2007-01-28 Miguel de Icaza <miguel@novell.com>
[mono.git] / mcs / mcs / class.cs
index 5cf849680f7ce49c0d3ad7a07e057668320aac28..dd3ca4a533340b1e132f2168bbccd9f75b2cf43a 100644 (file)
@@ -64,15 +64,6 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
        /// </summary>
        public abstract class TypeContainer : DeclSpace, IMemberContainer {
 
-               protected class CircularDepException: Exception
-               {
-                       public TypeContainer Container;
-                       public CircularDepException (TypeContainer tc)
-                       {
-                               Container = tc;
-                       }
-               }
-
                public class MemberCoreArrayList: ArrayList
                {
                        /// <summary>
@@ -81,7 +72,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        public virtual void DefineContainerMembers ()
                        {
                                foreach (MemberCore mc in this) {
-                                       mc.Define ();
+                                       try {
+                                               mc.Define ();
+                                       } catch (Exception e) {
+                                               throw new InternalErrorException (mc.Location, mc.GetSignatureForError (), e);
+                                       }
                                }
                        }
 
@@ -92,7 +87,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               public class MethodArrayList: MemberCoreArrayList
+               public class MethodArrayList : MemberCoreArrayList
                {
                        [Flags]
                        enum CachedMethods {
@@ -138,14 +133,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        {
                                base.DefineContainerMembers ();
  
-                               if ((RootContext.WarningLevel >= 3) && HasEquals && !HasGetHashCode) {
-                                       Report.Warning (659, container.Location, "'{0}' overrides Object.Equals(object) but does not override Object.GetHashCode()", container.GetSignatureForError ());
+                               if (HasEquals && !HasGetHashCode) {
+                                       Report.Warning (659, 3, container.Location, "`{0}' overrides Object.Equals(object) but does not override Object.GetHashCode()", container.GetSignatureForError ());
                                }
                        }
                }
 
-               public sealed class IndexerArrayList: MemberCoreArrayList
+               public sealed class IndexerArrayList : MemberCoreArrayList
                {
                        /// <summary>
                        /// The indexer name for this container
@@ -241,8 +235,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                {
                                        flags = f;
 
-                                       ret_type = o.OperatorMethod.ReturnType;
-                                       Type [] pt = o.OperatorMethod.ParameterTypes;
+                                       ret_type = o.MemberType;
+                                       Type [] pt = o.ParameterTypes;
                                        type1 = pt [0];
                                        type2 = pt [1];
                                        op = o;
@@ -279,7 +273,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        //
                        void CheckPairedOperators ()
                        {
-                               Hashtable pairs = new Hashtable (null, null);
+                               IDictionary pairs = new HybridDictionary ();
                                Operator true_op = null;
                                Operator false_op = null;
                                bool has_equality_or_inequality = false;
@@ -289,7 +283,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        int reg = 0;
 
                                        // Skip erroneous code.
-                                       if (op.OperatorMethod == null)
+                                       if (op.MethodBuilder == null)
                                                continue;
 
                                        switch (op.OperatorType){
@@ -335,9 +329,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                                if (true_op != null){
                                        if (false_op == null)
-                                               Report.Error (216, true_op.Location, "operator true requires a matching operator false");
+                                               Report.Error (216, true_op.Location, "The operator `{0}' requires a matching operator `false' to also be defined",
+                                                       true_op.GetSignatureForError ());
                                } else if (false_op != null)
-                                       Report.Error (216, false_op.Location, "operator false requires a matching operator true");
+                                       Report.Error (216, false_op.Location, "The operator `{0}' requires a matching operator `true' to also be defined",
+                                               false_op.GetSignatureForError ());
                                
                                //
                                // Look for the mistakes.
@@ -370,15 +366,16 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                                break;
                                        }
                                        Report.Error (216, oe.op.Location,
-                                                       "The operator `" + oe.op + "' requires a matching operator `" + s + "' to also be defined");
+                                               "The operator `{0}' requires a matching operator `{1}' to also be defined",
+                                               oe.op.GetSignatureForError (), s);
                                }
 
                                if (has_equality_or_inequality && (RootContext.WarningLevel > 2)) {
                                        if (container.Methods == null || !container.Methods.HasEquals)
-                                               Report.Warning (660, container.Location, "'{0}' defines operator == or operator != but does not override Object.Equals(object o)", container.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                               Report.Warning (660, 2, container.Location, "`{0}' defines operator == or operator != but does not override Object.Equals(object o)", container.GetSignatureForError ());
  
                                        if (container.Methods == null || !container.Methods.HasGetHashCode)
-                                               Report.Warning (661, container.Location, "'{0}' defines operator == or operator != but does not override Object.GetHashCode()", container.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                               Report.Warning (661, 2, container.Location, "`{0}' defines operator == or operator != but does not override Object.GetHashCode()", container.GetSignatureForError ());
                                }
                        }
 
@@ -394,7 +391,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public readonly Kind Kind;
 
                // Holds a list of classes and structures
-               ArrayList types;
+               protected ArrayList types;
 
                // Holds the list of properties
                MemberCoreArrayList properties;
@@ -435,11 +432,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                // Holds the operators
                MemberCoreArrayList operators;
 
-               // Holds the iterators
-               ArrayList iterators;
-
-               // Holds the parts of a partial class;
-               ArrayList parts;
+               // Holds the compiler generated classes
+               ArrayList compiler_generated;
 
                //
                // Pointers to the default constructor and the default static constructor
@@ -448,25 +442,30 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                protected Constructor default_static_constructor;
 
                //
-               // Whether we have at least one non-static field
+               // Points to the first non-static field added to the container.
                //
-               bool have_nonstatic_fields = false;
-               
+               // This is an arbitrary choice.  We are interested in looking at _some_ non-static field,
+               // and the first one's as good as any.
+               //
+               FieldBase first_nonstatic_field = null;
+
                //
                // This one is computed after we can distinguish interfaces
                // from classes from the arraylist `type_bases' 
                //
-               string     base_class_name;
                TypeExpr base_type;
+               TypeExpr[] iface_exprs;
+               Type GenericType;
 
                ArrayList type_bases;
 
+               bool members_resolved;
+               bool members_resolved_ok;
                bool members_defined;
                bool members_defined_ok;
 
                // The interfaces we implement.
-               protected Type [] ifaces;
-               protected Type ptype;
+               protected Type[] ifaces;
 
                // The base member cache and our member cache
                MemberCache base_cache;
@@ -474,37 +473,42 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public const string DefaultIndexerName = "Item";
 
-               // This is used to catch recursive definitions in declarations.
-               protected bool InTransit;
-               
-               public TypeContainer (NamespaceEntry ns, TypeContainer parent, MemberName name,
-                                     Attributes attrs, Kind kind, Location l)
-                       : base (ns, parent, name, attrs, l)
+#if GMCS_SOURCE
+               GenericTypeParameterBuilder[] gen_params;
+#endif
+
+               ArrayList partial_parts;
+
+               /// <remarks>
+               ///  The pending methods that need to be implemented
+               //   (interfaces or abstract methods)
+               /// </remarks>
+               PendingImplementation pending;
+
+               public TypeContainer (NamespaceEntry ns, DeclSpace parent, MemberName name,
+                                     Attributes attrs, Kind kind)
+                       : base (ns, parent, name, attrs)
                {
-                       if (parent != null && parent != RootContext.Tree.Types && parent.NamespaceEntry != ns)
+                       if (parent != null && parent.NamespaceEntry != ns)
                                throw new InternalErrorException ("A nested type should be in the same NamespaceEntry as its enclosing class");
 
                        this.Kind = kind;
-
-                       types = new ArrayList ();
-
-                       base_class_name = null;
+                       this.PartialContainer = this;
                }
 
-               public bool AddToMemberContainer (MemberCore symbol)
+               public bool AddMember (MemberCore symbol)
                {
-                       return AddToContainer (symbol, symbol.Name);
+                       return AddToContainer (symbol, symbol.MemberName.MethodName);
                }
 
-               bool AddToTypeContainer (DeclSpace ds)
+               protected virtual bool AddMemberType (DeclSpace ds)
                {
-                       // Parent == null ==> this == RootContext.Tree.Types
-                       return AddToContainer (ds, (Parent == null) ? ds.Name : ds.Basename);
+                       return AddToContainer (ds, ds.Basename);
                }
 
                public void AddConstant (Const constant)
                {
-                       if (!AddToMemberContainer (constant))
+                       if (!AddMember (constant))
                                return;
 
                        if (constants == null)
@@ -515,7 +519,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public void AddEnum (Mono.CSharp.Enum e)
                {
-                       if (!AddToTypeContainer (e))
+                       if (!AddMemberType (e))
                                return;
 
                        if (enums == null)
@@ -523,29 +527,106 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        enums.Add (e);
                }
-               
-               public void AddClassOrStruct (TypeContainer c)
+
+               public TypeContainer AddTypeContainer (TypeContainer tc, bool is_interface)
                {
-                       if (!AddToTypeContainer (c))
-                               return;
+                       if (!AddMemberType (tc))
+                               return tc;
+
+                       if (is_interface) {
+                               if (interfaces == null)
+                                       interfaces = new MemberCoreArrayList ();
+                               interfaces.Add (tc);
+                       } else {
+                               if (types == null)
+                                       types = new ArrayList (2);
+                               types.Add (tc);
+                       }
+                       return tc;
+               }
+
+               public virtual TypeContainer AddPartial (TypeContainer nextPart, bool is_interface)
+               {
+                       return AddPartial (nextPart, nextPart.Basename, is_interface);
+               }
 
-                       types.Add (c);
+               protected TypeContainer AddPartial (TypeContainer nextPart, string name, bool is_interface)
+               {
+                       nextPart.ModFlags |= Modifiers.PARTIAL;
+                       TypeContainer tc = defined_names [name] as TypeContainer;
+
+                       if (tc == null)
+                               return AddTypeContainer (nextPart, is_interface);
+
+                       if ((tc.ModFlags & Modifiers.PARTIAL) == 0) {
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (tc);
+                               Error_MissingPartialModifier (nextPart);
+                               return tc;
+                       }
+
+                       if (tc.Kind != nextPart.Kind) {
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (tc);
+                               Report.Error (261, nextPart.Location,
+                                       "Partial declarations of `{0}' must be all classes, all structs or all interfaces",
+                                       nextPart.GetSignatureForError ());
+                               return tc;
+                       }
+
+                       if ((tc.ModFlags & Modifiers.Accessibility) != (nextPart.ModFlags & Modifiers.Accessibility) &&
+                               ((tc.ModFlags & Modifiers.DEFAULT_ACCESS_MODIFER) == 0 &&
+                                (nextPart.ModFlags & Modifiers.DEFAULT_ACCESS_MODIFER) == 0)) {
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (tc);
+                               Report.Error (262, nextPart.Location,
+                                       "Partial declarations of `{0}' have conflicting accessibility modifiers",
+                                       nextPart.GetSignatureForError ());
+                               return tc;
+                       }
+
+                       if (tc.MemberName.IsGeneric) {
+                               TypeParameter[] tc_names = tc.TypeParameters;
+                               TypeParameterName[] part_names = nextPart.MemberName.TypeArguments.GetDeclarations ();
+
+                               for (int i = 0; i < tc_names.Length; ++i) {
+                                       if (tc_names[i].Name == part_names[i].Name)
+                                               continue;
+
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (part_names[i].Location, "");
+                                       Report.Error (264, tc.Location, "Partial declarations of `{0}' must have the same type parameter names in the same order",
+                                               tc.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       return tc;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       if (tc.partial_parts == null)
+                               tc.partial_parts = new ArrayList (1);
+
+                       tc.ModFlags |= nextPart.ModFlags;
+                       if (nextPart.attributes != null) {
+                               if (tc.attributes == null)
+                                       tc.attributes = nextPart.attributes;
+                               else
+                                       tc.attributes.AddAttributes (nextPart.attributes.Attrs);
+                       }
+
+                       nextPart.PartialContainer = tc;
+                       tc.partial_parts.Add (nextPart);
+                       return tc;
                }
 
                public void AddDelegate (Delegate d)
                {
-                       if (!AddToTypeContainer (d))
+                       if (!AddMemberType (d))
                                return;
 
                        if (delegates == null)
                                delegates = new MemberCoreArrayList ();
-                       
+
                        delegates.Add (d);
                }
 
                public void AddMethod (Method method)
                {
-                       if (!AddToMemberContainer (method))
+                       if (!AddMember (method))
                                return;
 
