2003-07-16 Gonzalo Paniagua Javier <gonzalo@ximian.com>
[mono.git] / mcs / mbas / typemanager.cs
index 44513f4e30ed4c0892800d0b2aaba4653c8327c5..9332c1718fc92c76f6ee1b0cf65db022906fc2b0 100644 (file)
-//\r
-// typemanager.cs: C# type manager\r
-//\r
-// Author: Miguel de Icaza (miguel@gnu.org)\r
-//\r
-// Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL\r
-//\r
-// (C) 2001 Ximian, Inc (http://www.ximian.com)\r
-//\r
-//\r
-\r
-using System;\r
-using System.Collections;\r
-using System.Reflection;\r
-using System.Reflection.Emit;\r
-\r
-namespace Mono.CSharp {\r
-\r
-public class TypeManager {\r
-       //\r
-       // A list of core types that the compiler requires or uses\r
-       //\r
-       static public Type object_type;\r
-       static public Type value_type;\r
-       static public Type string_type;\r
-       static public Type int32_type;\r
-       static public Type uint32_type;\r
-       static public Type int64_type;\r
-       static public Type uint64_type;\r
-       static public Type float_type;\r
-       static public Type double_type;\r
-       static public Type char_type;\r
-       static public Type char_ptr_type;\r
-       static public Type short_type;\r
-       static public Type decimal_type;\r
-       static public Type bool_type;\r
-       static public Type sbyte_type;\r
-       static public Type byte_type;\r
-       static public Type ushort_type;\r
-       static public Type enum_type;\r
-       static public Type delegate_type;\r
-       static public Type multicast_delegate_type;\r
-       static public Type void_type;\r
-       static public Type enumeration_type;\r
-       static public Type array_type;\r
-       static public Type runtime_handle_type;\r
-       static public Type icloneable_type;\r
-       static public Type type_type;\r
-       static public Type ienumerator_type;\r
-       static public Type idisposable_type;\r
-       static public Type default_member_type;\r
-       static public Type iasyncresult_type;\r
-       static public Type asynccallback_type;\r
-       static public Type intptr_type;\r
-       static public Type monitor_type;\r
-       static public Type runtime_field_handle_type;\r
-       static public Type attribute_usage_type;\r
-       static public Type dllimport_type;\r
-       static public Type unverifiable_code_type;\r
-       static public Type methodimpl_attr_type;\r
-       static public Type marshal_as_attr_type;\r
-       static public Type param_array_type;\r
-       static public Type void_ptr_type;\r
-\r
-       static public Type [] NoTypes;\r
-       \r
-       //\r
-       // Internal, not really used outside\r
-       //\r
-       Type runtime_helpers_type;\r
-       \r
-       //\r
-       // These methods are called by code generated by the compiler\r
-       //\r
-       static public MethodInfo string_concat_string_string;\r
-       static public MethodInfo string_concat_object_object;\r
-       static public MethodInfo string_isinterneted_string;\r
-       static public MethodInfo system_type_get_type_from_handle;\r
-       static public MethodInfo object_getcurrent_void;\r
-       static public MethodInfo bool_movenext_void;\r
-       static public MethodInfo void_dispose_void;\r
-       static public MethodInfo void_monitor_enter_object;\r
-       static public MethodInfo void_monitor_exit_object;\r
-       static public MethodInfo void_initializearray_array_fieldhandle;\r
-       static public MethodInfo int_getlength_int;\r
-       static public MethodInfo delegate_combine_delegate_delegate;\r
-       static public MethodInfo delegate_remove_delegate_delegate;\r
-       static public MethodInfo int_get_offset_to_string_data;\r
-       \r
-       //\r
-       // The attribute constructors.\r
-       //\r
-       static public ConstructorInfo cons_param_array_attribute;\r
-       \r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //   Holds the Array of Assemblies that have been loaded\r
-       //   (either because it is the default or the user used the\r
-       //   -r command line option)\r
-       // </remarks>\r
-       Assembly [] assemblies;\r
-\r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //  Keeps a list of module builders. We used this to do lookups\r
-       //  on the modulebuilder using GetType -- needed for arrays\r
-       // </remarks>\r
-       ModuleBuilder [] modules;\r
-\r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //   This is the type_cache from the assemblies to avoid\r
-       //   hitting System.Reflection on every lookup.\r
-       // </summary>\r
-       Hashtable types;\r
-\r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //  This is used to hotld the corresponding TypeContainer objects\r
-       //  since we need this in FindMembers\r
-       // </remarks>\r
-       Hashtable typecontainers;\r
-\r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //   Keeps track of those types that are defined by the\r
-       //   user's program\r
-       // </remarks>\r
-       ArrayList user_types;\r
-\r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //   Keeps a mapping between TypeBuilders and their TypeContainers\r
-       // </remarks>\r
-       static PtrHashtable builder_to_container;\r
-\r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //   Maps MethodBase.RuntimeTypeHandle to a Type array that contains\r
-       //   the arguments to the method\r
-       // </remarks>\r
-       static Hashtable method_arguments;\r
-\r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //   Maybe `method_arguments' should be replaced and only\r
-       //   method_internal_params should be kept?\r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       static Hashtable method_internal_params;\r
-\r
-       static PtrHashtable builder_to_interface;\r
-\r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //  Keeps track of delegate types\r
-       // </remarks>\r
-\r
-       static Hashtable builder_to_delegate;\r
-\r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //  Keeps track of enum types\r
-       // </remarks>\r
-\r
-       static Hashtable builder_to_enum;\r
-\r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //  Keeps track of attribute types\r
-       // </remarks>\r
-\r
-       static Hashtable builder_to_attr;\r
-\r
-       public TypeManager ()\r
-       {\r
-               assemblies = new Assembly [0];\r
-               modules = null;\r
-               user_types = new ArrayList ();\r
-               types = new Hashtable ();\r
-               typecontainers = new Hashtable ();\r
-               builder_to_interface = new PtrHashtable ();\r
-               builder_to_delegate = new PtrHashtable ();\r
-               builder_to_enum  = new PtrHashtable ();\r
-               builder_to_attr = new PtrHashtable ();\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       static TypeManager ()\r
-       {\r
-               method_arguments = new PtrHashtable ();\r
-               method_internal_params = new PtrHashtable ();\r
-               builder_to_container = new PtrHashtable ();\r
-               NoTypes = new Type [0];\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public void AddUserType (string name, TypeBuilder t)\r
-       {\r
-               try {\r
-                       types.Add (name, t);\r
-                       user_types.Add (t);\r
-               } catch {\r
-                       Report.Error (-17, "The type `" + name + "' has already been defined");\r
-               }\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       public void AddUserType (string name, TypeBuilder t, TypeContainer tc)\r
-       {\r
-               AddUserType (name, t);\r
-               builder_to_container.Add (t, tc);\r
-               typecontainers.Add (name, tc);\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public void AddDelegateType (string name, TypeBuilder t, Delegate del)\r
-       {\r
-               types.Add (name, t);\r
-               builder_to_delegate.Add (t, del);\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       public void AddEnumType (string name, TypeBuilder t, Enum en)\r
-       {\r
-               types.Add (name, t);\r
-               builder_to_enum.Add (t, en);\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public void AddUserInterface (string name, TypeBuilder t, Interface i)\r
-       {\r
-               AddUserType (name, t);\r
-               builder_to_interface.Add (t, i);\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public void RegisterAttrType (Type t, TypeContainer tc)\r
-       {\r
-               builder_to_attr.Add (t, tc);\r
-       }\r
-               \r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///   Returns the TypeContainer whose Type is `t' or null if there is no\r
-       ///   TypeContainer for `t' (ie, the Type comes from a library)\r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       public static TypeContainer LookupTypeContainer (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               return (TypeContainer) builder_to_container [t];\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public Interface LookupInterface (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               return (Interface) builder_to_interface [t];\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public static Delegate LookupDelegate (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               return (Delegate) builder_to_delegate [t];\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public static Enum LookupEnum (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               return (Enum) builder_to_enum [t];\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       public static TypeContainer LookupAttr (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               return (TypeContainer) builder_to_attr [t];\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///   Registers an assembly to load types from.\r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       public void AddAssembly (Assembly a)\r
-       {\r
-               int top = assemblies.Length;\r
-               Assembly [] n = new Assembly [top + 1];\r
-\r
-               assemblies.CopyTo (n, 0);\r
-               \r
-               n [top] = a;\r
-               assemblies = n;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///  Registers a module builder to lookup types from\r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       public void AddModule (ModuleBuilder mb)\r
-       {\r
-               int top = modules != null ? modules.Length : 0;\r
-               ModuleBuilder [] n = new ModuleBuilder [top + 1];\r
-\r
-               if (modules != null)\r
-                       modules.CopyTo (n, 0);\r
-               n [top] = mb;\r
-               modules = n;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///   Returns the Type associated with @name\r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       public Type LookupType (string name)\r
-       {\r
-               Type t;\r
-\r
-               //\r
-               // First lookup in user defined and cached values\r
-               //\r
-\r
-               t = (Type) types [name];\r
-               if (t != null)\r
-                       return t;\r
-\r
-               foreach (Assembly a in assemblies){\r
-                       t = a.GetType (name);\r
-                       if (t != null){\r
-                               types [name] = t;\r
-\r
-                               return t;\r
-                       }\r
-               }\r
-\r
-               foreach (ModuleBuilder mb in modules) {\r
-                       t = mb.GetType (name);\r
-                       if (t != null) {\r
-                               types [name] = t;\r
-                               return t;\r
-                       }\r
-               }\r
-\r
-               return null;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///   Returns the C# name of a type if possible, or the full type name otherwise\r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       static public string CSharpName (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               if (t == int32_type)\r
-                       return "int";\r
-               else if (t == uint32_type)\r
-                       return "uint";\r
-               else if (t == int64_type)\r
-                       return "long";\r
-               else if (t == uint64_type)\r
-                       return "ulong";\r
-               else if (t == float_type)\r
-                       return "float";\r
-               else if (t == double_type)\r
-                       return "double";\r
-               else if (t == char_type)\r
-                       return "char";\r
-               else if (t == short_type)\r
-                       return "short";\r
-               else if (t == decimal_type)\r
-                       return "decimal";\r
-               else if (t == bool_type)\r
-                       return "bool";\r
-               else if (t == sbyte_type)\r
-                       return "sbyte";\r
-               else if (t == byte_type)\r
-                       return "byte";\r
-               else if (t == short_type)\r
-                       return "short";\r
-               else if (t == ushort_type)\r
-                       return "ushort";\r
-               else if (t == string_type)\r
-                       return "string";\r
-               else if (t == object_type)\r
-                       return "object";\r
-               else if (t == void_type)\r
-                       return "void";\r
-               else\r
-                       return t.FullName;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///   Looks up a type, and aborts if it is not found.  This is used\r
-       ///   by types required by the compiler\r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       Type CoreLookupType (string name)\r
-       {\r
-               Type t = LookupType (name);\r
-\r
-               if (t == null){\r
-                       Report.Error (518, "The predefined type `" + name + "' is not defined or imported");\r
-                       Environment.Exit (0);\r
-               }\r
-\r
-               return t;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///   Returns the MethodInfo for a method named `name' defined\r
-       ///   in type `t' which takes arguments of types `args'\r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       MethodInfo GetMethod (Type t, string name, Type [] args)\r
-       {\r
-               MethodInfo mi = t.GetMethod (name, args);\r
-\r
-               if (mi == null)\r
-                       throw new Exception ("Can not find the core function `" + name + "'");\r
-\r
-               return mi;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       ConstructorInfo GetConstructor (Type t, Type [] args)\r
-       {\r
-               ConstructorInfo ci = t.GetConstructor (args);\r
-\r
-               if (ci == null)\r
-                       throw new Exception ("Can not find the core constructor for `" + t.FullName + "'");\r
-\r
-               return ci;\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       /// <remarks>\r
-       ///   The types have to be initialized after the initial\r
-       ///   population of the type has happened (for example, to\r
-       ///   bootstrap the corlib.dll\r
-       /// </remarks>\r
-       public void InitCoreTypes ()\r
-       {\r
-               object_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.Object");\r
-               value_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.ValueType");\r
-               string_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.String");\r
-               int32_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.Int32");\r
-               int64_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.Int64");\r
-               uint32_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.UInt32"); \r
-               uint64_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.UInt64"); \r
-               float_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.Single");\r
-               double_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.Double");\r
-               byte_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Byte");\r
-               sbyte_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.SByte");\r
-               char_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Char");\r
-               char_ptr_type = CoreLookupType ("System.Char*");\r
-               short_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.Int16");\r
