (root);
586                         ds.Define ();
587                 }
588                 
589                 static public void BootCorlib_PopulateCoreTypes ()
590                 {
591                         TypeContainer root = tree.Types;
592
593                         PopulateCoreType (root, "System.Object");
594                         PopulateCoreType (root, "System.ValueType");
595                         PopulateCoreType (root, "System.Attribute");
596                 }
597                 
598                 // <summary>
599                 //   Populates the structs and classes with fields and methods
600                 // </summary>
601                 //
602                 // This is invoked after all interfaces, structs and classes
603                 // have been defined through `ResolveTree' 
604                 static public void PopulateTypes ()
605                 {
606                         TypeContainer root = Tree.Types;
607
608                         if (attribute_types != null)
609                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in attribute_types)
610                                         tc.DefineMembers (root);
611                         
612                         if (type_container_resolve_order != null){
613                                 if (RootContext.StdLib){
614                                         foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order)
615                                                 tc.DefineMembers (root);
616                                 } else {
617                                         foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order) {
618                                                 // When compiling corlib, these types have already been
619                                                 // populated from BootCorlib_PopulateCoreTypes ().
620                                                 if (((tc.Name == "System.Object") ||
621                                                      (tc.Name == "System.Attribute") ||
622                                                      (tc.Name == "System.ValueType")))
623                                                 continue;
624
625                                                 tc.DefineMembers (root);
626                                         }
627                                 } 
628                         }
629
630                         ArrayList delegates = root.Delegates;
631                         if (delegates != null){
632                                 foreach (Delegate d in delegates)
633                                         if ((d.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
634                                                 d.DefineMembers (root);
635                                         else
636                                                 Report1530 (d.Location);
637                         }
638
639                         ArrayList enums = root.Enums;
640                         if (enums != null){
641                                 foreach (Enum en in enums)
642                                         if ((en.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
643                                                 en.DefineMembers (root);
644                                         else
645                                                 Report1530 (en.Location);
646                         }
647
648                         //
649                         // Check for cycles in the struct layout
650                         //
651                         if (type_container_resolve_order != null){
652                                 Hashtable seen = new Hashtable ();
653                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order)
654                                         TypeManager.CheckStructCycles (tc, seen);
655                         }
656                 }
657
658                 //
659                 // A generic hook delegate
660                 //
661                 public delegate void Hook ();
662
663                 //
664                 // A hook invoked when the code has been generated.
665                 //
666                 public static event Hook EmitCodeHook;
667
668                 //
669                 // DefineTypes is used to fill in the members of each type.
670                 //
671                 static public void DefineTypes ()
672                 {
673                         TypeContainer root = Tree.Types;
674
675                         if (attribute_types != null)
676                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in attribute_types)
677                                         tc.Define ();
678                         
679                         if (type_container_resolve_order != null){
680                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order) {
681                                         // When compiling corlib, these types have already been
682                                         // populated from BootCorlib_PopulateCoreTypes ().
683                                         if (!RootContext.StdLib &&
684                                             ((tc.Name == "System.Object") ||
685                                              (tc.Name == "System.Attribute") ||
686                                              (tc.Name == "System.ValueType")))
687                                                 continue;
688
689                                         if ((tc.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
690                                                 tc.Define ();
691                                 }
692                         }
693
694                         ArrayList delegates = root.Delegates;
695                         if (delegates != null){
696                                 foreach (Delegate d in delegates)
697                                         if ((d.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
698                                                 d.Define ();
699                         }
700
701                         ArrayList enums = root.Enums;
702                         if (enums != null){
703                                 foreach (Enum en in enums)
704                                         if ((en.ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0)
705                                                 en.Define ();
706                         }
707                 }
708
709                 static public void EmitCode ()
710                 {
711                         if (attribute_types != null)
712                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in attribute_types)
713                                         tc.EmitType ();
714
715                         CodeGen.Assembly.Emit (Tree.Types);
716                         CodeGen.Module.Emit (Tree.Types);
717                         
718                         if (Tree.Types.Enums != null) {
719                                 foreach (Enum e in Tree.Types.Enums)
720                                         e.Emit ();
721                         }
722
723                         if (type_container_resolve_order != null) {
724                                 foreach (TypeContainer tc in type_container_resolve_order)
725                                         tc.EmitType ();
726                         }
727                         
728                         if (Tree.Types.Delegates != null) {
729                                 foreach (Delegate d in Tree.Types.Delegates)
730                                         d.Emit ();
731                         }                       
732                         //
733                         // Run any hooks after all the types have been defined.
734                         // This is used to create nested auxiliary classes for example
735                         //
736
737                         if (EmitCodeHook != null)
738                                 EmitCodeHook ();
739                 }
740                 
741                 //
742                 // Public Field, used to track which method is the public entry
743                 // point.
744                 //
745                 static public MethodInfo EntryPoint;
746
747                 //
748                 // Track the location of the entry point.
749                 //
750                 static public Location EntryPointLocation;
751
752                 //
753                 // These are used to generate unique names on the structs and fields.
754                 //
755                 static int field_count;
756                 
757                 //
758                 // Makes an initialized struct, returns the field builder that
759                 // references the data.  Thanks go to Sergey Chaban for researching
760                 // how to do this.  And coming up with a shorter mechanism than I
761                 // was able to figure out.
762                 //
763                 // This works but makes an implicit public struct $ArrayType$SIZE and
764                 // makes the fields point to it.  We could get more control if we did
765                 // use instead:
766                 //
767                 // 1. DefineNestedType on the impl_details_class with our struct.
768                 //
769                 // 2. Define the field on the impl_details_class
770                 //
771                 static public FieldBuilder MakeStaticData (byte [] data)
772                 {
773                         FieldBuilder fb;
774                         
775                         if (impl_details_class == null){
776                                 impl_details_class = CodeGen.Module.Builder.DefineType (
777                                         "<PrivateImplementationDetails>",
778                                         TypeAttributes.NotPublic,
779                                         TypeManager.object_type);
780                                 
781                                 RegisterHelperClass (impl_details_class);
782                         }
783
784                         fb = impl_details_class.DefineInitializedData (
785                                 "$$field-" + (field_count++), data,
786                                 FieldAttributes.Static | FieldAttributes.Assembly);
787                         
788                         return fb;
789                 }
790         }
791 }
792               
793