                        if (methods == null)
@@ -557,9 +638,25 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                methods.Add (method);
                }
 
+               //
+               // Do not use this method: use AddMethod.
+               //
+               // This is only used by iterators.
+               //
+               public void AppendMethod (Method method)
+               {
+                       if (!AddMember (method))
+                               return;
+
+                       if (methods == null)
+                               methods = new MethodArrayList (this);
+
+                       methods.Add (method);
+               }
+
                public void AddConstructor (Constructor c)
                {
-                       if (c.Name != Basename)  {
+                       if (c.Name != MemberName.Name) {
                                Report.Error (1520, c.Location, "Class, struct, or interface method must have a return type");
                        }
 
@@ -568,16 +665,16 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (is_static){
                                if (default_static_constructor != null) {
                                        Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (default_static_constructor);
-                                       Report.Error (111, c.Location, Error111, Name, c.Name);
+                                       Report.Error (111, c.Location, Error111, c.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        return;
                                }
 
                                default_static_constructor = c;
                        } else {
-                               if (c.IsDefault ()){
+                               if (c.Parameters.Empty){
                                        if (default_constructor != null) {
                                                Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (default_constructor);
-                                               Report.Error (111, c.Location, Error111, c.Location, Name, c.Name);
+                                               Report.Error (111, c.Location, Error111, c.GetSignatureForError ());
                                                return;
                                        }
                                        default_constructor = c;
@@ -592,54 +689,42 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                internal static string Error111 {
                        get {
-                               return "Type '{0}' already defines a member called '{1}' with the same parameter types";
+                               return "`{0}' is already defined. Rename this member or use different parameter types";
                        }
                }
-               
-               public void AddInterface (TypeContainer iface)
-               {
-                       if (!AddToTypeContainer (iface))
-                               return;
-
-                       if (interfaces == null) {
-                               interfaces = new MemberCoreArrayList ();
-                       }
-
-                       interfaces.Add (iface);
-               }
 
-               public void AddField (FieldMember field)
+               public void AddField (FieldBase field)
                {
-                       if (!AddToMemberContainer (field))
+                       if (!AddMember (field))
                                return;
 
                        if (fields == null)
                                fields = new MemberCoreArrayList ();
-                       
+
                        fields.Add (field);
 
-                       if (field.HasInitializer){
-                               if ((field.ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0){
-                                       if (initialized_static_fields == null)
-                                               initialized_static_fields = new ArrayList ();
-                       
-                                       initialized_static_fields.Add (field);
-                               } else {
-                                       if (initialized_fields == null)
-                                               initialized_fields = new ArrayList ();
-                                                       
-                                       initialized_fields.Add (field);
-                               }
+                       if ((field.ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0)
+                               return;
+
+                       if (first_nonstatic_field == null) {
+                               first_nonstatic_field = field;
+                               return;
+                       }
+
+                       if (Kind == Kind.Struct &&
+                           first_nonstatic_field.Parent != field.Parent &&
+                           RootContext.WarningLevel >= 3) {
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (first_nonstatic_field.Parent);
+                               Report.Warning (282, 3, field.Location,
+                                       "struct instance field `{0}' found in different declaration from instance field `{1}'",
+                                       field.GetSignatureForError (), first_nonstatic_field.GetSignatureForError ());
                        }
-                       
-                       if ((field.ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) == 0)
-                               have_nonstatic_fields = true;
                }
 
                public void AddProperty (Property prop)
                {
-                       if (!AddToMemberContainer (prop) || 
-                               !AddToMemberContainer (prop.Get) || !AddToMemberContainer (prop.Set))
+                       if (!AddMember (prop) || 
+                               !AddMember (prop.Get) || !AddMember (prop.Set))
                                return;
 
                        if (properties == null)
@@ -653,14 +738,14 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public void AddEvent (Event e)
                {
-                       if (!AddToMemberContainer (e))
+                       if (!AddMember (e))
                                return;
 
                        if (e is EventProperty) {
-                               if (!AddToMemberContainer (e.Add))
+                               if (!AddMember (e.Add))
                                        return;
 
-                               if (!AddToMemberContainer (e.Remove))
+                               if (!AddMember (e.Remove))
                                        return;
                        }
 
@@ -670,7 +755,6 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        events.Add (e);
                }
 
-
                /// <summary>
                /// Indexer has special handling in constrast to other AddXXX because the name can be driven by IndexerNameAttribute
                /// </summary>
@@ -687,7 +771,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public void AddOperator (Operator op)
                {
-                       if (!AddToMemberContainer (op))
+                       if (!AddMember (op))
                                return;
 
                        if (operators == null)
@@ -696,34 +780,21 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        operators.Add (op);
                }
 
-               public void AddIterator (Iterator i)
-               {
-                       if (iterators == null)
-                               iterators = new ArrayList ();
-
-                       iterators.Add (i);
-               }
-
-               public void AddType (TypeContainer tc)
+               public void AddCompilerGeneratedClass (CompilerGeneratedClass c)
                {
-                       types.Add (tc);
-               }
+                       Report.Debug (64, "ADD COMPILER GENERATED CLASS", this, c);
 
-               public void AddPart (ClassPart part)
-               {
-                       if (parts == null)
-                               parts = new ArrayList ();
+                       if (compiler_generated == null)
+                               compiler_generated = new ArrayList ();
 
-                       parts.Add (part);
+                       compiler_generated.Add (c);
                }
 
                public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
                {
                        if (a.Type == TypeManager.default_member_type) {
                                if (Indexers != null) {
-                                       Report.Error (646, a.Location,
-                                                     "Cannot specify the DefaultMember attribute on" +
-                                                     " a type containing an indexer");
+                                       Report.Error (646, a.Location, "Cannot specify the `DefaultMember' attribute on type containing an indexer");
                                        return;
                                }
                        }
@@ -733,16 +804,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
                        get {
-                               switch (Kind) {
-                               case Kind.Class:
-                                       return AttributeTargets.Class;
-                               case Kind.Struct:
-                                       return AttributeTargets.Struct;
-                               case Kind.Interface:
-                                       return AttributeTargets.Interface;
-                               default:
-                                       throw new NotSupportedException ();
-                               }
+                               throw new NotSupportedException ();
                        }
                }
 
@@ -770,15 +832,15 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               public ArrayList Iterators {
+               public ArrayList CompilerGenerated {
                        get {
-                               return iterators;
+                               return compiler_generated;
                        }
                }
-               
-               public string Base {
+
+               protected Type BaseType {
                        get {
-                               return base_class_name;
+                               return TypeBuilder.BaseType;
                        }
                }
                
@@ -839,177 +901,107 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                return delegates;
                        }
                }
-
-               public ArrayList Parts {
+               
+               protected override TypeAttributes TypeAttr {
                        get {
-                               return parts;
+                               return Modifiers.TypeAttr (ModFlags, IsTopLevel) | base.TypeAttr;
                        }
                }
 
-               protected override TypeAttributes TypeAttr {
+               public string IndexerName {
                        get {
-                               return Modifiers.TypeAttr (ModFlags, this) | base.TypeAttr;
+                               return indexers == null ? DefaultIndexerName : indexers.IndexerName;
                        }
                }
 
-               public string IndexerName {
+               public bool IsComImport {
                        get {
-                               return indexers == null ? DefaultIndexerName : indexers.IndexerName;
+                               if (OptAttributes == null)
+                                       return false;
+
+                               return OptAttributes.Contains (TypeManager.comimport_attr_type);
+                       }
+               }
+
+               public virtual void RegisterFieldForInitialization (MemberCore field, FieldInitializer expression)
+               {
+                       if ((field.ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0){
+                               if (initialized_static_fields == null)
+                                       initialized_static_fields = new ArrayList (4);
+
+                               initialized_static_fields.Add (expression);
+                       } else {
+                               if (initialized_fields == null)
+                                       initialized_fields = new ArrayList (4);
+
+                               initialized_fields.Add (expression);
                        }
                }
 
                //
                // Emits the instance field initializers
                //
-               public virtual bool EmitFieldInitializers (EmitContext ec)
+               public bool EmitFieldInitializers (EmitContext ec)
                {
                        ArrayList fields;
-                       Expression instance_expr;
                        
                        if (ec.IsStatic){
                                fields = initialized_static_fields;
-                               instance_expr = null;
                        } else {
                                fields = initialized_fields;
-                               instance_expr = new This (Location.Null).Resolve (ec);
                        }
 
                        if (fields == null)
                                return true;
 
-                       foreach (Field f in fields){
-                               Expression e = f.GetInitializerExpression (ec);
-                               if (e == null)
-                                       return false;
-
-                               Location l = f.Location;
-                               FieldExpr fe = new FieldExpr (f.FieldBuilder, l);
-                               fe.InstanceExpression = instance_expr;
-                               ExpressionStatement a = new Assign (fe, e, l);
-
-                               a = a.ResolveStatement (ec);
-                               if (a == null)
-                                       return false;
-
-                               Constant c = e as Constant;
-                               if (c != null) {
-                                       if (c.IsDefaultValue)
-                                               continue;
-                               }
-
-                               a.EmitStatement (ec);
+                       foreach (FieldInitializer f in fields) {
+                               f.EmitStatement (ec);
                        }
-
                        return true;
                }
                
-               //
-               // Defines the default constructors
-               //
-               protected void DefineDefaultConstructor (bool is_static)
-               {
-                       Constructor c;
-
-                       // The default constructor is public
-                       // If the class is abstract, the default constructor is protected
-                       // The default static constructor is private
+               public override string DocComment {
+                       get {
+                               return comment;
+                       }
+                       set {
+                               if (value == null)
+                                       return;
 
-                       int mods = Modifiers.PUBLIC;
-                       if (is_static)
-                               mods = Modifiers.STATIC | Modifiers.PRIVATE;
-                       else if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0)
-                               mods = Modifiers.PROTECTED;
-
-                       TypeContainer constructor_parent = this;
-                       if (Parts != null)
-                               constructor_parent = (TypeContainer) Parts [0];
-
-                       c = new Constructor (constructor_parent, Basename, mods,
-                                            Parameters.EmptyReadOnlyParameters,
-                                            new ConstructorBaseInitializer (
-                                                    null, Parameters.EmptyReadOnlyParameters,
-                                                    Location),
-                                            Location);
-                       
-                       AddConstructor (c);
-                       
-                       c.Block = new ToplevelBlock (null, Location);
-                       
+                               comment += value;
+                       }
                }
 
-               /// <remarks>
-               ///  The pending methods that need to be implemented
-               //   (interfaces or abstract methods)
-               /// </remarks>
-               public PendingImplementation Pending;
-
-               public abstract PendingImplementation GetPendingImplementations ();
+               public PendingImplementation PendingImplementations {
+                       get { return pending; }
+               }
 
-               TypeExpr[] GetPartialBases (out TypeExpr base_class)
+               public override bool GetClsCompliantAttributeValue ()
                {
-                       ArrayList ifaces = new ArrayList ();
-
-                       base_class = null;
-                       Location base_loc = Location.Null;
-
-                       foreach (ClassPart part in parts) {
-                               TypeExpr new_base_class;
-                               TypeExpr[] new_ifaces;
-
-                               new_ifaces = part.GetClassBases (out new_base_class);
-                               if (new_ifaces == null && base_type != null)
-                                       return null;
-
-                               if ((base_class != null) && (new_base_class != null) &&
-                                   !base_class.Equals (new_base_class)) {
-                                       Report.Error (263, part.Location,
-                                                     "Partial declarations of `{0}' must " +
-                                                     "not specify different base classes",
-                                                     Name);
-
-                                       if (!Location.IsNull (base_loc))
-                                               Report.LocationOfPreviousError (base_loc);
-
-                                       return null;
-                               }
-
-                               if ((base_class == null) && (new_base_class != null)) {
-                                       base_class = new_base_class;
-                                       base_loc = part.Location;
-                               }
-
-                               if (new_ifaces == null)
-                                       continue;
-
-                               foreach (TypeExpr iface in new_ifaces) {
-                                       bool found = false;
-                                       foreach (TypeExpr old_iface in ifaces) {
-                                               if (old_iface.Equals (iface)) {
-                                                       found = true;
-                                                       break;
-                                               }
-                                       }
+                       if (PartialContainer != this)
+                               return PartialContainer.GetClsCompliantAttributeValue ();
 