-               ushort_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.UInt16");\r
-               decimal_type  = CoreLookupType ("System.Decimal");\r
-               bool_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Boolean");\r
-               enum_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Enum");\r
-\r
-               multicast_delegate_type = CoreLookupType ("System.MulticastDelegate");\r
-               delegate_type           = CoreLookupType ("System.Delegate");\r
-\r
-               array_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.Array");\r
-               void_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Void");\r
-               type_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Type");\r
-\r
-               runtime_field_handle_type = CoreLookupType ("System.RuntimeFieldHandle");\r
-               runtime_helpers_type = CoreLookupType ("System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers");\r
-               default_member_type  = CoreLookupType ("System.Reflection.DefaultMemberAttribute");\r
-               runtime_handle_type  = CoreLookupType ("System.RuntimeTypeHandle");\r
-               asynccallback_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.AsyncCallback");\r
-               iasyncresult_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.IAsyncResult");\r
-               ienumerator_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Collections.IEnumerator");\r
-               idisposable_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.IDisposable");\r
-               icloneable_type      = CoreLookupType ("System.ICloneable");\r
-               monitor_type         = CoreLookupType ("System.Threading.Monitor");\r
-               intptr_type          = CoreLookupType ("System.IntPtr");\r
-\r
-               attribute_usage_type = CoreLookupType ("System.AttributeUsageAttribute");\r
-               dllimport_type       = CoreLookupType ("System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute");\r
-               methodimpl_attr_type = CoreLookupType ("System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImplAttribute");\r
-               marshal_as_attr_type  = CoreLookupType ("System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute");\r
-               param_array_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.ParamArrayAttribute");\r
-\r
-               unverifiable_code_type = CoreLookupType ("System.Security.UnverifiableCodeAttribute");\r
-\r
-               void_ptr_type        = CoreLookupType ("System.Void*");\r
-               \r
-               //\r
-               // Now load the default methods that we use.\r
-               //\r
-               Type [] string_string = { string_type, string_type };\r
-               string_concat_string_string = GetMethod (\r
-                       string_type, "Concat", string_string);\r
-\r
-               Type [] object_object = { object_type, object_type };\r
-               string_concat_object_object = GetMethod (\r
-                       string_type, "Concat", object_object);\r
-\r
-               Type [] string_ = { string_type };\r
-               string_isinterneted_string = GetMethod (\r
-                       string_type, "IsInterned", string_);\r
-               \r
-               Type [] runtime_type_handle = { runtime_handle_type };\r
-               system_type_get_type_from_handle = GetMethod (\r
-                       type_type, "GetTypeFromHandle", runtime_type_handle);\r
-\r
-               Type [] delegate_delegate = { delegate_type, delegate_type };\r
-               delegate_combine_delegate_delegate = GetMethod (\r
-                               delegate_type, "Combine", delegate_delegate);\r
-\r
-               delegate_remove_delegate_delegate = GetMethod (\r
-                               delegate_type, "Remove", delegate_delegate);\r
-\r
-               //\r
-               // Void arguments\r
-               //\r
-               Type [] void_arg = {  };\r
-               object_getcurrent_void = GetMethod (\r
-                       ienumerator_type, "get_Current", void_arg);\r
-               bool_movenext_void = GetMethod (\r
-                       ienumerator_type, "MoveNext", void_arg);\r
-               void_dispose_void = GetMethod (\r
-                       idisposable_type, "Dispose", void_arg);\r
-               int_get_offset_to_string_data = GetMethod (\r
-                       runtime_helpers_type, "get_OffsetToStringData", void_arg);\r
-\r
-               //\r
-               // object arguments\r
-               //\r
-               Type [] object_arg = { object_type };\r
-               void_monitor_enter_object = GetMethod (\r
-                       monitor_type, "Enter", object_arg);\r
-               void_monitor_exit_object = GetMethod (\r
-                       monitor_type, "Exit", object_arg);\r
-\r
-               Type [] array_field_handle_arg = { array_type, runtime_field_handle_type };\r
-               \r
-               void_initializearray_array_fieldhandle = GetMethod (\r
-                       runtime_helpers_type, "InitializeArray", array_field_handle_arg);\r
-\r
-               //\r
-               // Array functions\r
-               //\r
-               Type [] int_arg = { int32_type };\r
-               int_getlength_int = GetMethod (\r
-                       array_type, "GetLength", int_arg);\r
-               \r
-               //\r
-               // Attributes\r
-               //\r
-               cons_param_array_attribute = GetConstructor (\r
-                       param_array_type, void_arg);\r
-               \r
-       }\r
-\r
-       const BindingFlags instance_and_static = BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance;\r
-\r
-       //\r
-       // FIXME: This can be optimized easily.  speedup by having a single builder mapping\r
-       //\r
-       public MemberInfo [] FindMembers (Type t, MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf,\r
-                                         MemberFilter filter, object criteria)\r
-       {\r
-               //\r
-               // We have to take care of arrays specially, because GetType on\r
-               // a TypeBuilder array will return a Type, not a TypeBuilder,\r
-               // and we can not call FindMembers on this type.\r
-               //\r
-               if (t.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.array_type))\r
-                       return TypeManager.array_type.FindMembers (mt, bf, filter, criteria);\r
-               \r
-               if (!(t is TypeBuilder)){\r
-                       //\r
-                       // Since FindMembers will not lookup both static and instance\r
-                       // members, we emulate this behaviour here.\r
-                       //\r
-                       if ((bf & instance_and_static) == instance_and_static){\r
-                               MemberInfo [] i_members = t.FindMembers (\r
-                                       mt, bf & ~BindingFlags.Static, filter, criteria);\r
-                               MemberInfo [] s_members = t.FindMembers (\r
-                                       mt, bf & ~BindingFlags.Instance, filter, criteria);\r
-\r
-                               int i_len = i_members.Length;\r
-                               int s_len = s_members.Length;\r
-                               if (i_len > 0 || s_len > 0){\r
-                                       MemberInfo [] both = new MemberInfo [i_len + s_len];\r
-\r
-                                       i_members.CopyTo (both, 0);\r
-                                       s_members.CopyTo (both, i_len);\r
-\r
-                                       return both;\r
-                               } else\r
-                                       return i_members;\r
-                       }\r
-                       return t.FindMembers (mt, bf, filter, criteria);\r
-               }\r
-\r
-               //\r
-               // FIXME: We should not have builder_to_blah everywhere,\r
-               // we should just have a builder_to_findmemberizable\r
-               // and have them implement a new ICanFindMembers interface\r
-               //\r
-               Enum e = (Enum) builder_to_enum [t];\r
-\r
-               if (e != null)\r
-                       return e.FindMembers (mt, bf, filter, criteria);\r
-               \r
-               Delegate del = (Delegate) builder_to_delegate [t];\r
-\r
-               if (del != null)\r
-                       return del.FindMembers (mt, bf, filter, criteria);\r
-\r
-               Interface iface = (Interface) builder_to_interface [t];\r
-\r
-               if (iface != null) \r
-                       return iface.FindMembers (mt, bf, filter, criteria);\r
-               \r
-               TypeContainer tc = (TypeContainer) builder_to_container [t];\r
-\r
-               if (tc != null)\r
-                       return tc.FindMembers (mt, bf, filter, criteria);\r
-\r
-               return null;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public static bool IsBuiltinType (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               if (t == object_type || t == string_type || t == int32_type || t == uint32_type ||\r
-                   t == int64_type || t == uint64_type || t == float_type || t == double_type ||\r
-                   t == char_type || t == short_type || t == decimal_type || t == bool_type ||\r
-                   t == sbyte_type || t == byte_type || t == ushort_type)\r
-                       return true;\r
-               else\r
-                       return false;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public static bool IsDelegateType (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               if (t.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.delegate_type))\r
-                       return true;\r
-               else\r
-                       return false;\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       public static bool IsEnumType (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               if (t.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.enum_type))\r
-                       return true;\r
-               else\r
-                       return false;\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       public static bool IsInterfaceType (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               Interface iface = (Interface) builder_to_interface [t];\r
-\r
-               if (iface != null)\r
-                       return true;\r
-               else\r
-                       return false;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///   Returns the User Defined Types\r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       public ArrayList UserTypes {\r
-               get {\r
-                       return user_types;\r
-               }\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public Hashtable TypeContainers {\r
-               get {\r
-                       return typecontainers;\r
-               }\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       static Hashtable builder_to_constant;\r
-\r
-       public static void RegisterConstant (FieldBuilder fb, Const c)\r
-       {\r
-               if (builder_to_constant == null)\r
-                       builder_to_constant = new PtrHashtable ();\r
-\r
-               if (builder_to_constant.Contains (fb))\r
-                       return;\r
-\r
-               builder_to_constant.Add (fb, c);\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public static Const LookupConstant (FieldBuilder fb)\r
-       {\r
-               if (builder_to_constant == null)\r
-                       return null;\r
-               \r
-               return (Const) builder_to_constant [fb];\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///   Gigantic work around for missing features in System.Reflection.Emit follows.\r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       ///\r
-       /// <remarks>\r
-       ///   Since System.Reflection.Emit can not return MethodBase.GetParameters\r
-       ///   for anything which is dynamic, and we need this in a number of places,\r
-       ///   we register this information here, and use it afterwards.\r
-       /// </remarks>\r
-       static public bool RegisterMethod (MethodBase mb, InternalParameters ip, Type [] args)\r
-       {\r
-               if (args == null)\r
-                       args = NoTypes;\r
-                               \r
-               method_arguments.Add (mb, args);\r
-               method_internal_params.Add (mb, ip);\r
-               \r
-               return true;\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       static public InternalParameters LookupParametersByBuilder (MethodBase mb)\r
-       {\r
-               if (! (mb is ConstructorBuilder || mb is MethodBuilder))\r
-                       return null;\r
-               \r
-               if (method_internal_params.Contains (mb))\r
-                       return (InternalParameters) method_internal_params [mb];\r
-               else\r
-                       throw new Exception ("Argument for Method not registered" + mb);\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///    Returns the argument types for a method based on its methodbase\r
-       ///\r
-       ///    For dynamic methods, we use the compiler provided types, for\r
-       ///    methods from existing assemblies we load them from GetParameters,\r
-       ///    and insert them into the cache\r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       static public Type [] GetArgumentTypes (MethodBase mb)\r
-       {\r
-               if (method_arguments.Contains (mb))\r
-                       return (Type []) method_arguments [mb];\r
-               else {\r
-                       ParameterInfo [] pi = mb.GetParameters ();\r
-                       int c = pi.Length;\r
-                       Type [] types = new Type [c];\r
-                       \r
-                       for (int i = 0; i < c; i++)\r
-                               types [i] = pi [i].ParameterType;\r
-\r
-                       method_arguments.Add (mb, types);\r
-                       return types;\r
-               }\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       // <remarks>\r
-       //  This is a workaround the fact that GetValue is not\r
-       //  supported for dynamic types\r
-       // </remarks>\r
-       static Hashtable fields = new Hashtable ();\r
-       static public bool RegisterFieldValue (FieldBuilder fb, object value)\r
-       {\r
-               if (fields.Contains (fb))\r
-                       return false;\r
-\r
-               fields.Add (fb, value);\r
-\r
-               return true;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       static public object GetValue (FieldBuilder fb)\r
-       {\r
-               return fields [fb];\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       static Hashtable fieldbuilders_to_fields = new Hashtable ();\r
-       static public bool RegisterField (FieldBuilder fb, Field f)\r
-       {\r
-               if (fieldbuilders_to_fields.Contains (fb))\r
-                       return false;\r
-\r
-               fieldbuilders_to_fields.Add (fb, f);\r
-               return true;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       static public Field GetField (FieldInfo fb)\r
-       {\r
-               return (Field) fieldbuilders_to_fields [fb];\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       static Hashtable events;\r
-\r
-       static public bool RegisterEvent (MyEventBuilder eb, MethodBase add, MethodBase remove)\r
-       {\r
-               if (events == null)\r
-                       events = new Hashtable ();\r
-\r
-               if (events.Contains (eb))\r
-                       return false;\r
-\r
-               events.Add (eb, new Pair (add, remove));\r
-\r
-               return true;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       static public MethodInfo GetAddMethod (EventInfo ei)\r
-       {\r
-               if (ei is MyEventBuilder) {\r
-                       Pair pair = (Pair) events [ei];\r
-\r
-                       return (MethodInfo) pair.First;\r
-               } else\r
-                       return ei.GetAddMethod ();\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       static public MethodInfo GetRemoveMethod (EventInfo ei)\r
-       {\r
-               if (ei is MyEventBuilder) {\r
-                       Pair pair = (Pair) events [ei];\r
-\r
-                       return (MethodInfo) pair.Second;\r
-               } else\r
-                       return ei.GetAddMethod ();\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       static Hashtable properties;\r
-       \r
-       static public bool RegisterProperty (PropertyBuilder pb, MethodBase get, MethodBase set)\r
-       {\r
-               if (properties == null)\r
-                       properties = new Hashtable ();\r
-\r
-               if (properties.Contains (pb))\r
-                       return false;\r
-\r
-               properties.Add (pb, new Pair (get, set));\r
-\r
-               return true;\r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       //\r
-       // FIXME: we need to return the accessors depending on whether\r
-       // they are visible or not.\r
-       //\r
-       static public MethodInfo [] GetAccessors (PropertyInfo pi)\r
-       {\r
-               MethodInfo [] ret;\r
-\r
-               if (pi is PropertyBuilder){\r
-                       Pair pair = (Pair) properties [pi];\r
-\r
-                       ret = new MethodInfo [2];\r
-                       ret [0] = (MethodInfo) pair.First;\r
-                       ret [1] = (MethodInfo) pair.Second;\r
-\r
-                       return ret;\r
-               } else {\r
-                       MethodInfo [] mi = new MethodInfo [2];\r
-\r
-                       //\r
-                       // Why this and not pi.GetAccessors?\r
-                       // Because sometimes index 0 is the getter\r
-                       // sometimes it is 1\r
-                       //\r
-                       mi [0] = pi.GetGetMethod (true);\r
-                       mi [1] = pi.GetSetMethod (true);\r
-\r
-                       return mi;\r
-               }\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       static public MethodInfo GetPropertyGetter (PropertyInfo pi)\r
-       {\r
-               if (pi is PropertyBuilder){\r
-                       Pair de = (Pair) properties [pi];\r
-\r
-                       return (MethodInfo) de.Second;\r
-               } else\r
-                       return pi.GetSetMethod ();\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       static public MethodInfo GetPropertySetter (PropertyInfo pi)\r
-       {\r
-               if (pi is PropertyBuilder){\r
-                       Pair de = (Pair) properties [pi];\r
-\r
-                       return (MethodInfo) de.First;\r
-               } else\r
-                       return pi.GetGetMethod ();\r
-       }\r
-                               \r
-       /// <remarks>\r
-       ///  The following is used to check if a given type implements an interface.\r
-       ///  The cache helps us reduce the expense of hitting Type.GetInterfaces everytime.\r
-       /// </remarks>\r
-       public static bool ImplementsInterface (Type t, Type iface)\r
-       {\r
-               Type [] interfaces;\r
-\r
-               //\r
-               // FIXME OPTIMIZATION:\r
-               // as soon as we hit a non-TypeBuiler in the interface\r
-               // chain, we could return, as the `Type.GetInterfaces'\r
-               // will return all the interfaces implement by the type\r
-               // or its parents.\r
-               //\r
-               do {\r
-                       interfaces = t.GetInterfaces ();\r
-\r
-                       for (int i = interfaces.Length; i > 0; ){\r
-                               i--;\r
-                               if (interfaces [i] == iface)\r
-                                       return true;\r
-                       }\r
-                       t = t.BaseType;\r
-               } while (t != null);\r
-               \r
-               return false;\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       //\r
-       // This is needed, because enumerations from assemblies\r
-       // do not report their underlyingtype, but they report\r
-       // themselves\r
-       //\r
-       public static Type EnumToUnderlying (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               t = t.UnderlyingSystemType;\r
-               if (!TypeManager.IsEnumType (t))\r
-                       return t;\r
-               \r
-               TypeCode tc = Type.GetTypeCode (t);\r
-\r
-               switch (tc){\r
-               case TypeCode.Boolean:\r
-                       return TypeManager.bool_type;\r
-               case TypeCode.Byte:\r
-                       return TypeManager.byte_type;\r
-               case TypeCode.SByte:\r
-                       return TypeManager.sbyte_type;\r
-               case TypeCode.Char:\r
-                       return TypeManager.char_type;\r
-               case TypeCode.Int16:\r
-                       return TypeManager.short_type;\r
-               case TypeCode.UInt16:\r
-                       return TypeManager.ushort_type;\r
-               case TypeCode.Int32:\r
-                       return TypeManager.int32_type;\r
-               case TypeCode.UInt32:\r
-                       return TypeManager.uint32_type;\r
-               case TypeCode.Int64:\r
-                       return TypeManager.int64_type;\r
-               case TypeCode.UInt64:\r
-                       return TypeManager.uint64_type;\r
-               }\r
-               throw new Exception ("Unhandled typecode in enum" + tc);\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///   Utility function that can be used to probe whether a type\r
-       ///   is managed or not.  \r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       public static bool VerifyUnManaged (Type t, Location loc)\r
-       {\r
-               if (t.IsValueType){\r
-                       //\r
-                       // FIXME: this is more complex, we actually need to\r
-                       // make sure that the type does not contain any\r
-                       // classes itself\r
-                       //\r
-                       return true;\r
-               }\r
-\r
-               Report.Error (\r
-                       208, loc,\r
-                       "Cannot take the address or size of a variable of a managed type ('" +\r
-                       CSharpName (t) + "')");\r
-               return false;   \r
-       }\r
-       \r
-       /// <summary>\r
-       ///   Returns the name of the indexer in a given type.\r
-       /// </summary>\r
-       /// <remarks>\r
-       ///   The default is not always `Item'.  The user can change this behaviour by\r
-       ///   using the DefaultMemberAttribute in the class.\r
-       ///\r
-       ///   For example, the String class indexer is named `Chars' not `Item' \r
-       /// </remarks>\r
-       public static string IndexerPropertyName (Type t)\r
-       {\r
-               \r
-               if (t is TypeBuilder) {\r
-                       TypeContainer tc = (TypeContainer) builder_to_container [t];\r
-\r
-                       Attributes attrs = tc.OptAttributes;\r
-                       \r
-                       if (attrs == null || attrs.AttributeSections == null)\r
-                               return "Item";\r
-\r
-                       foreach (AttributeSection asec in attrs.AttributeSections) {\r
-\r
-                               if (asec.Attributes == null)\r
-                                       continue;\r
-\r
-                               foreach (Attribute a in asec.Attributes) {\r
-                                       if (a.Name.IndexOf ("DefaultMember") != -1) {\r
-                                               ArrayList pos_args = (ArrayList) a.Arguments [0];\r
-                                               Expression e = ((Argument) pos_args [0]).expr;\r
-\r
-                                               if (e is StringConstant)\r
-                                                       return ((StringConstant) e).Value;\r
-                                       }\r
-                               }\r
-                       }\r
-\r
-                       return "Item";\r
-               }\r
-               \r
-               System.Attribute attr = System.Attribute.GetCustomAttribute (t, TypeManager.default_member_type);\r
-               \r
-               if (attr != null)\r
-               {\r
-                       DefaultMemberAttribute dma = (DefaultMemberAttribute) attr;\r
-                       \r
-                       return dma.MemberName;\r
-               }\r
-\r
-               return "Item";\r
-       }\r
-\r
-       public static void MakePinned (LocalBuilder builder)\r
-       {\r
-               //\r
-               // FIXME: Flag the "LocalBuilder" type as being\r
-               // pinned.  Figure out API.\r
-               //\r
-       }\r
-}\r
-\r
-}\r
+//
+// typemanager.cs: C# type manager
+//
+// Author: Miguel de Icaza (miguel@gnu.org)
+//         Ravi Pratap     (ravi@ximian.com)
+//
+// Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL
+//
+// (C) 2001 Ximian, Inc (http://www.ximian.com)
+//
+//
+using System;
+using System.Globalization;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Reflection.Emit;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace Mono.CSharp {
+
+public class TypeManager {
+       //
+       // A list of core types that the compiler requires or uses
+       //
+       static public Type object_type;
+       static public Type value_type;
+       static public Type string_type;
+       static public Type int32_type;
+       static public Type uint32_type;
+       static public Type int64_type;
+       static public Type uint64_type;
+       static public Type float_type;
+       static public Type double_type;
+       static public Type char_type;
+       static public Type char_ptr_type;
+       static public Type short_type;
+       static public Type decimal_type;
+       static public Type bool_type;
+       static public Type sbyte_type;
+       static public Type byte_type;
+       static public Type ushort_type;
+       static public Type enum_type;
+       static public Type delegate_type;
+       static public Type multicast_delegate_type;
+       static public Type void_type;
+       static public Type enumeration_type;
+       static public Type array_type;
+       static public Type runtime_handle_type;
+       static public Type icloneable_type;
+       static public Type type_type;
+       static public Type ienumerator_type;
+       static public Type idisposable_type;
+       static public Type default_member_type;
+       static public Type iasyncresult_type;
+       static public Type asynccallback_type;
+       static public Type intptr_type;
+       static public Type monitor_type;
+       static public Type runtime_field_handle_type;
+       static public Type attribute_type;
+       static public Type attribute_usage_type;
+       static public Type dllimport_type;
+       static public Type unverifiable_code_type;
+       static public Type methodimpl_attr_type;
+       static public Type marshal_as_attr_type;
+       static public Type param_array_type;
+       static public Type void_ptr_type;
+       static public Type indexer_name_type;
+       static public Type exception_type;
+       static public object obsolete_attribute_type;
+       static public object conditional_attribute_type;
+
+       //
+       // An empty array of types
+       //
+       static public Type [] NoTypes;
+
+
+       // 
+       // Expressions representing the internal types.  Used during declaration
+       // definition.
+       //
+       static public Expression system_object_expr, system_string_expr; 
+       static public Expression system_boolean_expr, system_decimal_expr;
+       static public Expression system_single_expr, system_double_expr;
+       static public Expression system_sbyte_expr, system_byte_expr;
+       static public Expression system_int16_expr, system_uint16_expr;
+       static public Expression system_int32_expr, system_uint32_expr;
+       static public Expression system_int64_expr, system_uint64_expr;
+       static public Expression system_char_expr, system_void_expr;
+       static public Expression system_asynccallback_expr;
+       static public Expression system_iasyncresult_expr;
+
+       //
+       // This is only used when compiling corlib
+       //
+       static public Type system_int32_type;
+       static public Type system_array_type;
+       static public Type system_type_type;
+       static public Type system_assemblybuilder_type;
+       static public MethodInfo system_int_array_get_length;
+       static public MethodInfo system_int_array_get_rank;
+       static public MethodInfo system_object_array_clone;
+       static public MethodInfo system_int_array_get_length_int;
+       static public MethodInfo system_int_array_get_lower_bound_int;
+       static public MethodInfo system_int_array_get_upper_bound_int;
+       static public MethodInfo system_void_array_copyto_array_int;
+       static public MethodInfo system_void_set_corlib_type_builders;
+
+       
+       //
+       // Internal, not really used outside
+       //
+       static Type runtime_helpers_type;
+       
+       //
+       // These methods are called by code generated by the compiler
+       //
+       static public MethodInfo string_concat_string_string;
+       static public MethodInfo string_concat_object_object;
+       static public MethodInfo string_isinterneted_string;
+       static public MethodInfo system_type_get_type_from_handle;
+       static public MethodInfo object_getcurrent_void;
+       static public MethodInfo bool_movenext_void;
+       static public MethodInfo void_dispose_void;
+       static public MethodInfo void_monitor_enter_object;
+       static public MethodInfo void_monitor_exit_object;
+       static public MethodInfo void_initializearray_array_fieldhandle;
+       static public MethodInfo int_getlength_int;
+       static public MethodInfo delegate_combine_delegate_delegate;
+       static public MethodInfo delegate_remove_delegate_delegate;
+       static public MethodInfo int_get_offset_to_string_data;
+       static public MethodInfo int_array_get_length;
+       static public MethodInfo int_array_get_rank;
+       static public MethodInfo object_array_clone;
+       static public MethodInfo int_array_get_length_int;
+       static public MethodInfo int_array_get_lower_bound_int;
+       static public MethodInfo int_array_get_upper_bound_int;
+       static public MethodInfo void_array_copyto_array_int;
+       
+       //
+       // The attribute constructors.
+       //
+       static public ConstructorInfo cons_param_array_attribute;
+       static public ConstructorInfo void_decimal_ctor_five_args;
+       static public ConstructorInfo unverifiable_code_ctor;
+       
+       // <remarks>
+       //   Holds the Array of Assemblies that have been loaded
+       //   (either because it is the default or the user used the
+       //   -r command line option)
+       // </remarks>
+       static Assembly [] assemblies;
+
+       // <remarks>
+       //  Keeps a list of module builders. We used this to do lookups
+       //  on the modulebuilder using GetType -- needed for arrays
+       // </remarks>
+       static ModuleBuilder [] modules;
+
+       // <remarks>
+       //   This is the type_cache from the assemblies to avoid
+       //   hitting System.Reflection on every lookup.
+       // </summary>
+       static CaseInsensitiveHashtable types;
+
+       // <remarks>
+       //  This is used to hotld the corresponding TypeContainer objects
+       //  since we need this in FindMembers
+       // </remarks>
+       static CaseInsensitiveHashtable typecontainers;
+
+       // <remarks>
+       //   Keeps track of those types that are defined by the
+       //   user's program
+       // </remarks>
+       static ArrayList user_types;
+
+       static PtrHashtable builder_to_declspace;
+
+       // <remarks>
+       //   Tracks the interfaces implemented by typebuilders.  We only
+       //   enter those who do implement or or more interfaces
+       // </remarks>
+       static PtrHashtable builder_to_ifaces;
+
+       // <remarks>
+       //   Maps MethodBase.RuntimeTypeHandle to a Type array that contains
+       //   the arguments to the method
+       // </remarks>
+       static Hashtable method_arguments;
+
+       // <remarks>
+       //   Maps PropertyBuilder to a Type array that contains
+       //   the arguments to the indexer
+       // </remarks>
+       static Hashtable indexer_arguments;
+
+       // <remarks>
+       //   Maybe `method_arguments' should be replaced and only
+       //   method_internal_params should be kept?