-                                       if (!found)
-                                               ifaces.Add (iface);
-                               }
-                       }
+                       return base.GetClsCompliantAttributeValue ();
+               }
 
-                       TypeExpr[] retval = new TypeExpr [ifaces.Count];
-                       ifaces.CopyTo (retval, 0);
-                       return retval;
+               public void AddBasesForPart (DeclSpace part, ArrayList bases)
+               {
+                       // FIXME: get rid of partial_parts and store lists of bases of each part here
+                       // assumed, not verified: 'part' is in 'partial_parts' 
+                       ((TypeContainer) part).Bases = bases;
                }
 
                TypeExpr[] GetNormalBases (out TypeExpr base_class)
                {
                        base_class = null;
+                       if (Bases == null)
+                               return null;
 
                        int count = Bases.Count;
                        int start = 0, i, j;
 
                        if (Kind == Kind.Class){
-                               TypeExpr name = ResolveBaseTypeExpr (
-                                       (Expression) Bases [0], false, Location);
+                               TypeExpr name = ((Expression) Bases [0]).ResolveAsBaseTerminal (this, false);
 
                                if (name == null){
                                        return null;
@@ -1026,7 +1018,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        TypeExpr [] ifaces = new TypeExpr [count-start];
                        
                        for (i = start, j = 0; i < count; i++, j++){
-                               TypeExpr resolved = ResolveBaseTypeExpr ((Expression) Bases [i], false, Location);
+                               TypeExpr resolved = ((Expression) Bases [i]).ResolveAsBaseTerminal (this, false);
                                if (resolved == null) {
                                        return null;
                                }
@@ -1034,7 +1026,49 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                ifaces [j] = resolved;
                        }
 
-                       return ifaces;
+                       return ifaces.Length == 0 ? null : ifaces;
+               }
+
+
+               TypeExpr[] GetNormalPartialBases (ref TypeExpr base_class)
+               {
+                       ArrayList ifaces = new ArrayList (0);
+                       if (iface_exprs != null)
+                               ifaces.AddRange (iface_exprs);
+
+                       foreach (TypeContainer part in partial_parts) {
+                               TypeExpr new_base_class;
+                               TypeExpr[] new_ifaces = part.GetClassBases (out new_base_class);
+                               if (new_base_class != TypeManager.system_object_expr) {
+                                       if (base_class == TypeManager.system_object_expr)
+                                               base_class = new_base_class;
+                                       else {
+                                               if (new_base_class != null && !new_base_class.Equals (base_class)) {
+                                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_class.Location, "");
+                                                       Report.Error (263, part.Location,
+                                                               "Partial declarations of `{0}' must not specify different base classes",
+                                                               part.GetSignatureForError ());
+
+                                                       return null;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+
+                               if (new_ifaces == null)
+                                       continue;
+
+                               foreach (TypeExpr iface in new_ifaces) {
+                                       if (ifaces.Contains (iface))
+                                               continue;
+
+                                       ifaces.Add (iface);
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       if (ifaces.Count == 0)
+                               return null;
+
+                       return (TypeExpr[])ifaces.ToArray (typeof (TypeExpr));
                }
 
                /// <summary>
@@ -1047,78 +1081,29 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                ///   The @base_class argument is set to the base object or null
                ///   if this is `System.Object'. 
                /// </summary>
-               TypeExpr [] GetClassBases (out TypeExpr base_class)
+               public virtual TypeExpr [] GetClassBases (out TypeExpr base_class)
                {
-                       int i;
-
-                       TypeExpr[] ifaces;
-
-                       if (parts != null)
-                               ifaces = GetPartialBases (out base_class);
-                       else if (Bases == null){
-                               base_class = null;
-                               return null;
-                       } else
-                               ifaces = GetNormalBases (out base_class);
-
-                       if (ifaces == null)
-                               return null;
-
-                       if ((base_class != null) && (Kind == Kind.Class)){
-
-                               if (base_class.Type.IsArray || base_class.Type.IsPointer) {
-                                       Report.Error (1521, base_class.Location, "Invalid base type");
-                                       return null;
-                               }
-
-                               if (base_class.IsSealed){
-                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_class.Type);
-                                       if (base_class.Type.IsAbstract) {
-                                               Report.Error (709, Location, "'{0}': Cannot derive from static class", GetSignatureForError ());
-                                       } else {
-                                               Report.Error (509, Location, "'{0}': Cannot derive from sealed class", GetSignatureForError ());
-                                       }
-                                       return null;
-                               }
-
-                               if (!base_class.CanInheritFrom ()){
-                                       Report.Error (644, Location,
-                                                     "`{0}' cannot inherit from special class `{1}'",
-                                                     Name, base_class.Name);
-                                       return null;
-                               }
-
-                               if (!base_class.AsAccessible (this, ModFlags)) {
-                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_class.Type);
-                                       Report.Error (60, Location, "Inconsistent accessibility: base class '{0}' is less accessible than class '{1}'", 
-                                               TypeManager.CSharpName (base_class.Type), GetSignatureForError ());
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       if (base_class != null)
-                               base_class_name = base_class.Name;
+                       TypeExpr[] ifaces = GetNormalBases (out base_class);
 
                        if (ifaces == null)
                                return null;
 
-                       int count = ifaces != null ? ifaces.Length : 0;
+                       int count = ifaces.Length;
 
-                       for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+                       for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
                                TypeExpr iface = (TypeExpr) ifaces [i];
 
                                if (!iface.IsInterface) {
                                        if (Kind != Kind.Class) {
                                                // TODO: location of symbol related ....
-                                               Error_TypeInListIsNotInterface (Location, iface.FullName);
+                                               Error_TypeInListIsNotInterface (Location, iface.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        }
                                        else if (base_class != null)
-                                               Report.Error (1721, Location,
-                                                             "In Class `{0}', `{1}' is not an interface, and a base class has already been defined",
-                                                             Name, iface.Name);
+                                               Report.Error (1721, Location, "`{0}': Classes cannot have multiple base classes (`{1}' and `{2}')",
+                                                       GetSignatureForError (), base_class.GetSignatureForError (), iface.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        else {
-                                               Report.Error (1722, Location,
-                                                             "In Class `{0}', `{1}' is not " +
-                                                             "an interface, a base class must be listed first", Name, iface.Name);
+                                               Report.Error (1722, Location, "`{0}': Base class `{1}' must be specified as first",
+                                                       GetSignatureForError (), iface.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        }
                                        return null;
                                }
@@ -1127,7 +1112,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        if (iface.Equals (ifaces [x])) {
                                                Report.Error (528, Location,
                                                              "`{0}' is already listed in " +
-                                                             "interface list", iface.Name);
+                                                             "interface list", iface.GetSignatureForError ());
                                                return null;
                                        }
                                }
@@ -1145,134 +1130,358 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return ifaces;
                }
 
-               protected void Error_TypeInListIsNotInterface (Location loc, string type)
+               bool CheckGenericInterfaces (Type[] ifaces)
                {
-                       Report.Error (527, loc, "'{0}': type in interface list is not an interface", type);
-               }
+#if GMCS_SOURCE
+                       ArrayList already_checked = new ArrayList ();
 
-               //
-               // Defines the type in the appropriate ModuleBuilder or TypeBuilder.
-               //
-               public override TypeBuilder DefineType ()
-               {
-                       if (TypeBuilder != null)
-                               return TypeBuilder;
-                       
-                       InTransit = true;
+                       for (int i = 0; i < ifaces.Length; i++) {
+                               Type iface = ifaces [i];
+                               foreach (Type t in already_checked) {
+                                       if (iface == t)
+                                               continue;
 
-                       TypeExpr[] iface_exprs = GetClassBases (out base_type);
-                       if (iface_exprs == null && base_type != null) {
-                               InTransit = false;
-                               return null;
-                       }
+                                       Type[] inferred = new Type [CountTypeParameters];
+                                       if (!TypeManager.MayBecomeEqualGenericInstances (iface, t, inferred, null))
+                                               continue;
 
-                       if (base_type == null) {
-                               if (Kind == Kind.Class){
-                                       if (RootContext.StdLib)
-                                               base_type = TypeManager.system_object_expr;
-                                       else if (Name != "System.Object")
-                                               base_type = TypeManager.system_object_expr;
-                               } else if (Kind == Kind.Struct) {
-                                       //
-                                       // If we are compiling our runtime,
-                                       // and we are defining ValueType, then our
-                                       // base is `System.Object'.
-                                       //
-                                       if (!RootContext.StdLib && Name == "System.ValueType")
-                                               base_type = TypeManager.system_object_expr;
-                                       else
-                                               base_type = TypeManager.system_valuetype_expr;
+                                       Report.Error (695, Location,
+                                               "`{0}' cannot implement both `{1}' and `{2}' " +
+                                               "because they may unify for some type parameter substitutions",
+                                               TypeManager.CSharpName (TypeBuilder), TypeManager.CSharpName (iface),
+                                               TypeManager.CSharpName (t));
+                                       return false;
                                }
+
+                               already_checked.Add (iface);
                        }
+#endif
 
-                       if ((Kind == Kind.Struct) && TypeManager.value_type == null)
-                               throw new Exception ();
+                       return true;
+               }
 
-                       TypeAttributes type_attributes = TypeAttr;
-
-                       if (base_type != null) {
-                               // FIXME: I think this should be ...ResolveType (Parent.EmitContext).
-                               //        However, if Parent == RootContext.Tree.Types, its NamespaceEntry will be null.
-                               ptype = base_type.ResolveType (TypeResolveEmitContext);
-                               if (ptype == null) {
-                                       InTransit = false;
-                                       return null;
-                               }
-                       }
+               bool error = false;
+               
+               protected void Error_TypeInListIsNotInterface (Location loc, string type)
+               {
+                       Report.Error (527, loc, "Type `{0}' in interface list is not an interface", type);
+               }
 
+               bool DefineTypeBuilder ()
+               {
                        try {
                                if (IsTopLevel){
                                        if (TypeManager.NamespaceClash (Name, Location)) {
-                                               InTransit = false;
-                                               return null;
+                                               return false;
                                        }
-                               
+
                                        ModuleBuilder builder = CodeGen.Module.Builder;
+                                       Type default_parent = null;
+                                       if (Kind == Kind.Struct)
+                                               default_parent = TypeManager.value_type;
                                        TypeBuilder = builder.DefineType (
-                                               Name, type_attributes, ptype, null);
-                               
+                                               Name, TypeAttr, default_parent, null);
                                } else {
                                        TypeBuilder builder = Parent.TypeBuilder;
-                                       if (builder == null) {
-                                               InTransit = false;
-                                               return null;
-                                       }
-                               
+
                                        TypeBuilder = builder.DefineNestedType (
-                                               Basename, type_attributes, ptype, null);
+                                               Basename, TypeAttr, null, null);
                                }
-                       }
-                       catch (ArgumentException) {
+                       } catch (ArgumentException) {
                                Report.RuntimeMissingSupport (Location, "static classes");
-                               InTransit = false;
-                               return null;
+                               return false;
                        }
 
-                       if (Parts != null) {
-                               ec = null;
-                               foreach (ClassPart part in Parts) {
-                                       part.TypeBuilder = TypeBuilder;
-                                       part.ptype = ptype;
-                                       part.ec = new EmitContext (part, Mono.CSharp.Location.Null, null, null, ModFlags);
-                                       part.ec.ContainerType = TypeBuilder;
-                               }
+                       TypeManager.AddUserType (this);
+
+#if GMCS_SOURCE
+                       if (IsGeneric) {
+                               string[] param_names = new string [TypeParameters.Length];
+                               for (int i = 0; i < TypeParameters.Length; i++)
+                                       param_names [i] = TypeParameters [i].Name;
+
+                               gen_params = TypeBuilder.DefineGenericParameters (param_names);
+
+                               int offset = CountTypeParameters - CurrentTypeParameters.Length;
+                               for (int i = offset; i < gen_params.Length; i++)
+                                       CurrentTypeParameters [i - offset].Define (gen_params [i]);
                        }
-                       else {
-                               ec = new EmitContext (this, Mono.CSharp.Location.Null, null, null, ModFlags);
-                               ec.ContainerType = TypeBuilder;
+#endif
+
+                       iface_exprs = GetClassBases (out base_type);
+                       if (partial_parts != null) {
+                               iface_exprs = GetNormalPartialBases (ref base_type);
+                       }
+
+                       //
+                       // GetClassBases calls ResolveBaseTypeExpr() on the various type expressions involved,
+                       // which in turn should have called DefineType()s on base types if necessary.
+                       //
+                       // None of the code below should trigger DefineType()s on classes that we depend on.
+                       // Thus, we are eligible to be on the topological sort `type_container_resolve_order'.
+                       //
+                       // Let's do it as soon as possible, since code below can call DefineType() on classes
+                       // that depend on us to be populated before they are.
+                       //
+                       if (!(this is CompilerGeneratedClass))
+                               RootContext.RegisterOrder (this); 
+
+                       if (IsGeneric && base_type != null && TypeManager.IsAttributeType (base_type.Type)) {
+                               Report.Error (698, base_type.Location,
+                                             "A generic type cannot derive from `{0}' because it is an attribute class",
+                                             base_type.Name);
+                               return false;
+                       }
+
+                       if (!CheckRecursiveDefinition (this))
+                               return false;
+
+                       if (base_type != null) {
+                               TypeBuilder.SetParent (base_type.Type);
+
+                               ObsoleteAttribute obsolete_attr = AttributeTester.GetObsoleteAttribute (base_type.Type);
+                               if (obsolete_attr != null && !IsInObsoleteScope)
+                                       AttributeTester.Report_ObsoleteMessage (obsolete_attr, base_type.GetSignatureForError (), Location);
                        }
 
                        // add interfaces that were not added at type creation
                        if (iface_exprs != null) {
-                               // FIXME: I think this should be ...ExpandInterfaces (Parent.EmitContext, ...).
-                               //        However, if Parent == RootContext.Tree.Types, its NamespaceEntry will be null.
-                               TypeResolveEmitContext.ContainerType = TypeBuilder;
-                               ifaces = TypeManager.ExpandInterfaces (TypeResolveEmitContext, iface_exprs);
-                               if (ifaces == null) {
-                                       InTransit = false;
-                                       return null;
-                               }
+                               ifaces = TypeManager.ExpandInterfaces (iface_exprs);
+                               if (ifaces == null)
+                                       return false;
 
                                foreach (Type itype in ifaces)
-                                       TypeBuilder.AddInterfaceImplementation (itype);
+                                       TypeBuilder.AddInterfaceImplementation (itype);
+
+                               foreach (TypeExpr ie in iface_exprs) {
+                                       ObsoleteAttribute oa = AttributeTester.GetObsoleteAttribute (ie.Type);
+                                       if ((oa != null) && !IsInObsoleteScope)
+                                               AttributeTester.Report_ObsoleteMessage (
+                                                       oa, ie.GetSignatureForError (), Location);
+                               }
+
+                               if (!CheckGenericInterfaces (ifaces))
+                                       return false;
 
                                TypeManager.RegisterBuilder (TypeBuilder, ifaces);
                        }
 
-                       TypeManager.AddUserType (Name, TypeBuilder, this);
+                       return true;
+               }
 
-                       if (!(this is Iterator))
-                               RootContext.RegisterOrder (this); 
+               //
+               // Defines the type in the appropriate ModuleBuilder or TypeBuilder.
+               //
+               public override TypeBuilder DefineType ()
+               {
+                       if (TypeBuilder != null)
+                               return TypeBuilder;
+
+                       if (error)
+                               return null;
+                       
+                       if (!DefineTypeBuilder ()) {
+                               error = true;
+                               return null;
+                       }
+
+                       if (partial_parts != null) {
+                               foreach (TypeContainer part in partial_parts)
+                                       part.TypeBuilder = TypeBuilder;
+                       }
 
-                       InTransit = false;
+                       if (!(this is CompilerGeneratedClass)) {
+                               if (!ResolveMembers ()) {
+                                       error = true;
+                                       return null;
+                               }
+                       }
 
                        if (!DefineNestedTypes ()) {
+                               error = true;
                                return null;
                        }
 
                        return TypeBuilder;
                }
 
+               public bool ResolveMembers ()
+               {
+                       if (members_resolved)
+                               return members_resolved_ok;
+
+                       members_resolved_ok = DoResolveMembers ();
+                       members_resolved = true;
+
+                       return members_resolved_ok;
+               }
+
+               protected virtual bool DoResolveMembers ()
+               {
+                       if (methods != null) {
+                               foreach (Method method in methods) {
+                                       if (!method.ResolveMembers ())
+                                               return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       if (instance_constructors != null) {
+                               foreach (Constructor c in instance_constructors) {
+                                       if (!c.ResolveMembers ())
+                                               return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       if (default_static_constructor != null) {
+                               if (!default_static_constructor.ResolveMembers ())
+                                       return false;
+                       }
+
+                       if (operators != null) {
+                               foreach (Operator o in operators) {
+                                       if (!o.ResolveMembers ())
+                                               return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       if (properties != null) {
+                               foreach (PropertyBase p in properties) {
+                                       if (!p.Get.IsDummy && !p.Get.ResolveMembers ())
+                                               return false;
+                                       if (!p.Set.IsDummy && !p.Set.ResolveMembers ())
+                                               return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       if (indexers != null) {
+                               foreach (PropertyBase p in indexers) {
+                                       if (!p.Get.IsDummy && !p.Get.ResolveMembers ())
+                                               return false;
+                                       if (!p.Set.IsDummy && !p.Set.ResolveMembers ())
+                                               return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               Constraints [] constraints;
+               public override void SetParameterInfo (ArrayList constraints_list)
+               {
+                       if (PartialContainer == this) {
+                               base.SetParameterInfo (constraints_list);
+                               return;
+                       }
+
+                       if (constraints_list == null)
+                               return;
+
+                       constraints = new Constraints [PartialContainer.CountCurrentTypeParameters];
+
+                       TypeParameter[] current_params = PartialContainer.CurrentTypeParameters;
+                       for (int i = 0; i < constraints.Length; i++) {
+                               foreach (Constraints constraint in constraints_list) {
+                                       if (constraint.TypeParameter == current_params [i].Name) {
+                                               constraints [i] = constraint;
+                                               break;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
+               bool UpdateTypeParameterConstraints ()
+               {
+                       if (constraints == null)
+                               return true;
+
+                       TypeParameter[] current_params = PartialContainer.CurrentTypeParameters;
+                       for (int i = 0; i < current_params.Length; i++) {
+                               if (!current_params [i].UpdateConstraints (this, constraints [i])) {
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (Location, "");
+                                       Report.Error (265, PartialContainer.Location,
+                                               "Partial declarations of `{0}' have inconsistent constraints for type parameter `{1}'",
+                                               PartialContainer.GetSignatureForError (), current_params [i].Name);
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               public bool ResolveType ()
+               {
+                       if (!DoResolveType ())
+                               return false;
+
+                       if (compiler_generated != null) {
+                               foreach (CompilerGeneratedClass c in compiler_generated)
+                                       if (!c.ResolveType ())
+                                               return false;
+                       }
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               protected virtual bool DoResolveType ()
+               {
+                       if ((base_type != null) &&
+                           (base_type.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (this, false) == null)) {
+                               error = true;
+                               return false;
+                       }
+
+                       if (!IsGeneric)
+                               return true;
+
+                       if (PartialContainer != this)
+                               throw new InternalErrorException ();
+
+                       TypeExpr current_type = null;
+
+                       foreach (TypeParameter type_param in CurrentTypeParameters) {
+                               if (!type_param.Resolve (this)) {
+                                       error = true;
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       if (partial_parts != null) {
+                               foreach (TypeContainer part in partial_parts) {
+                                       if (!part.UpdateTypeParameterConstraints ()) {
+                                               error = true;
+                                               return false;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       foreach (TypeParameter type_param in TypeParameters) {
+                               if (!type_param.DefineType (this)) {
+                                       error = true;
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       current_type = new ConstructedType (TypeBuilder, TypeParameters, Location);
+
+                       foreach (TypeParameter type_param in TypeParameters)
+                               if (!type_param.CheckDependencies ()) {
+                                       error = true;
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+
+                       if (current_type != null) {
+                               current_type = current_type.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (this, false);
+                               if (current_type == null) {
+                                       error = true;
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+
+                               CurrentType = current_type.Type;
+                       }
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+
                protected virtual bool DefineNestedTypes ()
                {
                        if (Interfaces != null) {
@@ -1299,81 +1508,117 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                                return false;
                        }
 
+                       if (compiler_generated != null) {
+                               foreach (CompilerGeneratedClass c in compiler_generated) {
+                                       if (c.DefineType () == null)
+                                               return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               TypeContainer InTransit;
+
+               protected bool CheckRecursiveDefinition (TypeContainer tc)
+               {
+                       if (InTransit != null) {
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (this);
+                               if (this is Interface)
+                                       Report.Error (
+                                               529, tc.Location, "Inherited interface `{0}' causes a " +
+                                               "cycle in the interface hierarchy of `{1}'",
+                                               GetSignatureForError (), tc.GetSignatureForError ());
+                               else
+                                       Report.Error (
+                                               146, tc.Location, "Circular base class dependency " +
+                                               "involving `{0}' and `{1}'",
+                                               tc.GetSignatureForError (), GetSignatureForError ());
+                               return false;
+                       }
+
+                       InTransit = tc;
+
+                       if (base_type != null) {
+                               Type t = TypeManager.DropGenericTypeArguments (base_type.Type);
+                               TypeContainer ptc = TypeManager.LookupTypeContainer (t);
+                               if ((ptc != null) && !ptc.CheckRecursiveDefinition (this))
+                                       return false;
+                       }
+
+                       if (iface_exprs != null) {
+                               foreach (TypeExpr iface in iface_exprs) {
+                                       Type itype = TypeManager.DropGenericTypeArguments (iface.Type);
+                                       TypeContainer ptc = TypeManager.LookupTypeContainer (itype);
+                                       if ((ptc != null) && !ptc.CheckRecursiveDefinition (this))
+                                               return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       if (!IsTopLevel && !Parent.PartialContainer.CheckRecursiveDefinition (this))
+                               return false;
+
+                       InTransit = null;
                        return true;
                }
 
-               static void Error_KeywordNotAllowed (Location loc)
+               public static void Error_KeywordNotAllowed (Location loc)
                {
-                       Report.Error (1530, loc, "Keyword new not allowed for namespace elements");
+                       Report.Error (1530, loc, "Keyword `new' is not allowed on namespace elements");
                }
 
                /// <summary>
                ///   Populates our TypeBuilder with fields and methods
                /// </summary>
-               public override bool DefineMembers (TypeContainer container)
+               public override bool DefineMembers ()
                {
                        if (members_defined)
                                return members_defined_ok;
 
+                       if (!base.DefineMembers ())
+                               return false;
+
                        members_defined_ok = DoDefineMembers ();
                        members_defined = true;
 
                        return members_defined_ok;
                }
 
-               bool DoDefineMembers ()
-               {
-                       if (IsTopLevel) {
-                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) != 0)
-                                       Error_KeywordNotAllowed (Location);
-                       } else {
-                               MemberInfo conflict_symbol = Parent.MemberCache.FindMemberWithSameName (Basename, false, TypeBuilder);
-                               if (conflict_symbol == null) {
-                                       if ((RootContext.WarningLevel >= 4) && ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) != 0))
-                                               Report.Warning (109, Location, "The member '{0}' does not hide an inherited member. The new keyword is not required", GetSignatureForError ());
-                               } else {
-                                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0) {
-                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (conflict_symbol);
-                                               Report.Warning (108, Location, "The keyword new is required on '{0}' because it hides inherited member", GetSignatureForError ());
-                                       }
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       DefineContainerMembers (constants);
-                       DefineContainerMembers (fields);
-
-                       if ((Kind == Kind.Class) && !(this is ClassPart)){
-                               if ((instance_constructors == null) &&
-                                   !(this is StaticClass)) {
-                                       if (default_constructor == null)
-                                               DefineDefaultConstructor (false);
+               protected virtual bool DoDefineMembers ()
+               {
+                       if (iface_exprs != null) {
+                               foreach (TypeExpr iface in iface_exprs) {
+                                       ConstructedType ct = iface as ConstructedType;
+                                       if ((ct != null) && !ct.CheckConstraints (this))
+                                               return false;
                                }
-
-                               if (initialized_static_fields != null &&
-                                   default_static_constructor == null)
-                                       DefineDefaultConstructor (true);
                        }
 