+       // <remarks>
+       static Hashtable method_internal_params;
+
+       // <remarks>
+       //  Keeps track of attribute types
+       // </remarks>
+
+       static Hashtable builder_to_attr;
+
+       // <remarks>
+       //  Keeps track of methods
+       // </remarks>
+
+       static Hashtable builder_to_method;
+
+       struct Signature {
+               public string name;
+               public Type [] args;
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   A filter for Findmembers that uses the Signature object to
+       ///   extract objects
+       /// </summary>
+       static bool SignatureFilter (MemberInfo mi, object criteria)
+       {
+               Signature sig = (Signature) criteria;
+
+               if (!(mi is MethodBase))
+                       return false;
+               
+               if (mi.Name != sig.name)
+                       return false;
+
+               int count = sig.args.Length;
+               
+               if (mi is MethodBuilder || mi is ConstructorBuilder){
+                       Type [] candidate_args = GetArgumentTypes ((MethodBase) mi);
+
+                       if (candidate_args.Length != count)
+                               return false;
+                       
+                       for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+                               if (candidate_args [i] != sig.args [i])
+                                       return false;
+                       
+                       return true;
+               } else {
+                       ParameterInfo [] pars = ((MethodBase) mi).GetParameters ();
+
+                       if (pars.Length != count)
+                               return false;
+
+                       for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
+                               if (pars [i].ParameterType != sig.args [i])
+                                       return false;
+                       return true;
+               }
+       }
+
+       // A delegate that points to the filter above.
+       static MemberFilter signature_filter;
+
+       //
+       // These are expressions that represent some of the internal data types, used
+       // elsewhere
+       //
+       static void InitExpressionTypes ()
+       {
+               system_object_expr  = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.Object");
+               system_string_expr  = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.String");
+               system_boolean_expr = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.Boolean");
+               system_decimal_expr = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.Decimal");
+               system_single_expr  = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.Single");
+               system_double_expr  = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.Double");
+               system_sbyte_expr   = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.SByte");
+               system_byte_expr    = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.Byte");
+               system_int16_expr   = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.Int16");
+               system_uint16_expr  = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.UInt16");
+               system_int32_expr   = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.Int32");
+               system_uint32_expr  = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.UInt32");
+               system_int64_expr   = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.Int64");
+               system_uint64_expr  = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.UInt64");
+               system_char_expr    = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.Char");
+               system_void_expr    = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.Void");
+               system_asynccallback_expr = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.AsyncCallback");
+               system_iasyncresult_expr = new TypeLookupExpression ("System.IAsyncResult");
+       }
+       
+       static TypeManager ()
+       {
+               assemblies = new Assembly [0];
+               modules = null;
+               user_types = new ArrayList ();
+               
+               types = new CaseInsensitiveHashtable ();
+               typecontainers = new CaseInsensitiveHashtable ();
+               
+               builder_to_declspace = new PtrHashtable ();
+               builder_to_attr = new PtrHashtable ();
+               builder_to_method = new PtrHashtable ();
+               method_arguments = new PtrHashtable ();
+               method_internal_params = new PtrHashtable ();
+               indexer_arguments = new PtrHashtable ();
+               builder_to_ifaces = new PtrHashtable ();
+               
+               NoTypes = new Type [0];
+
+               signature_filter = new MemberFilter (SignatureFilter);
+               InitExpressionTypes ();
+       }
+
+       public static void AddUserType (string name, TypeBuilder t, Type [] ifaces)
+       {
+               try {
+                       types.Add (name, t);
+               } catch {
+                       Type prev = (Type) types [name];
+                       TypeContainer tc = builder_to_declspace [prev] as TypeContainer;
+
+                       if (tc != null){
+                               //
+                               // This probably never happens, as we catch this before
+                               //
+                               Report.Error (-17, "The type `" + name + "' has already been defined.");
+                               return;
+                       }
+
+                       tc = builder_to_declspace [t] as TypeContainer;
+                       
+                       Report.Warning (
+                               1595, "The type `" + name + "' is defined in an existing assembly;"+
+                               " Using the new definition from: " + tc.Location);
+                       Report.Warning (1595, "Previously defined in: " + prev.Assembly.FullName);
+                       
+                       types.Remove (name);
+                       types.Add (name, t);
+               }
+               user_types.Add (t);
+                       
+               if (ifaces != null)
+                       builder_to_ifaces [t] = ifaces;
+       }
+
+       //
+       // This entry point is used by types that we define under the covers
+       // 
+       public static void RegisterBuilder (TypeBuilder tb, Type [] ifaces)
+       {
+               if (ifaces != null)
+                       builder_to_ifaces [tb] = ifaces;
+       }
+       
+       public static void AddUserType (string name, TypeBuilder t, TypeContainer tc, Type [] ifaces)
+       {
+               builder_to_declspace.Add (t, tc);
+               typecontainers.Add (name, tc);
+               AddUserType (name, t, ifaces);
+       }
+
+       public static void AddDelegateType (string name, TypeBuilder t, Delegate del)
+       {
+               types.Add (name, t);
+               builder_to_declspace.Add (t, del);
+       }
+       
+       public static void AddEnumType (string name, TypeBuilder t, Enum en)
+       {
+               types.Add (name, t);
+               builder_to_declspace.Add (t, en);
+       }
+
+       public static void AddUserInterface (string name, TypeBuilder t, Interface i, Type [] ifaces)
+       {
+               AddUserType (name, t, ifaces);
+               builder_to_declspace.Add (t, i);
+       }
+
+       public static void AddMethod (MethodBuilder builder, MethodData method)
+       {
+               builder_to_method.Add (builder, method);
+       }
+
+       public static void RegisterAttrType (Type t, TypeContainer tc)
+       {
+               builder_to_attr.Add (t, tc);
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Returns the TypeContainer whose Type is `t' or null if there is no
+       ///   TypeContainer for `t' (ie, the Type comes from a library)
+       /// </summary>
+       public static TypeContainer LookupTypeContainer (Type t)
+       {
+               return builder_to_declspace [t] as TypeContainer;
+       }
+
+       public static IMemberContainer LookupMemberContainer (Type t)
+       {
+               if (t is TypeBuilder) {
+                       IMemberContainer container = builder_to_declspace [t] as IMemberContainer;
+                       if (container != null)
+                               return container;
+               }
+
+               return TypeHandle.GetTypeHandle (t);
+       }
+
+       public static Interface LookupInterface (Type t)
+       {
+               return builder_to_declspace [t] as Interface;
+       }
+
+       public static Delegate LookupDelegate (Type t)
+       {
+               return builder_to_declspace [t] as Delegate;
+       }
+
+       public static Enum LookupEnum (Type t)
+       {
+               return builder_to_declspace [t] as Enum;
+       }
+       
+       public static TypeContainer LookupAttr (Type t)
+       {
+               return (TypeContainer) builder_to_attr [t];
+       }
+       
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Registers an assembly to load types from.
+       /// </summary>
+       public static void AddAssembly (Assembly a)
+       {
+               int top = assemblies.Length;
+               Assembly [] n = new Assembly [top + 1];
+
+               assemblies.CopyTo (n, 0);
+               
+               n [top] = a;
+               assemblies = n;
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///  Registers a module builder to lookup types from
+       /// </summary>
+       public static void AddModule (ModuleBuilder mb)
+       {
+               int top = modules != null ? modules.Length : 0;
+               ModuleBuilder [] n = new ModuleBuilder [top + 1];
+
+               if (modules != null)
+                       modules.CopyTo (n, 0);
+               n [top] = mb;
+               modules = n;
+       }
+
+       //
+       // Low-level lookup, cache-less
+       //
+       static Type LookupTypeReflection (string name)
+       {
+               Type t;
+
+               foreach (Assembly a in assemblies){
+                       t = a.GetType (name);
+                       if (t != null)
+                               return t;
+               }
+
+               foreach (ModuleBuilder mb in modules) {
+                       t = mb.GetType (name);
+                       if (t != null){
+                               return t;
+                       }
+               }
+               return null;
+       }
+
+       //
+       // This function is used when you want to avoid the lookups, and want to go
+       // directly to the source.  This will use the cache.
+       //
+       // Notice that bypassing the cache is bad, because on Microsoft.NET runtime
+       // GetType ("DynamicType[]") != GetType ("DynamicType[]"), and there is no
+       // way to test things other than doing a fullname compare
+       //
+       public static Type LookupTypeDirect (string name)
+       {
+               Type t = (Type) types [name];
+               if (t != null)
+                       return t;
+
+               t = LookupTypeReflection (name);
+               if (t == null)
+                       return null;
+
+               types [name] = t;
+               return t;
+       }
+       
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Returns the Type associated with @name, takes care of the fact that
+       ///   reflection expects nested types to be separated from the main type
+       ///   with a "+" instead of a "."
+       /// </summary>
+       public static Type LookupType (string name)
+       {
+               Type t;
+
+               //
+               // First lookup in user defined and cached values
+               //
+
+               t = (Type) types [name];
+               if (t != null)
+                       return t;
+
+               //
+               // Optimization: ComposedCast will work with an existing type, and might already have the
+               // full name of the type, so the full system lookup can probably be avoided.
+               //
+               
+               string [] elements = name.Split ('.');
+               int count = elements.Length;
+
+               for (int n = 1; n <= count; n++){
+                       string top_level_type = String.Join (".", elements, 0, n);
+
+                       t = (Type) types [top_level_type];
+                       if (t == null){
+                               t = LookupTypeReflection (top_level_type);
+                               if (t == null)
+                                       continue;
+                       }
+                       
+                       if (count == n){
+                               types [name] = t;
+                               return t;
+                       } 
+                       
+                       string newt = top_level_type + "+" + String.Join ("+", elements, n, count - n);
+                       t = LookupTypeDirect (newt);
+                       if (t != null)
+                               types [newt] = t;
+                       return t;
+               }
+               return null;
+       }
+
+       //
+       // Returns a list of all namespaces in the assemblies and types loaded.
+       //
+       public static CaseInsensitiveHashtable GetNamespaces ()
+       {
+               CaseInsensitiveHashtable namespaces = new CaseInsensitiveHashtable ();
+
+               foreach (Assembly a in assemblies){
+                       foreach (Type t in a.GetTypes ()){
+                               string ns = t.Namespace;
+
+                               if (namespaces.Contains (ns))
+                                       continue;
+                               namespaces [ns] = ns;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               foreach (ModuleBuilder mb in modules){
+                       foreach (Type t in mb.GetTypes ()){
+                               string ns = t.Namespace;
+
+                               if (namespaces.Contains (ns))
+                                       continue;
+                               namespaces [ns] = ns;
+                       }
+               }
+               return namespaces;
+       }
+       
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Returns the C# name of a type if possible, or the full type name otherwise
+       /// </summary>
+       static public string CSharpName (Type t)
+       {
+               return Regex.Replace (t.FullName, 
+                       @"^System\." +
+                       @"(Int32|UInt32|Int16|Uint16|Int64|UInt64|" +
+                       @"Single|Double|Char|Decimal|Byte|SByte|Object|" +
+                       @"Boolean|String|Void)" +
+                       @"(\W+|\b)", 
+                       new MatchEvaluator (CSharpNameMatch));
+       }       
+       
+       static String CSharpNameMatch (Match match) 
+       {
+               string s = match.Groups [1].Captures [0].Value;
+               return s.ToLower ().
+               Replace ("int32", "int").
+               Replace ("uint32", "uint").
+               Replace ("int16", "short").
+               Replace ("uint16", "ushort").
+               Replace ("int64", "long").
+               Replace ("uint64", "ulong").
+               Replace ("single", "float").
+               Replace ("boolean", "bool")
+               + match.Groups [2].Captures [0].Value;
+       }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///   Returns the signature of the method
+        /// </summary>
+        static public string CSharpSignature (MethodBase mb)
+        {
+                string sig = "(";
+
+               //
+               // FIXME: We should really have a single function to do
+               // everything instead of the following 5 line pattern
+               //
+                ParameterData iparams = LookupParametersByBuilder (mb);
+
+               if (iparams == null){
+                       ParameterInfo [] pi = mb.GetParameters ();
+                       iparams = new ReflectionParameters (pi);
+               }
+               
+                for (int i = 0; i < iparams.Count; i++) {
+                        if (i > 0) {
+                                sig += ", ";
+                        }
+                        sig += iparams.ParameterDesc(i);
+                }
+                sig += ")";
+
+                return mb.DeclaringType.Name + "." + mb.Name + sig;
+        }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Looks up a type, and aborts if it is not found.  This is used
+       ///   by types required by the compiler
+       /// </summary>
+       static Type CoreLookupType (string name)
+       {
+               Type t = LookupType (name);
+
+               if (t == null){
+                       Report.Error (518, "The predefined type `" + name + "' is not defined or imported");
+                       Environment.Exit (0);
+               }
+
+               return t;
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Returns the MethodInfo for a method named `name' defined
+       ///   in type `t' which takes arguments of types `args'
+       /// </summary>
+       static MethodInfo GetMethod (Type t, string name, Type [] args)
+       {
+               MemberList list;
+               Signature sig;
+
+               sig.name = name;
+               sig.args = args;
+               
+               list = FindMembers (t, MemberTypes.Method, instance_and_static | BindingFlags.Public,
+                                   signature_filter, sig);
+               if (list.Count == 0) {
+                       Report.Error (-19, "Can not find the core function `" + name + "'");
+                       return null;
+               }
+
+               MethodInfo mi = list [0] as MethodInfo;
+               if (mi == null) {
+                       Report.Error (-19, "Can not find the core function `" + name + "'");
+                       return null;
+               }
+
+               return mi;
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///    Returns the ConstructorInfo for "args"
+       /// </summary>
+       public static ConstructorInfo GetConstructor (Type t, Type [] args)
+       {
+               MemberList list;
+               Signature sig;
+
+               sig.name = ".ctor";
+               sig.args = args;
+               
+               list = FindMembers (t, MemberTypes.Constructor,
+                                   instance_and_static | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly,
+                                   signature_filter, sig);
+               if (list.Count == 0){
+                       Report.Error (-19, "Can not find the core constructor for type `" + t.Name + "'");
+                       return null;
+               }
+
+               ConstructorInfo ci = list [0] as ConstructorInfo;
+               if (ci == null){
+                       Report.Error (-19, "Can not find the core constructor for type `" + t.Name + "'");
+                       return null;
+               }
+
+               return ci;
+       }
+
+       public static void InitEnumUnderlyingTypes ()
+       {
+
+               int32_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.Int32");
+               int64_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.Int64");
+               uint32_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.UInt32"); 
+               uint64_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.UInt64"); 
+               byte_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Byte");
+               sbyte_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.SByte");
+               short_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.Int16");
+               ushort_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.UInt16");
+       }
+       
+       /// <remarks>
+       ///   The types have to be initialized after the initial
+       ///   population of the type has happened (for example, to
+       ///   bootstrap the corlib.dll
+       /// </remarks>
+       public static void InitCoreTypes ()
+       {
+               object_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.Object");
+               value_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.ValueType");
+
+               InitEnumUnderlyingTypes ();
+
+               char_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Char");
+               string_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.String");
+               float_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.Single");
+               double_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.Double");
+               char_ptr_type = CoreLookupType ("System.Char*");
+               decimal_type  = CoreLookupType ("System.Decimal");
+               bool_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Boolean");
+               enum_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Enum");
+
+               multicast_delegate_type = CoreLookupType ("System.MulticastDelegate");
+               delegate_type           = CoreLookupType ("System.Delegate");
+
+               array_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.Array");
+               void_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Void");
+               type_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Type");
+
+               runtime_field_handle_type = CoreLookupType ("System.RuntimeFieldHandle");
+               runtime_helpers_type = CoreLookupType ("System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers");
+               default_member_type  = CoreLookupType ("System.Reflection.DefaultMemberAttribute");
+               runtime_handle_type  = CoreLookupType ("System.RuntimeTypeHandle");
+               asynccallback_type   = CoreLookupType ("System.AsyncCallback");
+               iasyncresult_type    = CoreLookupType ("System.IAsyncResult");
+               ienumerator_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Collections.IEnumerator");
+               idisposable_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.IDisposable");
+               icloneable_type      = CoreLookupType ("System.ICloneable");
+               monitor_type         = CoreLookupType ("System.Threading.Monitor");
+               intptr_type          = CoreLookupType ("System.IntPtr");
+
+               attribute_type       = CoreLookupType ("System.Attribute");
+               attribute_usage_type = CoreLookupType ("System.AttributeUsageAttribute");
+               dllimport_type       = CoreLookupType ("System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute");
+               methodimpl_attr_type = CoreLookupType ("System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImplAttribute");
+               marshal_as_attr_type  = CoreLookupType ("System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute");
+               param_array_type      = CoreLookupType ("System.ParamArrayAttribute");
+
+               unverifiable_code_type= CoreLookupType ("System.Security.UnverifiableCodeAttribute");
+
+               void_ptr_type         = CoreLookupType ("System.Void*");
+
+               indexer_name_type     = CoreLookupType ("System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IndexerNameAttribute");
+
+               exception_type        = CoreLookupType ("System.Exception");
+
+               //
+               // Attribute types
+               //
+               obsolete_attribute_type = CoreLookupType ("System.ObsoleteAttribute");
+               conditional_attribute_type = CoreLookupType ("System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute");
+
+               //
+               // When compiling corlib, store the "real" types here.
+               //
+               if (!RootContext.StdLib) {
+                       system_int32_type = typeof (System.Int32);
+                       system_array_type = typeof (System.Array);
+                       system_type_type = typeof (System.Type);
+                       system_assemblybuilder_type = typeof (System.Reflection.Emit.AssemblyBuilder);
+
+                       Type [] void_arg = {  };
+                       system_int_array_get_length = GetMethod (
+                               system_array_type, "get_Length", void_arg);
+                       system_int_array_get_rank = GetMethod (
+                               system_array_type, "get_Rank", void_arg);
+                       system_object_array_clone = GetMethod (
+                               system_array_type, "Clone", void_arg);
+
+                       Type [] system_int_arg = { system_int32_type };
+                       system_int_array_get_length_int = GetMethod (
+                               system_array_type, "GetLength", system_int_arg);
+                       system_int_array_get_upper_bound_int = GetMethod (
+                               system_array_type, "GetUpperBound", system_int_arg);
+                       system_int_array_get_lower_bound_int = GetMethod (
+                               system_array_type, "GetLowerBound", system_int_arg);
+
+                       Type [] system_array_int_arg = { system_array_type, system_int32_type };
+                       system_void_array_copyto_array_int = GetMethod (
+                               system_array_type, "CopyTo", system_array_int_arg);
+
+                       Type [] system_type_type_arg = { system_type_type, system_type_type, system_type_type };
+
+                       try {
+                       system_void_set_corlib_type_builders = GetMethod (
+                               system_assemblybuilder_type, "SetCorlibTypeBuilders",
+                               system_type_type_arg);
+
+                       object[] args = new object [3];
+                       args [0] = object_type;
+                       args [1] = value_type;
+                       args [2] = enum_type;
+
+                       system_void_set_corlib_type_builders.Invoke (CodeGen.AssemblyBuilder, args);
+                       } catch {
+                               Console.WriteLine ("Corlib compilation is not supported in Microsoft.NET due to bugs in it");
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+
+       //
+       // The helper methods that are used by the compiler
+       //
+       public static void InitCodeHelpers ()
+       {
+               //
+               // Now load the default methods that we use.
+               //
+               Type [] string_string = { string_type, string_type };
+               string_concat_string_string = GetMethod (
+                       string_type, "Concat", string_string);
+
+               Type [] object_object = { object_type, object_type };
+               string_concat_object_object = GetMethod (
+                       string_type, "Concat", object_object);
+
+               Type [] string_ = { string_type };
+               string_isinterneted_string = GetMethod (
+                       string_type, "IsInterned", string_);
+               
+               Type [] runtime_type_handle = { runtime_handle_type };
+               system_type_get_type_from_handle = GetMethod (
+                       type_type, "GetTypeFromHandle", runtime_type_handle);
+
+               Type [] delegate_delegate = { delegate_type, delegate_type };
+               delegate_combine_delegate_delegate = GetMethod (
+                               delegate_type, "Combine", delegate_delegate);
+
+               delegate_remove_delegate_delegate = GetMethod (
+                               delegate_type, "Remove", delegate_delegate);
+
+               //
+               // Void arguments
+               //
+               Type [] void_arg = {  };
+               object_getcurrent_void = GetMethod (
+                       ienumerator_type, "get_Current", void_arg);
+               bool_movenext_void = GetMethod (
+                       ienumerator_type, "MoveNext", void_arg);
+               void_dispose_void = GetMethod (
+                       idisposable_type, "Dispose", void_arg);
+               int_get_offset_to_string_data = GetMethod (
+                       runtime_helpers_type, "get_OffsetToStringData", void_arg);
+               int_array_get_length = GetMethod (
+                       array_type, "get_Length", void_arg);
+               int_array_get_rank = GetMethod (
+                       array_type, "get_Rank", void_arg);
+
+               //
+               // Int32 arguments
+               //
+               Type [] int_arg = { int32_type };
+               int_array_get_length_int = GetMethod (
+                       array_type, "GetLength", int_arg);
+               int_array_get_upper_bound_int = GetMethod (
+                       array_type, "GetUpperBound", int_arg);
+               int_array_get_lower_bound_int = GetMethod (
+                       array_type, "GetLowerBound", int_arg);
+
+               //
+               // System.Array methods
+               //
+               object_array_clone = GetMethod (
+                       array_type, "Clone", void_arg);
+               Type [] array_int_arg = { array_type, int32_type };
+               void_array_copyto_array_int = GetMethod (
+                       array_type, "CopyTo", array_int_arg);
+               
+               //
+               // object arguments
+               //
+               Type [] object_arg = { object_type };
+               void_monitor_enter_object = GetMethod (
+                       monitor_type, "Enter", object_arg);
+               void_monitor_exit_object = GetMethod (
+                       monitor_type, "Exit", object_arg);
+
+               Type [] array_field_handle_arg = { array_type, runtime_field_handle_type };
+               
+               void_initializearray_array_fieldhandle = GetMethod (
+                       runtime_helpers_type, "InitializeArray", array_field_handle_arg);
+
+               //
+               // Array functions
+               //
+               int_getlength_int = GetMethod (
+                       array_type, "GetLength", int_arg);
+
+               //
+               // Decimal constructors
+               //
+               Type [] dec_arg = { int32_type, int32_type, int32_type, bool_type, byte_type };
+               void_decimal_ctor_five_args = GetConstructor (
+                       decimal_type, dec_arg);
+               
+               //
+               // Attributes
+               //
+               cons_param_array_attribute = GetConstructor (
+                       param_array_type, void_arg);
+
+               unverifiable_code_ctor = GetConstructor (
+                       unverifiable_code_type, void_arg);
+               
+       }
+
+       const BindingFlags instance_and_static = BindingFlags.Static | BindingFlags.Instance;
+
+       static CaseInsensitiveHashtable type_hash = new CaseInsensitiveHashtable ();
+
+       /// <remarks>
+       ///   This is the "old", non-cache based FindMembers() function.  We cannot use
+       ///   the cache here because there is no member name argument.
+       /// </remarks>
+       public static MemberList FindMembers (Type t, MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf,
+                                             MemberFilter filter, object criteria)
+       {
+               DeclSpace decl = (DeclSpace) builder_to_declspace [t];
+bf |= BindingFlags.IgnoreCase;
+               //
+               // `builder_to_declspace' contains all dynamic types.
+               //
+               if (decl != null) {
+                       MemberList list;
+                       Timer.StartTimer (TimerType.FindMembers);
+                       list = decl.FindMembers (mt, bf, filter, criteria);
+                       Timer.StopTimer (TimerType.FindMembers);
+                       return list;
+               }
+
+               //
+               // We have to take care of arrays specially, because GetType on
+               // a TypeBuilder array will return a Type, not a TypeBuilder,
+               // and we can not call FindMembers on this type.
+               //
+               if (t.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.array_type))
+                       return new MemberList (TypeManager.array_type.FindMembers (mt, bf, filter, criteria));
+
+               //
+               // Since FindMembers will not lookup both static and instance
+               // members, we emulate this behaviour here.
+               //
+               if ((bf & instance_and_static) == instance_and_static){
+                       MemberInfo [] i_members = t.FindMembers (
+                               mt, bf & ~BindingFlags.Static, filter, criteria);
+
+                       int i_len = i_members.Length;
+                       if (i_len == 1){
+                               MemberInfo one = i_members [0];
+
+                               //
+                               // If any of these are present, we are done!
+                               //
+                               if ((one is Type) || (one is EventInfo) || (one is FieldInfo))
+                                       return new MemberList (i_members);
+                       }
+                               
+                       MemberInfo [] s_members = t.FindMembers (
+                               mt, bf & ~BindingFlags.Instance, filter, criteria);
+
+                       int s_len = s_members.Length;
+                       if (i_len > 0 || s_len > 0)
+                               return new MemberList (i_members, s_members);
+                       else {
+                               if (i_len > 0)
+                                       return new MemberList (i_members);
+                               else
+                                       return new MemberList (s_members);
+                       }
+               }
+
+               return new MemberList (t.FindMembers (mt, bf, filter, criteria));
+       }
+
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   This method is only called from within MemberLookup.  It tries to use the member
+       ///   cache if possible and falls back to the normal FindMembers if not.  The `used_cache'
+       ///   flag tells the caller whether we used the cache or not.  If we used the cache, then
+       ///   our return value will already contain all inherited members and the caller don't need
+       ///   to check base classes and interfaces anymore.
+       /// </summary>
+       private static MemberList MemberLookup_FindMembers (Type t, MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf,
+                                                           string name, out bool used_cache)
+       {
+               //
+               // We have to take care of arrays specially, because GetType on
+               // a TypeBuilder array will return a Type, not a TypeBuilder,
+               // and we can not call FindMembers on this type.