-                       if (Kind == Kind.Struct){
-                               //
-                               // Structs can not have initialized instance
-                               // fields
-                               //
-                               if (initialized_static_fields != null &&
-                                   default_static_constructor == null)
-                                       DefineDefaultConstructor (true);
+                       if (base_type != null) {
+                               ConstructedType ct = base_type as ConstructedType;
+                               if ((ct != null) && !ct.CheckConstraints (this))
+                                       return false;
+                       }
 
-                               if (initialized_fields != null)
-                                       ReportStructInitializedInstanceError ();
+                       if (!IsTopLevel) {
+                               MemberInfo conflict_symbol = Parent.PartialContainer.FindBaseMemberWithSameName (Basename, false);
+                               if (conflict_symbol == null) {
+                                       if ((RootContext.WarningLevel >= 4) && ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) != 0))
+                                               Report.Warning (109, 4, Location, "The member `{0}' does not hide an inherited member. The new keyword is not required", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               } else {
+                                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0) {
+                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (conflict_symbol);
+                                               Report.Warning (108, 2, Location, "`{0}' hides inherited member `{1}'. Use the new keyword if hiding was intended",
+                                                       GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (conflict_symbol));
+                                       }
+                               }
                        }
 
-                       Pending = GetPendingImplementations ();
+                       DefineContainerMembers (constants);
+                       DefineContainerMembers (fields);
 
-                       if (parts != null) {
-                               foreach (ClassPart part in parts) {
-                                       if (!part.DefineMembers (this))
-                                               return false;
-                               }
+                       if (Kind == Kind.Struct || Kind == Kind.Class) {
+                               pending = PendingImplementation.GetPendingImplementations (this);
                        }
                
                        //
@@ -1381,54 +1626,30 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        //
                        DefineContainerMembers (instance_constructors);
                
-                       if (default_static_constructor != null)
-                               default_static_constructor.Define ();
-                       
                        DefineContainerMembers (properties);
                        DefineContainerMembers (events);
                        DefineContainerMembers (indexers);
                        DefineContainerMembers (methods);
                        DefineContainerMembers (operators);
                        DefineContainerMembers (enums);
-                       DefineContainerMembers (delegates);                     
-
-#if CACHE
-                       if (!(this is ClassPart))
-                               member_cache = new MemberCache (this);
-#endif
+                       DefineContainerMembers (delegates);
 
-                       if (parts != null) {
-                               foreach (ClassPart part in parts)
-                                       part.member_cache = member_cache;
+                       if (CurrentType != null) {
+                               GenericType = CurrentType;
                        }
 
-                       if (iterators != null) {
-                               foreach (Iterator iterator in iterators) {
-                                       if (iterator.DefineType () == null)
-                                               return false;
-                               }
 
-                               foreach (Iterator iterator in iterators) {
-                                       if (!iterator.DefineMembers (this))
-                                               return false;
-                               }
+#if CACHE
+                       member_cache = new MemberCache (this);
+                       if (partial_parts != null) {
+                               foreach (TypeContainer part in partial_parts)
+                                       part.member_cache = member_cache;
                        }
+#endif
 
                        return true;
                }
 
-               void ReportStructInitializedInstanceError ()
-               {
-                       string n = TypeBuilder.FullName;
-                       
-                       foreach (Field f in initialized_fields){
-                               Report.Error (
-                                       573, Location,
-                                       "`" + n + "." + f.Name + "': can not have " +
-                                       "instance field initializers in structs");
-                       }
-               }
-
                protected virtual void DefineContainerMembers (MemberCoreArrayList mcal)
                {
                        if (mcal != null)
@@ -1437,9 +1658,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public override bool Define ()
                {
-                       if (parts != null) {
-                               foreach (ClassPart part in parts) {
-                                       if (!part.Define ())
+                       if (compiler_generated != null) {
+                               foreach (CompilerGeneratedClass c in compiler_generated) {
+                                       if (!c.Define ())
                                                return false;
                                }
                        }
@@ -1449,7 +1670,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public MemberInfo FindBaseMemberWithSameName (string name, bool ignore_methods)
                {
-                       return BaseCache.FindMemberWithSameName (name, ignore_methods, null);
+                       return BaseCache == null ? null : BaseCache.FindMemberWithSameName (name, ignore_methods, null);
                }
 
                /// <summary>
@@ -1476,7 +1697,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
                        ArrayList members = new ArrayList ();
 
-                       DefineMembers (null);
+                       DefineMembers ();
 
                        if (methods != null) {
                                int len = methods.Count;
@@ -1492,7 +1713,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
                                        Operator o = (Operator) operators [i];
 
-                                       members.Add (o.OperatorMethodBuilder);
+                                       members.Add (o.MethodBuilder);
                                }
                        }
 
@@ -1538,14 +1759,20 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                }
                
                // Indicated whether container has StructLayout attribute set Explicit
-               public virtual bool HasExplicitLayout {
-                       get {
-                               return false;
-                       }
+               public bool HasExplicitLayout {
+                       get { return (caching_flags & Flags.HasExplicitLayout) != 0; }
+                       set { caching_flags |= Flags.HasExplicitLayout; }
                }
 
-               public override Type FindNestedType (string name)
+               //
+               // Return the nested type with name @name.  Ensures that the nested type
+               // is defined if necessary.  Do _not_ use this when you have a MemberCache handy.
+               //
+               public Type FindNestedType (string name)
                {
+                       if (PartialContainer != this)
+                               throw new InternalErrorException ("should not happen");
+
                        ArrayList [] lists = { types, enums, delegates, interfaces };
 
                        for (int j = 0; j < lists.Length; ++j) {
@@ -1557,8 +1784,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
                                        DeclSpace ds = (DeclSpace) list [i];
                                        if (ds.Basename == name) {
-                                               ds.DefineType ();
-                                               return ds.TypeBuilder;
+                                               return ds.DefineType ();
                                        }
                                }
                        }
@@ -1656,7 +1882,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                if (fields != null) {
                                        int len = fields.Count;
                                        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-                                               FieldMember f = (FieldMember) fields [i];
+                                               FieldBase f = (FieldBase) fields [i];
                                                
                                                if ((f.ModFlags & modflags) == 0)
                                                        continue;
@@ -1730,7 +1956,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                                if ((o.ModFlags & static_mask) != static_flags)
                                                        continue;
                                                
-                                               MethodBuilder ob = o.OperatorMethodBuilder;
+                                               MethodBuilder ob = o.MethodBuilder;
                                                if (ob != null && filter (ob, criteria) == true) {
                                                        if (members == null)
                                                                members = new ArrayList ();
@@ -1740,7 +1966,32 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        }
                                }
 
-                               if (properties != null) {
+                               if (events != null) {
+                                       foreach (Event e in events) {
+                                               if ((e.ModFlags & modflags) == 0)
+                                                       continue;
+                                               if ((e.ModFlags & static_mask) != static_flags)
+                                                       continue;
+
+                                               MethodBuilder b = e.AddBuilder;
+                                               if (b != null && filter (b, criteria)) {
+                                                       if (members == null)
+                                                               members = new ArrayList (4);
+
+                                                       members.Add (b);
+                                               }
+
+                                               b = e.RemoveBuilder;
+                                               if (b != null && filter (b, criteria)) {
+                                                       if (members == null) 
+                                                               members = new ArrayList (4);
+
+                                                       members.Add (b);
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+
+                               if (properties != null) {
                                        int len = properties.Count;
                                        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
                                                Property p = (Property) properties [i];
@@ -1910,17 +2161,6 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                                members.AddRange (list);
                                        }
                                }
-                               if (ifaces != null) {
-                                       foreach (Type base_type in ifaces) {
-                                               MemberList list = TypeContainer.FindMembers (base_type, mt, bf, filter, criteria);
-
-                                               if (list.Count > 0) {
-                                                       if (members == null)
-                                                               members = new ArrayList ();
-                                                       members.AddRange (list);
-                                               }
-                                       }
-                               }
                        }
 
                        Timer.StopTimer (TimerType.TcFindMembers);
@@ -1946,19 +2186,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                return ds.FindMembers (mt, bf, filter, criteria);
                        else
                                return new MemberList (t.FindMembers (mt, bf, filter, criteria));
-                        
                 }
 
-               //
-               // FindMethods will look for methods not only in the type `t', but in
-               // any interfaces implemented by the type.
-               //
-               public static MethodInfo [] FindMethods (Type t, BindingFlags bf,
-                                                        MemberFilter filter, object criteria)
-               {
-                       return null;
-               }
-
                /// <summary>
                ///   Emits the values for the constants
                /// </summary>
@@ -1970,7 +2199,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return;
                }
 
-               void CheckMemberUsage (MemberCoreArrayList al, string member_type)
+               static void CheckMemberUsage (MemberCoreArrayList al, string member_type)
                {
                        if (al == null)
                                return;
@@ -1980,7 +2209,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        continue;
 
                                if (!mc.IsUsed) {
-                                       Report.Warning (169, mc.Location, "The private {0} '{1}' is never used", member_type, mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       Report.Warning (169, 3, mc.Location, "The private {0} `{1}' is never used", member_type, mc.GetSignatureForError ());
                                }
                        }
                }
@@ -1996,12 +2225,22 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                CheckMemberUsage (constants, "constant");
 
                                if (fields != null){
-                                       foreach (FieldMember f in fields) {
+                                       foreach (FieldBase f in fields) {
                                                if ((f.ModFlags & Modifiers.Accessibility) != Modifiers.PRIVATE)
                                                        continue;
                                                
                                                if (!f.IsUsed){
-                                                       Report.Warning (169, f.Location, "The private field '{0}' is never used", f.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                                       if ((f.caching_flags & Flags.IsAssigned) == 0)
+                                                               Report.Warning (169, 3, f.Location, "The private field `{0}' is never used", f.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                                       else {
+#if NET_2_0
+                                                               const int error_code = 414;
+#else
+                                                               const int error_code = 169;
+#endif
+                                                               Report.Warning (error_code, 3, f.Location, "The private field `{0}' is assigned but its value is never used",
+                                                                       f.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                                       }
                                                        continue;
                                                }
                                                
@@ -2011,24 +2250,59 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                                if (RootContext.WarningLevel < 4)
                                                        continue;
                                                
-                                               if ((f.status & Field.Status.ASSIGNED) != 0)
+                                               if ((f.caching_flags & Flags.IsAssigned) != 0)
                                                        continue;
                                                
-                                               Report.Warning (649, f.Location, "Field '{0}' is never assigned to, and will always have its default value '{1}'", f.GetSignatureForError (), "");
+                                               Constant c = New.Constantify (f.Type.Type);
+                                               Report.Warning (649, 4, f.Location, "Field `{0}' is never assigned to, and will always have its default value `{1}'",
+                                                       f.GetSignatureForError (), c == null ? "null" : c.AsString ());
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                }
 
+               // TODO: move to ClassOrStruct
+               void EmitConstructors ()
+               {
+                       if (instance_constructors == null)
+                               return;
+
+                       if (TypeBuilder.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.attribute_type) && RootContext.VerifyClsCompliance && IsClsComplianceRequired ()) {
+                               bool has_compliant_args = false;
+
+                               foreach (Constructor c in instance_constructors) {
+                                       c.Emit ();
+
+                                       if (has_compliant_args)
+                                               continue;
+
+                                       has_compliant_args = c.HasCompliantArgs;
+                               }
+                               if (!has_compliant_args)
+                                       Report.Error (3015, Location, "`{0}' has no accessible constructors which use only CLS-compliant types", GetSignatureForError ());
+                       } else {
+                               foreach (Constructor c in instance_constructors)
+                                       c.Emit ();
+                       }
+               }
+
                /// <summary>
                ///   Emits the code, this step is performed after all
                ///   the types, enumerations, constructors
                /// </summary>
-               public void EmitType ()
+               public virtual void EmitType ()
                {
                        if (OptAttributes != null)
-                               OptAttributes.Emit (ec, this);
-                               
+                               OptAttributes.Emit ();
+
+#if GMCS_SOURCE
+                       if (IsGeneric) {
+                               int offset = CountTypeParameters - CurrentTypeParameters.Length;
+                               for (int i = offset; i < gen_params.Length; i++)
+                                       CurrentTypeParameters [i - offset].EmitAttributes ();
+                       }
+#endif
+
                        //
                        // Structs with no fields need to have at least one byte.
                        // The right thing would be to set the PackingSize in a DefineType
@@ -2036,7 +2310,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        // be specified.
                        //
 