+               //
+               if (t.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.array_type)) {
+                       used_cache = true;
+                       return TypeHandle.ArrayType.MemberCache.FindMembers (
+                               mt, bf, name, FilterWithClosure_delegate, null);
+               }
+
+               //
+               // If this is a dynamic type, it's always in the `builder_to_declspace' hash table
+               // and we can ask the DeclSpace for the MemberCache.
+               //
+               if (t is TypeBuilder) {
+                       DeclSpace decl = (DeclSpace) builder_to_declspace [t];
+                       MemberCache cache = decl.MemberCache;
+
+                       //
+                       // If this DeclSpace has a MemberCache, use it.
+                       //
+
+                       if (cache != null) {
+                               used_cache = true;
+                               return cache.FindMembers (
+                                       mt, bf, name, FilterWithClosure_delegate, null);
+                       }
+
+                       // If there is no MemberCache, we need to use the "normal" FindMembers.
+
+                       MemberList list;
+                       Timer.StartTimer (TimerType.FindMembers);
+                       list = decl.FindMembers (mt, bf | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly,
+                                                FilterWithClosure_delegate, name);
+                       Timer.StopTimer (TimerType.FindMembers);
+                       used_cache = false;
+                       return list;
+               }
+
+               //
+               // This call will always succeed.  There is exactly one TypeHandle instance per
+               // type, TypeHandle.GetTypeHandle() will either return it or create a new one
+               // if it didn't already exist.
+               //
+               TypeHandle handle = TypeHandle.GetTypeHandle (t);
+
+               used_cache = true;
+               return handle.MemberCache.FindMembers (mt, bf, name, FilterWithClosure_delegate, null);
+       }
+
+       public static bool IsBuiltinType (Type t)
+       {
+               if (t == object_type || t == string_type || t == int32_type || t == uint32_type ||
+                   t == int64_type || t == uint64_type || t == float_type || t == double_type ||
+                   t == char_type || t == short_type || t == decimal_type || t == bool_type ||
+                   t == sbyte_type || t == byte_type || t == ushort_type || t == void_type)
+                       return true;
+               else
+                       return false;
+       }
+
+       public static bool IsDelegateType (Type t)
+       {
+               if (t.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.delegate_type))
+                       return true;
+               else
+                       return false;
+       }
+       
+       public static bool IsEnumType (Type t)
+       {
+               if (t.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.enum_type))
+                       return true;
+               else
+                       return false;
+       }
+
+       //
+       // Whether a type is unmanaged.  This is used by the unsafe code (25.2)
+       //
+       public static bool IsUnmanagedType (Type t)
+       {
+               if (IsBuiltinType (t) && t != TypeManager.string_type)
+                       return true;
+
+               if (IsEnumType (t))
+                       return true;
+
+               if (t.IsPointer)
+                       return true;
+
+               if (IsValueType (t)){
+                       if (t is TypeBuilder){
+                               TypeContainer tc = LookupTypeContainer (t);
+
+                               foreach (Field f in tc.Fields){
+                                       if (f.FieldBuilder.IsStatic)
+                                               continue;
+                                       if (!IsUnmanagedType (f.FieldBuilder.FieldType))
+                                               return false;
+                               }
+                       } else {
+                               FieldInfo [] fields = t.GetFields ();
+
+                               foreach (FieldInfo f in fields){
+                                       if (f.IsStatic)
+                                               continue;
+                                       if (!IsUnmanagedType (f.FieldType))
+                                               return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               return false;
+       }
+               
+       public static bool IsValueType (Type t)
+       {
+               if (t.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.value_type))
+                       return true;
+               else
+                       return false;
+       }
+       
+       public static bool IsInterfaceType (Type t)
+       {
+               Interface iface = builder_to_declspace [t] as Interface;
+
+               if (iface != null)
+                       return true;
+               else
+                       return false;
+       }
+
+       //
+       // Checks whether `type' is a subclass or nested child of `parent'.
+       //
+       public static bool IsSubclassOrNestedChildOf (Type type, Type parent)
+       {
+               do {
+                       if ((type == parent) || type.IsSubclassOf (parent))
+                               return true;
+
+                       // Handle nested types.
+                       type = type.DeclaringType;
+               } while (type != null);
+
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       //
+       // Checks whether `type' is a nested child of `parent'.
+       //
+       public static bool IsNestedChildOf (Type type, Type parent)
+       {
+               if ((type == parent) || type.IsSubclassOf (parent))
+                       return false;
+               else
+                       return IsSubclassOrNestedChildOf (type, parent);
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Returns the User Defined Types
+       /// </summary>
+       public static ArrayList UserTypes {
+               get {
+                       return user_types;
+               }
+       }
+
+       public static CaseInsensitiveHashtable TypeContainers {
+               get {
+                       return typecontainers;
+               }
+       }
+
+       static Hashtable builder_to_constant;
+
+       public static void RegisterConstant (FieldBuilder fb, Const c)
+       {
+               if (builder_to_constant == null)
+                       builder_to_constant = new PtrHashtable ();
+
+               if (builder_to_constant.Contains (fb))
+                       return;
+
+               builder_to_constant.Add (fb, c);
+       }
+
+       public static Const LookupConstant (FieldBuilder fb)
+       {
+               if (builder_to_constant == null)
+                       return null;
+               
+               return (Const) builder_to_constant [fb];
+       }
+       
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Gigantic work around for missing features in System.Reflection.Emit follows.
+       /// </summary>
+       ///
+       /// <remarks>
+       ///   Since System.Reflection.Emit can not return MethodBase.GetParameters
+       ///   for anything which is dynamic, and we need this in a number of places,
+       ///   we register this information here, and use it afterwards.
+       /// </remarks>
+       static public bool RegisterMethod (MethodBase mb, InternalParameters ip, Type [] args)
+       {
+               if (args == null)
+                       args = NoTypes;
+                               
+               method_arguments.Add (mb, args);
+               method_internal_params.Add (mb, ip);
+               
+               return true;
+       }
+       
+       static public InternalParameters LookupParametersByBuilder (MethodBase mb)
+       {
+               if (! (mb is ConstructorBuilder || mb is MethodBuilder))
+                       return null;
+               
+               if (method_internal_params.Contains (mb))
+                       return (InternalParameters) method_internal_params [mb];
+               else
+                       throw new Exception ("Argument for Method not registered" + mb);
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///    Returns the argument types for a method based on its methodbase
+       ///
+       ///    For dynamic methods, we use the compiler provided types, for
+       ///    methods from existing assemblies we load them from GetParameters,
+       ///    and insert them into the cache
+       /// </summary>
+       static public Type [] GetArgumentTypes (MethodBase mb)
+       {
+               if (method_arguments.Contains (mb))
+                       return (Type []) method_arguments [mb];
+               else {
+                       ParameterInfo [] pi = mb.GetParameters ();
+                       int c = pi.Length;
+                       Type [] types = new Type [c];
+                       
+                       for (int i = 0; i < c; i++)
+                               types [i] = pi [i].ParameterType;
+
+                       method_arguments.Add (mb, types);
+                       return types;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///    Returns the argument types for an indexer based on its PropertyInfo
+       ///
+       ///    For dynamic indexers, we use the compiler provided types, for
+       ///    indexers from existing assemblies we load them from GetParameters,
+       ///    and insert them into the cache
+       /// </summary>
+       static public Type [] GetArgumentTypes (PropertyInfo indexer)
+       {
+               if (indexer_arguments.Contains (indexer))
+                       return (Type []) indexer_arguments [indexer];
+               else if (indexer is PropertyBuilder)
+                       // If we're a PropertyBuilder and not in the
+                       // `indexer_arguments' hash, then we're a property and
+                       // not an indexer.
+                       return NoTypes;
+               else {
+                       ParameterInfo [] pi = indexer.GetIndexParameters ();
+                       // Property, not an indexer.
+                       if (pi == null)
+                               return NoTypes;
+                       int c = pi.Length;
+                       Type [] types = new Type [c];
+                       
+                       for (int i = 0; i < c; i++)
+                               types [i] = pi [i].ParameterType;
+
+                       indexer_arguments.Add (indexer, types);
+                       return types;
+               }
+       }
+       
+       // <remarks>
+       //  This is a workaround the fact that GetValue is not
+       //  supported for dynamic types
+       // </remarks>
+       static CaseInsensitiveHashtable fields = new CaseInsensitiveHashtable ();
+       static public bool RegisterFieldValue (FieldBuilder fb, object value)
+       {
+               if (fields.Contains (fb))
+                       return false;
+
+               fields.Add (fb, value);
+
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       static public object GetValue (FieldBuilder fb)
+       {
+               return fields [fb];
+       }
+
+       static CaseInsensitiveHashtable fieldbuilders_to_fields = new CaseInsensitiveHashtable ();
+       static public bool RegisterFieldBase (FieldBuilder fb, FieldBase f)
+       {
+               if (fieldbuilders_to_fields.Contains (fb))
+                       return false;
+
+               fieldbuilders_to_fields.Add (fb, f);
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       static public FieldBase GetField (FieldInfo fb)
+       {
+               return (FieldBase) fieldbuilders_to_fields [fb];
+       }
+       
+       static CaseInsensitiveHashtable events;
+
+       static public bool RegisterEvent (MyEventBuilder eb, MethodBase add, MethodBase remove)
+       {
+               if (events == null)
+                       events = new CaseInsensitiveHashtable ();
+
+               if (events.Contains (eb))
+                       return false;
+
+               events.Add (eb, new Pair (add, remove));
+
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       static public MethodInfo GetAddMethod (EventInfo ei)
+       {
+               if (ei is MyEventBuilder) {
+                       Pair pair = (Pair) events [ei];
+
+                       return (MethodInfo) pair.First;
+               } else
+                       return ei.GetAddMethod ();
+       }
+
+       static public MethodInfo GetRemoveMethod (EventInfo ei)
+       {
+               if (ei is MyEventBuilder) {
+                       Pair pair = (Pair) events [ei];
+
+                       return (MethodInfo) pair.Second;
+               } else
+                       return ei.GetAddMethod ();
+       }
+
+       static CaseInsensitiveHashtable priv_fields_events;
+
+       static public bool RegisterPrivateFieldOfEvent (EventInfo einfo, FieldBuilder builder)
+       {
+               if (priv_fields_events == null)
+                       priv_fields_events = new CaseInsensitiveHashtable ();
+
+               if (priv_fields_events.Contains (einfo))
+                       return false;
+
+               priv_fields_events.Add (einfo, builder);
+
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       static public MemberInfo GetPrivateFieldOfEvent (EventInfo ei)
+       {
+               return (MemberInfo) priv_fields_events [ei];
+       }
+               
+       static CaseInsensitiveHashtable properties;
+       
+       static public bool RegisterProperty (PropertyBuilder pb, MethodBase get, MethodBase set)
+       {
+               if (properties == null)
+                       properties = new CaseInsensitiveHashtable ();
+
+               if (properties.Contains (pb))
+                       return false;
+
+               properties.Add (pb, new Pair (get, set));
+
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       static public bool RegisterIndexer (PropertyBuilder pb, MethodBase get, MethodBase set, Type[] args)
+       {
+               if (!RegisterProperty (pb, get,set))
+                       return false;
+
+               indexer_arguments.Add (pb, args);
+
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       static public MethodInfo GetPropertyGetter (PropertyInfo pi)
+       {
+               if (pi is PropertyBuilder){
+                       Pair de = (Pair) properties [pi];
+
+                       return (MethodInfo) de.Second;
+               } else
+                       return pi.GetSetMethod ();
+       }
+
+       static public MethodInfo GetPropertySetter (PropertyInfo pi)
+       {
+               if (pi is PropertyBuilder){
+                       Pair de = (Pair) properties [pi];
+
+                       return (MethodInfo) de.First;
+               } else
+                       return pi.GetGetMethod ();
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Given an array of interface types, expand and eliminate repeated ocurrences
+       ///   of an interface.  
+       /// </summary>
+       ///
+       /// <remarks>
+       ///   This expands in context like: IA; IB : IA; IC : IA, IB; the interface "IC" to
+       ///   be IA, IB, IC.
+       /// </remarks>
+       public static Type [] ExpandInterfaces (Type [] base_interfaces)
+       {
+               ArrayList new_ifaces = new ArrayList ();
+               
+               foreach (Type iface in base_interfaces){
+                       if (!new_ifaces.Contains (iface))
+                               new_ifaces.Add (iface);
+                       
+                       Type [] implementing = TypeManager.GetInterfaces (iface);
+                       
+                       foreach (Type imp in implementing){
+                               if (!new_ifaces.Contains (imp))
+                                       new_ifaces.Add (imp);
+                       }
+               }
+               Type [] ret = new Type [new_ifaces.Count];
+               new_ifaces.CopyTo (ret, 0);
+               return ret;
+       }
+               
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   This function returns the interfaces in the type `t'.  Works with
+       ///   both types and TypeBuilders.