-                       if ((Kind == Kind.Struct) && !have_nonstatic_fields){
+                       if (Kind == Kind.Struct && first_nonstatic_field == null){
                                FieldBuilder fb = TypeBuilder.DefineField ("$PRIVATE$", TypeManager.byte_type,
                                                                           FieldAttributes.Private);
 
@@ -2052,34 +2326,20 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        Emit ();
 
-                       if (instance_constructors != null) {
-                               if (TypeBuilder.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.attribute_type) && RootContext.VerifyClsCompliance && IsClsCompliaceRequired (this)) {
-                                       bool has_compliant_args = false;
-
-                                       foreach (Constructor c in instance_constructors) {
-                                               c.Emit ();
-
-                                               if (has_compliant_args)
-                                                       continue;
-
-                                               has_compliant_args = c.HasCompliantArgs;
-                                       }
-                                       if (!has_compliant_args)
-                                               Report.Error (3015, Location, "'{0}' has no accessible constructors which use only CLS-compliant types", GetSignatureForError ());
-                               } else {
-                                       foreach (Constructor c in instance_constructors)
-                                               c.Emit ();
-                               }
-                       }
+                       EmitConstructors ();
 
+                       // Can not continue if constants are broken
                        EmitConstants ();
+                       if (Report.Errors > 0)
+                               return;
 
                        if (default_static_constructor != null)
                                default_static_constructor.Emit ();
                        
-                       if (methods != null)
+                       if (methods != null){
                                foreach (Method m in methods)
                                        m.Emit ();
+                       }
 
                        if (operators != null)
                                foreach (Operator o in operators)
@@ -2094,7 +2354,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                        
                        if (fields != null)
-                               foreach (FieldMember f in fields)
+                               foreach (FieldBase f in fields)
                                        f.Emit ();
 
                        if (events != null){
@@ -2114,24 +2374,23 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                }
                        }
 
-                       if (parts != null) {
-                               foreach (ClassPart part in parts)
-                                       part.EmitType ();
-                       }
-
-                       if ((Pending != null) && !(this is ClassPart))
-                               if (Pending.VerifyPendingMethods ())
+                       if (pending != null)
+                               if (pending.VerifyPendingMethods ())
                                        return;
 
-                       if (iterators != null)
-                               foreach (Iterator iterator in iterators)
-                                       iterator.EmitType ();
-                       
-//                     if (types != null)
-//                             foreach (TypeContainer tc in types)
-//                                     tc.Emit ();
-               }
+                       if (Report.Errors > 0)
+                               return;
 
+                       if (compiler_generated != null) {
+                               foreach (CompilerGeneratedClass c in compiler_generated) {
+                                       if (!c.DefineMembers ())
+                                               throw new InternalErrorException ();
+                               }
+                               foreach (CompilerGeneratedClass c in compiler_generated)
+                                       c.EmitType ();
+                       }
+               }
+               
                public override void CloseType ()
                {
                        if ((caching_flags & Flags.CloseTypeCreated) != 0)
@@ -2169,10 +2428,10 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                foreach (Delegate d in Delegates)
                                        d.CloseType ();
 
-                       if (Iterators != null)
-                               foreach (Iterator i in Iterators)
-                                       i.CloseType ();
-
+                       if (CompilerGenerated != null)
+                               foreach (CompilerGeneratedClass c in CompilerGenerated)
+                                       c.CloseType ();
+                       
                        types = null;
                        properties = null;
                        enums = null;
@@ -2186,8 +2445,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        events = null;
                        indexers = null;
                        operators = null;
-                       iterators = null;
-                       ec = null;
+                       compiler_generated = null;
                        default_constructor = null;
                        default_static_constructor = null;
                        type_bases = null;
@@ -2197,12 +2455,6 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        member_cache = null;
                }
 
-               // TODO: make it obsolete and use GetSignatureForError
-               public string MakeName (string n)
-               {
-                       return "`" + Name + "." + n + "'";
-               }
-
                //
                // Performs the validation on a Method's modifiers (properties have
                // the same properties).
@@ -2220,8 +2472,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        //
                        if ((flags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0){
                                if ((flags & vao) != 0){
-                                       Report.Error (112, mc.Location, "static method '{0}' can not be marked as virtual, abstract or override",
-                                               GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       Report.Error (112, mc.Location, "A static member `{0}' cannot be marked as override, virtual or abstract",
+                                               mc.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        ok = false;
                                }
                        }
@@ -2234,7 +2486,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
 
                        if ((flags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0 && (flags & nv) != 0){
-                               Report.Error (113, mc.Location, "'{0}' marked as override cannot be marked as new or virtual", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+                               Report.Error (113, mc.Location, "A member `{0}' marked as override cannot be marked as new or virtual",
+                                       mc.GetSignatureForError ());
                                ok = false;
                        }
 
@@ -2245,36 +2498,36 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if ((flags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0){
                                if ((flags & Modifiers.EXTERN) != 0){
                                        Report.Error (
-                                               180, mc.Location, "'{0}' can not be both abstract and extern", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                               180, mc.Location, "`{0}' cannot be both extern and abstract", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        ok = false;
                                }
 
                                if ((flags & Modifiers.SEALED) != 0) {
-                                       Report.Error (502, mc.Location, "'{0}' cannot be both abstract and sealed", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       Report.Error (502, mc.Location, "`{0}' cannot be both abstract and sealed", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        ok = false;
                                }
 
                                if ((flags & Modifiers.VIRTUAL) != 0){
-                                       Report.Error (503, mc.Location, "'{0}' can not be both abstract and virtual", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       Report.Error (503, mc.Location, "The abstract method `{0}' cannot be marked virtual", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        ok = false;
                                }
 
                                if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) == 0){
-                                       Report.Error (513, mc.Location, "'{0}' is abstract but its container class is not", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       Report.Error (513, mc.Location, "`{0}' is abstract but it is contained in nonabstract class", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        ok = false;
                                }
                        }
 
                        if ((flags & Modifiers.PRIVATE) != 0){
                                if ((flags & vao) != 0){
-                                       Report.Error (621, mc.Location, "'{0}' virtual or abstract members can not be private", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       Report.Error (621, mc.Location, "`{0}': virtual or abstract members cannot be private", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        ok = false;
                                }
                        }
 
                        if ((flags & Modifiers.SEALED) != 0){
                                if ((flags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) == 0){
-                                       Report.Error (238, mc.Location, "'{0}' cannot be sealed because it is not an override", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       Report.Error (238, mc.Location, "`{0}' cannot be sealed because it is not an override", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        ok = false;
                                }
                        }
@@ -2282,31 +2535,20 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return ok;
                }
 
-               public bool UserDefinedStaticConstructor {
-                       get {
-                               return default_static_constructor != null;
-                       }
-               }
-
                public Constructor DefaultStaticConstructor {
                        get { return default_static_constructor; }
                }
 
-               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance (DeclSpace ds)
+               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance ()
                {
-                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance (ds))
+                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance ())
                                return false;
 
                        VerifyClsName ();
 
                        Type base_type = TypeBuilder.BaseType;
                        if (base_type != null && !AttributeTester.IsClsCompliant (base_type)) {
-                               Report.Error (3009, Location, "'{0}': base type '{1}' is not CLS-compliant", GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (base_type));
-                       }
-
-                       if (!Parent.IsClsCompliaceRequired (ds)) {
-                               Report.Error (3018, Location, "'{0}' cannot be marked as CLS-Compliant because it is a member of non CLS-Compliant type '{1}'", 
-                                       GetSignatureForError (), Parent.GetSignatureForError ());
+                               Report.Error (3009, Location, "`{0}': base type `{1}' is not CLS-compliant", GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (base_type));
                        }
                        return true;
                }
@@ -2324,10 +2566,10 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        foreach (DictionaryEntry entry in defined_names) {
                                MemberCore mc = (MemberCore)entry.Value;
-                               if (!mc.IsClsCompliaceRequired (this))
+                               if (!mc.IsClsComplianceRequired ())
                                        continue;
 
-                               string name = (string)entry.Key;
+                               string name = (string) entry.Key;
                                string basename = name.Substring (name.LastIndexOf ('.') + 1);
 
                                string lcase = basename.ToLower (System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
@@ -2344,13 +2586,17 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        continue;                                       
 
                                if (found is MemberInfo) {
-                                       if (basename == ((MemberInfo)found).Name)
+                                       if (basename == ((MemberInfo) found).Name)
                                                continue;
-                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError ((MemberInfo)found);
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError ((MemberInfo) found);
                                } else {
                                        Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError ((MemberCore) found);
                                }
-                               Report.Error (3005, mc.Location, "Identifier '{0}' differing only in case is not CLS-compliant", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+#if GMCS_SOURCE
+                               Report.Warning (3005, 1, mc.Location, "Identifier `{0}' differing only in case is not CLS-compliant", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+#else
+                               Report.Error (3005, mc.Location, "Identifier `{0}' differing only in case is not CLS-compliant", mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+#endif
                        }
                }
 
@@ -2360,41 +2606,30 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                ///   checks whether the `interface_type' is a base inteface implementation.
                ///   Then it checks whether `name' exists in the interface type.
                /// </summary>
-               public virtual bool VerifyImplements (Type interface_type, string full,
-                                                     string name, Location loc)
+               public virtual bool VerifyImplements (InterfaceMemberBase mb)
                {
-                       bool found = false;
-
-                       if (ifaces != null){
+                       if (ifaces != null) {
                                foreach (Type t in ifaces){
-                                       if (t == interface_type){
-                                               found = true;
-                                               break;
-                                       }
+                                       if (t == mb.InterfaceType)
+                                               return true;
                                }
                        }
                        
-                       if (!found){
-                               Report.Error (540, loc, "`{0}': containing class does not implement interface `{1}'",
-                                             full, interface_type.FullName);
-                               return false;
-                       }
-
-                       return true;
+                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (mb.InterfaceType);
+                       Report.Error (540, mb.Location, "`{0}': containing type does not implement interface `{1}'",
+                               mb.GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (mb.InterfaceType));
+                       return false;
                }
 
-               protected override void VerifyObsoleteAttribute()
+               public void Mark_HasEquals ()
                {
-                       CheckUsageOfObsoleteAttribute (ptype);
-
-                       if (ifaces == null)
-                               return;
-
-                       foreach (Type iface in ifaces) {
-                               CheckUsageOfObsoleteAttribute (iface);
-                       }
+                       Methods.HasEquals = true;
                }
 
+               public void Mark_HasGetHashCode ()
+               {
+                       Methods.HasGetHashCode = true;
+               }
 
                //
                // IMemberContainer
@@ -2426,7 +2661,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                MemberList IMemberContainer.GetMembers (MemberTypes mt, BindingFlags bf)
                {
-                       return FindMembers (mt, bf | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly, null, null);
+                       BindingFlags new_bf = bf | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly;
+
+                       if (GenericType != null)
+                               return TypeManager.FindMembers (GenericType, mt, new_bf,
+                                                               null, null);
+                       else
+                               return FindMembers (mt, new_bf, null, null);
                }
 
                //
@@ -2455,260 +2696,229 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                }
        }
 
-       public class PartialContainer : TypeContainer {
-
-               public readonly Namespace Namespace;
-               public readonly int OriginalModFlags;
-               public readonly int AllowedModifiers;
-               public readonly TypeAttributes DefaultTypeAttributes;
+       public abstract class ClassOrStruct : TypeContainer {
+               ListDictionary declarative_security;
 
-               static PartialContainer Create (NamespaceEntry ns, TypeContainer parent,
-                                               MemberName member_name, int mod_flags, Kind kind,
-                                               Location loc)
+               public ClassOrStruct (NamespaceEntry ns, DeclSpace parent,
+                                     MemberName name, Attributes attrs, Kind kind)
+                       : base (ns, parent, name, attrs, kind)
                {
-                       PartialContainer pc;
-                       DeclSpace ds = RootContext.Tree.GetDecl (member_name);
-                       if (ds != null) {
-                               pc = ds as PartialContainer;
-
-                               if (pc == null) {
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                               260, ds.Location, "Missing partial modifier " +
-                                               "on declaration of type `{0}'; another " +
-                                               "partial implementation of this type exists",
-                                               member_name.GetPartialName());
-
-                                       Report.LocationOfPreviousError (loc);
-                                       return null;
-                               }
-
-                               if (pc.Kind != kind) {
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                               261, loc, "Partial declarations of `{0}' " +
-                                               "must be all classes, all structs or " +
-                                               "all interfaces", member_name.GetPartialName ());
-                                       return null;
-                               }
+               }
 
-                               if (pc.OriginalModFlags != mod_flags) {
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                               262, loc, "Partial declarations of `{0}' " +
-                                               "have conflicting accessibility modifiers",
-                                               member_name.GetPartialName ());
-                                       return null;
+               protected override bool AddToContainer (MemberCore symbol, string name)
+               {
+                       if (name == MemberName.Name) {
+                               if (symbol is TypeParameter) {
+                                       Report.Error (694, symbol.Location,
+                                                     "Type parameter `{0}' has same name as " +
+                                                     "containing type, or method", name);
+                                       return false;
                                }
 
-                               return pc;
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (this);
+                               Report.Error (542, symbol.Location, "`{0}': member names cannot be the same as their enclosing type",
+                                       symbol.GetSignatureForError ());
+                               return false;
                        }
 
-                       if (parent is ClassPart)
-                               parent = ((ClassPart) parent).PartialContainer;
+                       return base.AddToContainer (symbol, name);
+               }
 
-                       pc = new PartialContainer (ns.NS, parent, member_name, mod_flags, kind, loc);
-                       RootContext.Tree.RecordDecl (member_name, pc);
+               public override void VerifyMembers ()
+               {
+                       base.VerifyMembers ();
 
-                       if (kind == Kind.Interface)
-                               parent.AddInterface (pc);
-                       else if (kind == Kind.Class || kind == Kind.Struct)
-                               parent.AddClassOrStruct (pc);
-                       else
-                               throw new InvalidOperationException ();
+                       if ((events != null) && (RootContext.WarningLevel >= 3)) {
+                               foreach (Event e in events){
+                                       if ((e.ModFlags & Modifiers.Accessibility) != Modifiers.PRIVATE)
+                                               continue;
 
-                       return pc;
+                                       if ((e.caching_flags & Flags.IsUsed) == 0)
+                                               Report.Warning (67, 3, e.Location, "The event `{0}' is never used", e.GetSignatureForError ());
+                               }
+                       }
                }
 
-               public static ClassPart CreatePart (NamespaceEntry ns, TypeContainer parent,
-                                                   MemberName name, int mod, Attributes attrs,
-                                                   Kind kind, Location loc)
+               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
                {
-                       PartialContainer pc = Create (ns, parent, name, mod, kind, loc);
-                       if (pc == null) {
-                               // An error occured; create a dummy container, but don't
-                               // register it.
-                               pc = new PartialContainer (ns.NS, parent, name, mod, kind, loc);
+                       if (a.Type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.security_attr_type) && a.CheckSecurityActionValidity (false)) {
+                               if (declarative_security == null)
+                                       declarative_security = new ListDictionary ();
+
+                               a.ExtractSecurityPermissionSet (declarative_security);
+                               return;
+                       }
+
+                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.struct_layout_attribute_type && a.GetLayoutKindValue () == LayoutKind.Explicit) {
+                               HasExplicitLayout = true;
                        }
 
-                       ClassPart part = new ClassPart (ns, pc, parent, mod, attrs, kind, loc);
-                       pc.AddPart (part);
-                       return part;
+                       base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
                }
 
-               protected PartialContainer (Namespace ns, TypeContainer parent,
-                                           MemberName name, int mod, Kind kind, Location l)
-                       : base (null, parent, name, null, kind, l)
+               /// <summary>
+               /// Defines the default constructors 
+               /// </summary>
+               protected void DefineDefaultConstructor (bool is_static)
                {
-                       this.Namespace = ns;
-
-                       switch (kind) {
-                       case Kind.Class:
-                               AllowedModifiers = Class.AllowedModifiers;
-                               DefaultTypeAttributes = Class.DefaultTypeAttributes;
-                               break;
-
-                       case Kind.Struct:
-                               AllowedModifiers = Struct.AllowedModifiers;
-                               DefaultTypeAttributes = Struct.DefaultTypeAttributes;
-                               break;
-
-                       case Kind.Interface:
-                               AllowedModifiers = Interface.AllowedModifiers;
-                               DefaultTypeAttributes = Interface.DefaultTypeAttributes;
-                               break;
+                       // The default instance constructor is public
+                       // If the class is abstract, the default constructor is protected
+                       // The default static constructor is private
 
-                       default:
-                               throw new InvalidOperationException ();
+                       int mods;
+                       if (is_static) {
+                               mods = Modifiers.STATIC | Modifiers.PRIVATE;
+                       } else {
+                               mods = ((ModFlags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0) ? Modifiers.PROTECTED : Modifiers.PUBLIC;
                        }
 
-                       int accmods;
-                       if (parent.Parent == null)
-                               accmods = Modifiers.INTERNAL;
-                       else
-                               accmods = Modifiers.PRIVATE;
-
-                       this.ModFlags = Modifiers.Check (AllowedModifiers, mod, accmods, l);
-                       this.OriginalModFlags = mod;
+                       Constructor c = new Constructor (this, MemberName.Name, mods,
+                               Parameters.EmptyReadOnlyParameters,
+                               new GeneratedBaseInitializer (Location),
+                               Location);
+                       
+                       AddConstructor (c);
+                       c.Block = new ToplevelBlock (null, Location);
                }
 
-               public override PendingImplementation GetPendingImplementations ()
+               void DefineFieldInitializers ()
                {
-                       return PendingImplementation.GetPendingImplementations (this);
-               }
+                       if (initialized_fields != null) {
+                               EmitContext ec = new EmitContext (this, this, Location, null, null, ModFlags);
+                               ec.IsFieldInitializer = true;
 
-               protected override TypeAttributes TypeAttr {
-                       get {
-                               return base.TypeAttr | DefaultTypeAttributes;
+                               for (int i = 0; i < initialized_fields.Count; ++i) {
+                                       FieldInitializer fi = (FieldInitializer)initialized_fields[i];
+                                       fi.ResolveStatement (ec);
+                                       if (fi.IsDefaultInitializer && RootContext.Optimize) {
+                                               // Field is re-initialized to its default value => removed
+                                               initialized_fields.RemoveAt (i);
+                                               --i;
+                                       }
+                               }
                        }
-               }
-       }
 
-       public class ClassPart : TypeContainer, IMemberContainer {
-               public readonly PartialContainer PartialContainer;
-               public readonly bool IsPartial;
+                       if (initialized_static_fields != null) {
+                               bool has_complex_initializer = false;
+                               EmitContext ec = new EmitContext (this, this, Location, null, null, ModFlags);
+                               ec.IsStatic = true;
+                               ec.IsFieldInitializer = true;
 
-               public ClassPart (NamespaceEntry ns, PartialContainer pc, TypeContainer parent,
-                                 int mod, Attributes attrs, Kind kind, Location l)
-                       : base (ns, parent, pc.MemberName, attrs, kind, l)
-               {
-                       this.PartialContainer = pc;
-                       this.IsPartial = true;
+                               foreach (FieldInitializer fi in initialized_static_fields) {
+                                       fi.ResolveStatement (ec);
+                                       if (!fi.IsComplexInitializer)
+                                               continue;
 
-                       int accmods;
-                       if (parent == null || parent == RootContext.Tree.Types)
-                               accmods = Modifiers.INTERNAL;
-                       else
-                               accmods = Modifiers.PRIVATE;
+                                       has_complex_initializer = true;
+                               }
 
-                       this.ModFlags = Modifiers.Check (pc.AllowedModifiers, mod, accmods, l);
-               }
+                               // Need special check to not optimize code like this
+                               // static int a = b = 5;
+                               // static int b = 0;
+                               if (!has_complex_initializer && RootContext.Optimize) {
+                                       for (int i = 0; i < initialized_static_fields.Count; ++i) {
+                                               FieldInitializer fi = (FieldInitializer)initialized_static_fields[i];
+                                               if (fi.IsDefaultInitializer) {
+                                                       initialized_static_fields.RemoveAt (i);
+                                                       --i;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
 
-               public override PendingImplementation GetPendingImplementations ()
-               {
-                       return PartialContainer.Pending;
-               }
+                               if (default_static_constructor == null && initialized_static_fields.Count > 0) {
+                                       DefineDefaultConstructor (true);
+                               }
+                       }
 
-               public override bool VerifyImplements (Type interface_type, string full,
-                                                      string name, Location loc)
-               {
-                       return PartialContainer.VerifyImplements (
-                               interface_type, full, name, loc);
                }
 
-               public override bool EmitFieldInitializers (EmitContext ec)
+               public override bool Define ()
                {
-                       return PartialContainer.EmitFieldInitializers (ec);
+                       DefineFieldInitializers ();
+
+                       if (default_static_constructor != null)
+                               default_static_constructor.Define ();
+
+                       return base.Define ();
                }
 
-               public override Type FindNestedType (string name)
+               public override void Emit ()
                {
-                       return PartialContainer.FindNestedType (name);
+                       base.Emit ();
+
+                       if (declarative_security != null) {
+                               foreach (DictionaryEntry de in declarative_security) {
+                                       TypeBuilder.AddDeclarativeSecurity ((SecurityAction)de.Key, (PermissionSet)de.Value);
+                               }
+                       }
                }
 
-               public override MemberCache BaseCache {
+               protected override TypeAttributes TypeAttr {
                        get {
-                               return PartialContainer.BaseCache;
+                               if (default_static_constructor == null)
+                                       return base.TypeAttr | TypeAttributes.BeforeFieldInit;
+
+                               return base.TypeAttr;
                        }
                }
        }
 
-       public abstract class ClassOrStruct : TypeContainer {
-               bool has_explicit_layout = false;
-               ListDictionary declarative_security;
 
-               public ClassOrStruct (NamespaceEntry ns, TypeContainer parent,
-                                     MemberName name, Attributes attrs, Kind kind,
-                                     Location l)
-                       : base (ns, parent, name, attrs, kind, l)
-               {
-               }
+       // TODO: should be sealed
+       public class Class : ClassOrStruct {
+               const int AllowedModifiers =
+                       Modifiers.NEW |
+                       Modifiers.PUBLIC |
+                       Modifiers.PROTECTED |
+                       Modifiers.INTERNAL |
+                       Modifiers.PRIVATE |
+                       Modifiers.ABSTRACT |
+                       Modifiers.SEALED |
+                       Modifiers.STATIC |
+                       Modifiers.UNSAFE;
 
-               public override PendingImplementation GetPendingImplementations ()
+               public Class (NamespaceEntry ns, DeclSpace parent, MemberName name, int mod,
+                             Attributes attrs)
+                       : base (ns, parent, name, attrs, Kind.Class)
                {
-                       return PendingImplementation.GetPendingImplementations (this);
-               }
+                       int accmods = Parent.Parent == null ? Modifiers.INTERNAL : Modifiers.PRIVATE;
+                       this.ModFlags = Modifiers.Check (AllowedModifiers, mod, accmods, Location);
 
-               public override bool HasExplicitLayout {
-                       get {
-                               return has_explicit_layout;
+                       if (IsStatic && RootContext.Version == LanguageVersion.ISO_1) {
+                               Report.FeatureIsNotISO1 (Location, "static classes");
                        }
                }
 
-               public override void VerifyMembers ()
+               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder(Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
                {
-                       base.VerifyMembers ();
-
-                       if ((events != null) && (RootContext.WarningLevel >= 3)) {
-                               foreach (Event e in events){
-                                       if (e.status == 0)
-                                               Report.Warning (67, e.Location, "The event '{0}' is never used", e.GetSignatureForError ());
+                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.attribute_usage_type) {
+                               if (BaseType != TypeManager.attribute_type && !BaseType.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.attribute_type) &&
+                                       TypeBuilder.FullName != "System.Attribute") {
+                                       Report.Error (641, a.Location, "Attribute `{0}' is only valid on classes derived from System.Attribute", a.GetSignatureForError ());
                                }
                        }
-               }
-
-               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
-               {
-                       if (a.Type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.security_attr_type) && a.CheckSecurityActionValidity (false)) {
-                               if (declarative_security == null)
-                                       declarative_security = new ListDictionary ();
 