+       /// </summary>
+       public static Type [] GetInterfaces (Type t)
+       {
+               //
+               // The reason for catching the Array case is that Reflection.Emit
+               // will not return a TypeBuilder for Array types of TypeBuilder types,
+               // but will still throw an exception if we try to call GetInterfaces
+               // on the type.
+               //
+               // Since the array interfaces are always constant, we return those for
+               // the System.Array
+               //
+               
+               if (t.IsArray)
+                       t = TypeManager.array_type;
+               
+               if (t is TypeBuilder){
+                       Type [] parent_ifaces;
+                       
+                       if (t.BaseType == null)
+                               parent_ifaces = NoTypes;
+                       else
+                               parent_ifaces = GetInterfaces (t.BaseType);
+                       Type [] type_ifaces = (Type []) builder_to_ifaces [t];
+                       if (type_ifaces == null)
+                               type_ifaces = NoTypes;
+
+                       int parent_count = parent_ifaces.Length;
+                       Type [] result = new Type [parent_count + type_ifaces.Length];
+                       parent_ifaces.CopyTo (result, 0);
+                       type_ifaces.CopyTo (result, parent_count);
+
+                       return result;
+               } else
+                       return t.GetInterfaces ();
+       }
+       
+       /// <remarks>
+       ///  The following is used to check if a given type implements an interface.
+       ///  The cache helps us reduce the expense of hitting Type.GetInterfaces everytime.
+       /// </remarks>
+       public static bool ImplementsInterface (Type t, Type iface)
+       {
+               Type [] interfaces;
+
+               //
+               // FIXME OPTIMIZATION:
+               // as soon as we hit a non-TypeBuiler in the interface
+               // chain, we could return, as the `Type.GetInterfaces'
+               // will return all the interfaces implement by the type
+               // or its parents.
+               //
+               do {
+                       interfaces = GetInterfaces (t);
+
+                       if (interfaces != null){
+                               foreach (Type i in interfaces){
+                                       if (i == iface)
+                                               return true;
+                               }
+                       }
+                       
+                       t = t.BaseType;
+               } while (t != null);
+               
+               return false;
+       }
+
+       // This is a custom version of Convert.ChangeType() which works
+       // with the TypeBuilder defined types when compiling corlib.
+       public static object ChangeType (object value, Type conversionType)
+       {
+               if (!(value is IConvertible))
+                       throw new ArgumentException ();
+
+               IConvertible convertValue = (IConvertible) value;
+               CultureInfo ci = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;
+               NumberFormatInfo provider = ci.NumberFormat;
+
+               //
+               // We must use Type.Equals() here since `conversionType' is
+               // the TypeBuilder created version of a system type and not
+               // the system type itself.  You cannot use Type.GetTypeCode()
+               // on such a type - it'd always return TypeCode.Object.
+               //
+               if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (Boolean)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToBoolean (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (Byte)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToByte (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (Char)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToChar (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (DateTime)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToDateTime (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (Decimal)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToDecimal (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (Double)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToDouble (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (Int16)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToInt16 (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (Int32)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToInt32 (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (Int64)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToInt64 (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (SByte)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToSByte (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (Single)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToSingle (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (String)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToString (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (UInt16)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToUInt16 (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (UInt32)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToUInt32 (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (UInt64)))
+                       return (object)(convertValue.ToUInt64 (provider));
+               else if (conversionType.Equals (typeof (Object)))
+                       return (object)(value);
+               else 
+                       throw new InvalidCastException ();
+       }
+
+       //
+       // This is needed, because enumerations from assemblies
+       // do not report their underlyingtype, but they report
+       // themselves
+       //
+       public static Type EnumToUnderlying (Type t)
+       {
+               if (t == TypeManager.enum_type)
+                       return t;
+
+               t = t.UnderlyingSystemType;
+               if (!TypeManager.IsEnumType (t))
+                       return t;
+       
+               if (t is TypeBuilder) {
+                       // slow path needed to compile corlib
+                       if (t == TypeManager.bool_type ||
+                                       t == TypeManager.byte_type ||
+                                       t == TypeManager.sbyte_type ||
+                                       t == TypeManager.char_type ||
+                                       t == TypeManager.short_type ||
+                                       t == TypeManager.ushort_type ||
+                                       t == TypeManager.int32_type ||
+                                       t == TypeManager.uint32_type ||
+                                       t == TypeManager.int64_type ||
+                                       t == TypeManager.uint64_type)
+                               return t;
+                       throw new Exception ("Unhandled typecode in enum " + " from " + t.AssemblyQualifiedName);
+               }
+               TypeCode tc = Type.GetTypeCode (t);
+
+               switch (tc){
+               case TypeCode.Boolean:
+                       return TypeManager.bool_type;
+               case TypeCode.Byte:
+                       return TypeManager.byte_type;
+               case TypeCode.SByte:
+                       return TypeManager.sbyte_type;
+               case TypeCode.Char:
+                       return TypeManager.char_type;
+               case TypeCode.Int16:
+                       return TypeManager.short_type;
+               case TypeCode.UInt16:
+                       return TypeManager.ushort_type;
+               case TypeCode.Int32:
+                       return TypeManager.int32_type;
+               case TypeCode.UInt32:
+                       return TypeManager.uint32_type;
+               case TypeCode.Int64:
+                       return TypeManager.int64_type;
+               case TypeCode.UInt64:
+                       return TypeManager.uint64_type;
+               }
+               throw new Exception ("Unhandled typecode in enum " + tc + " from " + t.AssemblyQualifiedName);
+       }
+
+       //
+       // When compiling corlib and called with one of the core types, return
+       // the corresponding typebuilder for that type.
+       //
+       public static Type TypeToCoreType (Type t)
+       {
+               if (RootContext.StdLib || (t is TypeBuilder))
+                       return t;
+
+               TypeCode tc = Type.GetTypeCode (t);
+
+               switch (tc){
+               case TypeCode.Boolean:
+                       return TypeManager.bool_type;
+               case TypeCode.Byte:
+                       return TypeManager.byte_type;
+               case TypeCode.SByte:
+                       return TypeManager.sbyte_type;
+               case TypeCode.Char:
+                       return TypeManager.char_type;
+               case TypeCode.Int16:
+                       return TypeManager.short_type;
+               case TypeCode.UInt16:
+                       return TypeManager.ushort_type;
+               case TypeCode.Int32:
+                       return TypeManager.int32_type;
+               case TypeCode.UInt32:
+                       return TypeManager.uint32_type;
+               case TypeCode.Int64:
+                       return TypeManager.int64_type;
+               case TypeCode.UInt64:
+                       return TypeManager.uint64_type;
+               case TypeCode.String:
+                       return TypeManager.string_type;
+               default:
+                       if (t == typeof (void))
+                               return TypeManager.void_type;
+                       if (t == typeof (object))
+                               return TypeManager.object_type;
+                       if (t == typeof (System.Type))
+                               return TypeManager.type_type;
+                       return t;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Utility function that can be used to probe whether a type
+       ///   is managed or not.  
+       /// </summary>
+       public static bool VerifyUnManaged (Type t, Location loc)
+       {
+               if (t.IsValueType || t.IsPointer){
+                       //
+                       // FIXME: this is more complex, we actually need to
+                       // make sure that the type does not contain any
+                       // classes itself
+                       //
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               if (!RootContext.StdLib && (t == TypeManager.decimal_type))
+                       // We need this explicit check here to make it work when
+                       // compiling corlib.
+                       return true;
+
+               Report.Error (
+                       208, loc,
+                       "Cannot take the address or size of a variable of a managed type ('" +
+                       CSharpName (t) + "')");
+               return false;   
+       }
+       
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Returns the name of the indexer in a given type.
+       /// </summary>
+       /// <remarks>
+       ///   The default is not always `Item'.  The user can change this behaviour by
+       ///   using the DefaultMemberAttribute in the class.
+       ///
+       ///   For example, the String class indexer is named `Chars' not `Item' 
+       /// </remarks>
+       public static string IndexerPropertyName (Type t)
+       {
+               if (t is TypeBuilder) {
+                       if (t.IsInterface) {
+                               Interface i = LookupInterface (t);
+
+                               if ((i == null) || (i.IndexerName == null))
+                                       return "Item";
+
+                               return i.IndexerName;
+                       } else {
+                               TypeContainer tc = LookupTypeContainer (t);
+
+                               if ((tc == null) || (tc.IndexerName == null))
+                                       return "Item";
+
+                               return tc.IndexerName;
+                       }
+               }
+               
+               System.Attribute attr = System.Attribute.GetCustomAttribute (
+                       t, TypeManager.default_member_type);
+               if (attr != null){
+                       DefaultMemberAttribute dma = (DefaultMemberAttribute) attr;
+                       return dma.MemberName;
+               }
+
+               return "Item";
+       }
+
+       public static void MakePinned (LocalBuilder builder)
+       {
+               //
+               // FIXME: Flag the "LocalBuilder" type as being
+               // pinned.  Figure out API.
+               //
+       }
+
+
+       //
+       // Returns whether the array of memberinfos contains the given method
+       //
+       static bool ArrayContainsMethod (MemberInfo [] array, MethodBase new_method)
+       {
+               Type [] new_args = TypeManager.GetArgumentTypes (new_method);
+               
+               foreach (MethodBase method in array){
+                       if (method.Name != new_method.Name)
+                               continue;
+                       
+                       Type [] old_args = TypeManager.GetArgumentTypes (method);
+                       int old_count = old_args.Length;
+                       int i;
+                       
+                       if (new_args.Length != old_count)
+                               continue;
+                       
+                       for (i = 0; i < old_count; i++){
+                               if (old_args [i] != new_args [i])
+                                       break;
+                       }
+                       if (i != old_count)
+                               continue;
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+               return false;
+       }
+       
+       //
+       // We copy methods from `new_members' into `target_list' if the signature
+       // for the method from in the new list does not exist in the target_list
+       //
+       // The name is assumed to be the same.
+       //
+       public static ArrayList CopyNewMethods (ArrayList target_list, MemberList new_members)
+       {
+               if (target_list == null){
+                       target_list = new ArrayList ();
+
+                       foreach (MemberInfo mi in new_members){
+                               if (mi is MethodBase)
+                                       target_list.Add (mi);
+                       }
+                       return target_list;
+               }
+               
+               MemberInfo [] target_array = new MemberInfo [target_list.Count];
+               target_list.CopyTo (target_array, 0);
+               
+               foreach (MemberInfo mi in new_members){
+                       MethodBase new_method = (MethodBase) mi;
+                       
+                       if (!ArrayContainsMethod (target_array, new_method))
+                               target_list.Add (new_method);
+               }
+               return target_list;
+       }
+
+       [Flags]
+       public enum MethodFlags {
+               IsObsolete = 1,
+               IsObsoleteError = 2,
+               ShouldIgnore = 3
+       }
+       
+       //
+       // Returns the TypeManager.MethodFlags for this method.
+       // This emits an error 619 / warning 618 if the method is obsolete.
+       // In the former case, TypeManager.MethodFlags.IsObsoleteError is returned.
+       //
+       static public MethodFlags GetMethodFlags (MethodBase mb, Location loc)
+       {
+               MethodFlags flags = 0;
+               
+               if (mb.DeclaringType is TypeBuilder){
+                       MethodData method = (MethodData) builder_to_method [mb];
+                       if (method == null) {
+                               // FIXME: implement Obsolete attribute on Property,
+                               //        Indexer and Event.
+                               return 0;
+                       }
+
+                       return method.GetMethodFlags (loc);
+               }
+
+               object [] attrs = mb.GetCustomAttributes (true);
+               foreach (object ta in attrs){
+                       if (!(ta is System.Attribute)){
+                               Console.WriteLine ("Unknown type in GetMethodFlags: " + ta);
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       System.Attribute a = (System.Attribute) ta;
+                       if (a.TypeId == TypeManager.obsolete_attribute_type){
+                               ObsoleteAttribute oa = (ObsoleteAttribute) a;
+
+                               string method_desc = TypeManager.CSharpSignature (mb);
+
+                               if (oa.IsError) {
+                                       Report.Error (619, loc, "Method `" + method_desc +
+                                                     "' is obsolete: `" + oa.Message + "'");
+                                       return MethodFlags.IsObsoleteError;
+                               } else
+                                       Report.Warning (618, loc, "Method `" + method_desc +
+                                                       "' is obsolete: `" + oa.Message + "'");
+
+                               flags |= MethodFlags.IsObsolete;
+
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       
+                       //
+                       // Skip over conditional code.
+                       //
+                       if (a.TypeId == TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type){
+                               ConditionalAttribute ca = (ConditionalAttribute) a;
+
+                               if (RootContext.AllDefines [ca.ConditionString] == null)
+                                       flags |= MethodFlags.ShouldIgnore;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               return flags;
+       }
+       
+#region MemberLookup implementation
+       
+       //
+       // Name of the member
+       //
+       static string   closure_name;
+
+       //
+       // Whether we allow private members in the result (since FindMembers
+       // uses NonPublic for both protected and private), we need to distinguish.
+       //
+       static bool     closure_private_ok;
+
+       //
+       // Who is invoking us and which type is being queried currently.
+       //
+       static Type     closure_invocation_type;
+       static Type     closure_queried_type;
+       static Type     closure_start_type;
+
+       //
+       // The assembly that defines the type is that is calling us
+       //
+       static Assembly closure_invocation_assembly;
+
+       //
+       // This filter filters by name + whether it is ok to include private
+       // members in the search
+       //
+       static internal bool FilterWithClosure (MemberInfo m, object filter_criteria)
+       {
+               //
+               // Hack: we know that the filter criteria will always be in the `closure'
+               // fields. 
+               //
+
+               if ((filter_criteria != null) && (m.Name != (string) filter_criteria))
+                               return false;
+
+               if ((closure_start_type == closure_invocation_type) &&
+                   (m.DeclaringType == closure_invocation_type))
+                       return true;
+
+               //
+               // Ugly: we need to find out the type of `m', and depending
+               // on this, tell whether we accept or not
+               //
+               if (m is MethodBase){
+                       MethodBase mb = (MethodBase) m;
+                       MethodAttributes ma = mb.Attributes & MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask;
+
+                       if (ma == MethodAttributes.Private)
+                               return closure_private_ok || (closure_invocation_type == m.DeclaringType);
+
+                       //
+                       // FamAndAssem requires that we not only derivate, but we are on the
+                       // same assembly.  
+                       //
+                       if (ma == MethodAttributes.FamANDAssem){
+                               if (closure_invocation_assembly != mb.DeclaringType.Assembly)
+                                       return false;
+                       }
+
+                       // Assembly and FamORAssem succeed if we're in the same assembly.
+                       if ((ma == MethodAttributes.Assembly) || (ma == MethodAttributes.FamORAssem)){
+                               if (closure_invocation_assembly == mb.DeclaringType.Assembly)
+                                       return true;
+                       }
+
+                       // We already know that we aren't in the same assembly.
+                       if (ma == MethodAttributes.Assembly)
+                               return false;
+
+                       // Family and FamANDAssem require that we derive.
+                       if ((ma == MethodAttributes.Family) || (ma == MethodAttributes.FamANDAssem)){
+                               if (closure_invocation_type == null)
+                                       return false;
+
+                               if (!IsSubclassOrNestedChildOf (closure_invocation_type, mb.DeclaringType))
+                                       return false;
+
+                               return true;
+                       }
+
+                       // Public.
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               if (m is FieldInfo){
+                       FieldInfo fi = (FieldInfo) m;
+                       FieldAttributes fa = fi.Attributes & FieldAttributes.FieldAccessMask;
+
+                       if (fa == FieldAttributes.Private)
+                               return closure_private_ok || (closure_invocation_type == m.DeclaringType);
+
+                       //
+                       // FamAndAssem requires that we not only derivate, but we are on the
+                       // same assembly.  
+                       //
+                       if (fa == FieldAttributes.FamANDAssem){
+                               if (closure_invocation_assembly != fi.DeclaringType.Assembly)
+                                       return false;
+                       }
+
+                       // Assembly and FamORAssem succeed if we're in the same assembly.
+                       if ((fa == FieldAttributes.Assembly) || (fa == FieldAttributes.FamORAssem)){
+                               if (closure_invocation_assembly == fi.DeclaringType.Assembly)
+                                       return true;
+                       }
+
+                       // We already know that we aren't in the same assembly.
+                       if (fa == FieldAttributes.Assembly)
+                               return false;
+
+                       // Family and FamANDAssem require that we derive.
+                       if ((fa == FieldAttributes.Family) || (fa == FieldAttributes.FamANDAssem)){
+                               if (closure_invocation_type == null)
+                                       return false;
+
+                               if (!IsSubclassOrNestedChildOf (closure_invocation_type, fi.DeclaringType))
+                                       return false;
+
+                               // Although a derived class can access protected members of its base class
+                               // it cannot do so through an instance of the base class (CS1540).
+                               if ((closure_invocation_type != closure_start_type) &&
+                                   closure_invocation_type.IsSubclassOf (closure_start_type))
+                                       return false;
+
+                               return true;
+                       }
+
+                       // Public.
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               //
+               // EventInfos and PropertyInfos, return true
+               //
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       static MemberFilter FilterWithClosure_delegate = new MemberFilter (FilterWithClosure);
+
+       //
+       // Looks up a member called `name' in the `queried_type'.  This lookup
+       // is done by code that is contained in the definition for `invocation_type'.
+       //
+       // The binding flags are `bf' and the kind of members being looked up are `mt'
+       //
+       // Returns an array of a single element for everything but Methods/Constructors
+       // that might return multiple matches.
+       //
+       public static MemberInfo [] MemberLookup (Type invocation_type, Type queried_type, 
+                                                 MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags original_bf, string name)
+       {
+               Timer.StartTimer (TimerType.MemberLookup);
+
+               MemberInfo[] retval = RealMemberLookup (invocation_type, queried_type,
+                                                       mt, original_bf, name);
+
+               Timer.StopTimer (TimerType.MemberLookup);
+
+               return retval;
+       }
+
+       static MemberInfo [] RealMemberLookup (Type invocation_type, Type queried_type, 
+                                              MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags original_bf, string name)
+       {
+               BindingFlags bf = original_bf;
+               
+               ArrayList method_list = null;
+               Type current_type = queried_type;
+               bool searching = (original_bf & BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly) == 0;
+               bool private_ok;
+               bool always_ok_flag = false;
+               bool skip_iface_check = true, used_cache = false;
+
+               closure_name = name;
+               closure_invocation_type = invocation_type;
+               closure_invocation_assembly = invocation_type != null ? invocation_type.Assembly : null;
+               closure_start_type = queried_type;
+
+               //
+               // If we are a nested class, we always have access to our container
+               // type names
+               //
+               if (invocation_type != null){
+                       string invocation_name = invocation_type.FullName;
+                       if (invocation_name.IndexOf ('+') != -1){
+                               string container = queried_type.FullName + "+";
+                               int container_length = container.Length;
+                               
+                               if (invocation_name.Length > container_length){
+                                       string shared = invocation_name.Substring (0, container_length);
+                               
+                                       if (shared == container)
+                                               always_ok_flag = true;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+               
+               do {
+                       MemberList list;
+
+                       //
+                       // `NonPublic' is lame, because it includes both protected and
+                       // private methods, so we need to control this behavior by
+                       // explicitly tracking if a private method is ok or not.
+                       //
+                       // The possible cases are:
+                       //    public, private and protected (internal does not come into the
+                       //    equation)
+                       //
+                       if (invocation_type != null){
+                               if (invocation_type == current_type){
+                                       private_ok = (bf & BindingFlags.NonPublic) != 0;
+                               } else
+                                       private_ok = always_ok_flag;
+
+                               if (invocation_type.IsSubclassOf (current_type))
+                                       private_ok = true;
+                               
+                               if (private_ok)
+                                       bf = original_bf | BindingFlags.NonPublic;
+                       } else {
+                               private_ok = false;
+                               bf = original_bf & ~BindingFlags.NonPublic;
+                       }
+
+                       closure_private_ok = private_ok;
+                       closure_queried_type = current_type;
+
+                       Timer.StopTimer (TimerType.MemberLookup);
+
+                       list = MemberLookup_FindMembers (current_type, mt, bf, name, out used_cache);
+
+                       Timer.StartTimer (TimerType.MemberLookup);
+
+                       //
+                       // When queried for an interface type, the cache will automatically check all
+                       // inherited members, so we don't need to do this here.  However, this only
+                       // works if we already used the cache in the first iteration of this loop.
+                       //
+                       // If we used the cache in any further iteration, we can still terminate the
+                       // loop since the cache always looks in all parent classes.
+                       //
+
+                       if (used_cache)
+                               searching = false;
+                       else
+                               skip_iface_check = false;
+
+                       if (current_type == TypeManager.object_type)
+                               searching = false;
+                       else {
+                               current_type = current_type.BaseType;
+                               
+                               //
+                               // This happens with interfaces, they have a null
+                               // basetype.  Look members up in the Object class.
+                               //
+                               if (current_type == null)
+                                       current_type = TypeManager.object_type;
+                       }
+                       
+                       if (list.Count == 0)
+                               continue;
+                               
+                       //
+                       // Events and types are returned by both `static' and `instance'
+                       // searches, which means that our above FindMembers will
+                       // return two copies of the same.
+                       //
+                       if (list.Count == 1 && !(list [0] is MethodBase)){
+                               return (MemberInfo []) list;
+                       }
+
+                       //
+                       // Multiple properties: we query those just to find out the indexer
+                       // name
+                       //
+                       if (list [0] is PropertyInfo)
+                               return (MemberInfo []) list;
+
+                       //
+                       // We found methods, turn the search into "method scan"
+                       // mode.
+                       //
+                       
+                       method_list = CopyNewMethods (method_list, list);
+                       mt &= (MemberTypes.Method | MemberTypes.Constructor);
+               } while (searching);
+
+               if (method_list != null && method_list.Count > 0)
+                       return (MemberInfo []) method_list.ToArray (typeof (MemberInfo));
+
+               //
+               // This happens if we already used the cache in the first iteration, in this case
+               // the cache already looked in all interfaces.
+               //
+               if (skip_iface_check)
+                       return null;
+
+               //
+               // Interfaces do not list members they inherit, so we have to
+               // scan those.
+               // 
+               if (!queried_type.IsInterface)
+                       return null;
+
+               if (queried_type.IsArray)
+                       queried_type = TypeManager.array_type;
+               
+               Type [] ifaces = GetInterfaces (queried_type);
+               if (ifaces == null)
+                       return null;
+               
+               foreach (Type itype in ifaces){
+                       MemberInfo [] x;
+
+                       x = MemberLookup (null, itype, mt, bf, name);
+                       if (x != null)
+                               return x;
+               }
+                                       
+               return null;
+       }
+#endregion
+       
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+///   There is exactly one instance of this class per type.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class TypeHandle : IMemberContainer {
+       public readonly TypeHandle BaseType;
+
+       readonly int id = ++next_id;
+       static int next_id = 0;
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Lookup a TypeHandle instance for the given type.  If the type doesn't have
+       ///   a TypeHandle yet, a new instance of it is created.  This static method
+       ///   ensures that we'll only have one TypeHandle instance per type.
+       /// </summary>
+       public static TypeHandle GetTypeHandle (Type t)
+       {
+               TypeHandle handle = (TypeHandle) type_hash [t];
+               if (handle != null)
+                       return handle;
+
+               handle = new TypeHandle (t);
+               type_hash.Add (t, handle);
+               return handle;
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Returns the TypeHandle for TypeManager.object_type.
+       /// </summary>
+       public static IMemberContainer ObjectType {
+               get {
+                       if (object_type != null)
+                               return object_type;
+
+                       object_type = GetTypeHandle (TypeManager.object_type);
+
+                       return object_type;
+               }
+       }
+
+       /// <summary>
+       ///   Returns the TypeHandle for TypeManager.array_type.
+       /// </summary>
+       public static IMemberContainer ArrayType {
+               get {
+                       if (array_type != null)
+                               return array_type;
+
+                       array_type = GetTypeHandle (TypeManager.array_type);
+
+                       return array_type;
+               }
+       }
+
+       private static PtrHashtable type_hash = new PtrHashtable ();
+
+       private static TypeHandle object_type = null;
+       private static TypeHandle array_type = null;
+
+       private Type type;
+       private bool is_interface;
+       private MemberCache member_cache;
+
+       private TypeHandle (Type type)
+       {
+               this.type = type;
+               if (type.BaseType != null)
+                       BaseType = GetTypeHandle (type.BaseType);
+               else if ((type != TypeManager.object_type) && (type != typeof (object)))
+                       is_interface = true;
+               this.member_cache = new MemberCache (this);
+       }
+
+       // IMemberContainer methods
+
+       public string Name {
+               get {
+                       return type.FullName;
+               }
+       }
+
+       public Type Type {
+               get {
+                       return type;
+               }
+       }
+
+       public IMemberContainer Parent {
+               get {
+                       return BaseType;
+               }
+       }
+
+       public bool IsInterface {
+               get {
+                       return is_interface;
+               }
+       }
+
+       public MemberList GetMembers (MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf)
+       {
+               if (mt == MemberTypes.Event)
+                       return new MemberList (type.GetEvents (bf | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly));
+               else
+                       return new MemberList (type.FindMembers (mt, bf | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly,
+                                                                null, null));
+       }
+
+       // IMemberFinder methods
+
+       public MemberList FindMembers (MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf, string name,
+                                      MemberFilter filter, object criteria)
+       {
+               return member_cache.FindMembers (mt, bf, name, filter, criteria);
+       }
+
+       public MemberCache MemberCache {
+               get {
+                       return member_cache;
+               }
+       }
+
+       public override string ToString ()
+       {
+               if (BaseType != null)
+                       return "TypeHandle (" + id + "," + Name + " : " + BaseType + ")";
+               else
+                       return "TypeHandle (" + id + "," + Name + ")";
+       }
+}
+
+}