-                               a.ExtractSecurityPermissionSet (declarative_security);
+                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type &&
+                               !(BaseType == TypeManager.attribute_type || BaseType.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.attribute_type))) {
+                               Report.Error (1689, a.Location, "Attribute `System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute' is only valid on methods or attribute classes");
                                return;
                        }
 
-                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.struct_layout_attribute_type && a.GetLayoutKindValue () == LayoutKind.Explicit)
-                               has_explicit_layout = true;
+                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.comimport_attr_type &&
+                               !attributes.Contains (TypeManager.guid_attr_type)) {
+                                       a.Error_MissingGuidAttribute ();
+                                       return;
+                       }
+
+                       if (AttributeTester.IsAttributeExcluded (a.Type))
+                               return;
 
                        base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
                }
 
-               public override void Emit()
-               {
-                       base.Emit ();
-
-                       if (declarative_security != null) {
-                               foreach (DictionaryEntry de in declarative_security) {
-                                       TypeBuilder.AddDeclarativeSecurity ((SecurityAction)de.Key, (PermissionSet)de.Value);
-                               }
-                       }
-               }
-       }
-
-       /// <summary>
-       /// Class handles static classes declaration
-       /// </summary>
-       public sealed class StaticClass: Class {
-               public StaticClass (NamespaceEntry ns, TypeContainer parent, MemberName name, int mod,
-                       Attributes attrs, Location l)
-                       : base (ns, parent, name, mod, attrs, l)
-               {
-                       if (RootContext.Version == LanguageVersion.ISO_1) {
-                               Report.FeatureIsNotStandardized (l, "static classes");
-                       }
-               }
-
-               protected override int AllowedModifiersProp {
-                       get {
-                               return Modifiers.NEW | Modifiers.PUBLIC | Modifiers.PROTECTED | Modifiers.INTERNAL | Modifiers.PRIVATE |
-                                       Modifiers.STATIC | Modifiers.UNSAFE;
+               public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
+                       get {
+                               return AttributeTargets.Class;
                        }
                }
 
@@ -2717,17 +2927,29 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (list == null)
                                return;
 
+                       if (!IsStatic) {
+                               base.DefineContainerMembers (list);
+                               return;
+                       }
+
                        foreach (MemberCore m in list) {
                                if (m is Operator) {
-                                       Report.Error (715, m.Location, "'{0}': static classes cannot contain user-defined operators", m.GetSignatureForError (this));
+                                       Report.Error (715, m.Location, "`{0}': Static classes cannot contain user-defined operators", m.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+
+                               if (m is Destructor) {
+                                       Report.Error (711, m.Location, "`{0}': Static classes cannot contain destructor", GetSignatureForError ());
                                        continue;
                                }
 
-                               if ((m.ModFlags & Modifiers.PROTECTED) != 0)
-                                       Report.Warning (628, 4, m.Location, "'{0}': new protected member declared in static class", m.GetSignatureForError (this));
+                               if ((m.ModFlags & Modifiers.PROTECTED) != 0) {
+                                       Report.Error (1057, m.Location, "`{0}': Static classes cannot contain protected members", m.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       continue;
+                               }
 
                                if (m is Indexer) {
-                                       Report.Error (720, m.Location, "'{0}': cannot declare indexers in a static class", m.GetSignatureForError (this));
+                                       Report.Error (720, m.Location, "`{0}': cannot declare indexers in a static class", m.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        continue;
                                }
 
@@ -2735,129 +2957,102 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        continue;
 
                                if (m is Constructor) {
-                                       Report.Error (710, m.Location, "'{0}': Static classes cannot have instance constructors", GetSignatureForError ());
-                                       continue;
-                               }
-
-                               if (m is Destructor) {
-                                       Report.Error (711, m.Location, "'{0}': Static class cannot contain destructor", GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       Report.Error (710, m.Location, "`{0}': Static classes cannot have instance constructors", GetSignatureForError ());
                                        continue;
                                }
 
-                               Report.Error (708, m.Location, "'{0}': cannot declare instance members in a static class", m.GetSignatureForError (this));
+                               Report.Error (708, m.Location, "`{0}': cannot declare instance members in a static class", m.GetSignatureForError ());
                        }
 
                        base.DefineContainerMembers (list);
                }
 
-               public override TypeBuilder DefineType()
+               public override TypeBuilder DefineType ()
                {
-                       if ((ModFlags & (Modifiers.SEALED | Modifiers.STATIC)) == (Modifiers.SEALED | Modifiers.STATIC)) {
-                               Report.Error (441, Location, "'{0}': a class cannot be both static and sealed", GetSignatureForError ());
+                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) == Modifiers.ABSTRACT && (ModFlags & (Modifiers.SEALED | Modifiers.STATIC)) != 0) {
+                               Report.Error (418, Location, "`{0}': an abstract class cannot be sealed or static", GetSignatureForError ());
                                return null;
                        }
 
-                       TypeBuilder tb = base.DefineType ();
-                       if (tb == null)
-                               return null;
-
-                       if (ptype != TypeManager.object_type) {
-                               Report.Error (713, Location, "Static class '{0}' cannot derive from type '{1}'. Static classes must derive from object", GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (ptype));
+                       if ((ModFlags & (Modifiers.SEALED | Modifiers.STATIC)) == (Modifiers.SEALED | Modifiers.STATIC)) {
+                               Report.Error (441, Location, "`{0}': a class cannot be both static and sealed", GetSignatureForError ());
                                return null;
                        }
 
-                       if (ifaces != null) {
-                               foreach (Type t in ifaces)
-                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (t);
-                               Report.Error (714, Location, "'{0}': static classes cannot implement interfaces", GetSignatureForError ());
-                       }
-                       return tb;
-               }
-
-               protected override TypeAttributes TypeAttr {
-                       get {
-                               return base.TypeAttr | TypeAttributes.Abstract | TypeAttributes.Sealed;
-                       }
+                       return base.DefineType ();
                }
-       }
-
-       public class Class : ClassOrStruct {
-               // TODO: remove this and use only AllowedModifiersProp to fix partial classes bugs
-               public const int AllowedModifiers =
-                       Modifiers.NEW |
-                       Modifiers.PUBLIC |
-                       Modifiers.PROTECTED |
-                       Modifiers.INTERNAL |
-                       Modifiers.PRIVATE |
-                       Modifiers.ABSTRACT |
-                       Modifiers.SEALED |
-                       Modifiers.UNSAFE;
 
-               bool WasTransitError;
-
-               public Class (NamespaceEntry ns, TypeContainer parent, MemberName name, int mod,
-                             Attributes attrs, Location l)
-                       : base (ns, parent, name, attrs, Kind.Class, l)
+               protected override bool DoDefineMembers ()
                {
-                       this.ModFlags = mod;
-               }
+                       if (InstanceConstructors == null && !IsStatic)
+                               DefineDefaultConstructor (false);
 
-               virtual protected int AllowedModifiersProp {
-                       get {
-                               return AllowedModifiers;
-                       }
+                       return base.DoDefineMembers ();
                }
 
-               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder(Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
+               public override TypeExpr[] GetClassBases (out TypeExpr base_class)
                {
-                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.attribute_usage_type) {
-                               if (ptype != TypeManager.attribute_type && !ptype.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.attribute_type) &&
-                                       TypeBuilder.FullName != "System.Attribute") {
-                                       Report.Error (641, a.Location, "Attribute '{0}' is only valid on classes derived from System.Attribute", a.Name);
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type &&
-                               !(ptype == TypeManager.attribute_type || ptype.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.attribute_type))) {
-                               Report.Error (1689, a.Location, "Attribute 'System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute' is only valid on methods or attribute classes");
-                               return;
-                       }
+                       TypeExpr[] ifaces = base.GetClassBases (out base_class);
 
-                       if (AttributeTester.IsAttributeExcluded (a.Type))
-                               return;
+                       if (base_class == null) {
+                               if (RootContext.StdLib)
+                                       base_class = TypeManager.system_object_expr;
+                               else if (Name != "System.Object")
+                                       base_class = TypeManager.system_object_expr;
+                       } else {
+                               if (Kind == Kind.Class && base_class is TypeParameterExpr){
+                                       Report.Error (
+                                               689, base_class.Location,
+                                               "Cannot derive from `{0}' because it is a type parameter",
+                                               base_class.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       return ifaces;
+                               }
 
-                       base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
-               }
+                               if (base_class.Type.IsArray || base_class.Type.IsPointer) {
+                                       Report.Error (1521, base_class.Location, "Invalid base type");
+                                       return ifaces;
+                               }
 
-               public const TypeAttributes DefaultTypeAttributes =
-                       TypeAttributes.AutoLayout | TypeAttributes.Class;
+                               if (base_class.IsSealed){
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_class.Type);
+                                       if (base_class.Type.IsAbstract) {
+                                               Report.Error (709, Location, "`{0}': Cannot derive from static class `{1}'",
+                                                       GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (base_class.Type));
+                                       } else {
+                                               Report.Error (509, Location, "`{0}': cannot derive from sealed class `{1}'",
+                                                       GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (base_class.Type));
+                                       }
+                                       return ifaces;
+                               }
 
-               public override TypeBuilder DefineType()
-               {
-                       if (InTransit) {
-                               if (WasTransitError)
-                                       return null;
-                               throw new CircularDepException (this);
-                       }
+                               if (!base_class.CanInheritFrom ()){
+                                       Report.Error (644, Location, "`{0}' cannot derive from special class `{1}'",
+                                               GetSignatureForError (), base_class.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       return ifaces;
+                               }
 
-                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) == Modifiers.ABSTRACT && (ModFlags & (Modifiers.SEALED | Modifiers.STATIC)) != 0) {
-                               Report.Error (418, Location, "'{0}': an abstract class cannot be sealed or static", GetSignatureForError ());
-                               return null;
+                               if (!base_class.AsAccessible (this, ModFlags)) {
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_class.Type);
+                                       Report.Error (60, Location, "Inconsistent accessibility: base class `{0}' is less accessible than class `{1}'", 
+                                               TypeManager.CSharpName (base_class.Type), GetSignatureForError ());
+                               }
                        }
 
-                       int accmods = Parent.Parent == null ? Modifiers.INTERNAL : Modifiers.PRIVATE;
-                       ModFlags = Modifiers.Check (AllowedModifiersProp, ModFlags, accmods, Location);
+                       if (IsStatic) {
+                               if (base_class != TypeManager.system_object_expr) {
+                                       Report.Error (713, Location, "Static class `{0}' cannot derive from type `{1}'. Static classes must derive from object",
+                                               GetSignatureForError (), base_class.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       return ifaces;
+                               }
 
-                       try {
-                               return base.DefineType ();
-                       }
-                       catch (CircularDepException e) {
-                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (e.Container);
-                               Report.Error (146, Location, "Circular base class dependency involving '{0}' and '{1}'",
-                                       GetSignatureForError (), e.Container.GetSignatureForError ());
-                               WasTransitError = true;
-                               return null;
+                               if (ifaces != null) {
+                                       foreach (TypeExpr t in ifaces)
+                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (t.Type);
+                                       Report.Error (714, Location, "`{0}': static classes cannot implement interfaces", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               }
                        }
+
+                       return ifaces;
                }
 
                /// Search for at least one defined condition in ConditionalAttribute of attribute class
@@ -2872,13 +3067,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (OptAttributes == null)
                                return false;
 
-                       Attribute[] attrs = OptAttributes.SearchMulti (TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type, ec);
+                       Attribute[] attrs = OptAttributes.SearchMulti (TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type);
 
                        if (attrs == null)
                                return false;
 
                        foreach (Attribute a in attrs) {
-                               string condition = a.GetConditionalAttributeValue (Parent.EmitContext);
+                               string condition = a.GetConditionalAttributeValue ();
                                if (RootContext.AllDefines.Contains (condition))
                                        return false;
                        }
@@ -2887,22 +3082,31 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return true;
                }
 
+               bool IsStatic {
+                       get {
+                               return (ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0;
+                       }
+               }
+
                //
                // FIXME: How do we deal with the user specifying a different
                // layout?
                //
                protected override TypeAttributes TypeAttr {
                        get {
-                               return base.TypeAttr | DefaultTypeAttributes;
+                               TypeAttributes ta = base.TypeAttr | TypeAttributes.AutoLayout | TypeAttributes.Class;
+                               if (IsStatic)
+                                       ta |= TypeAttributes.Abstract | TypeAttributes.Sealed;
+                               return ta;
                        }
                }
        }
 
-       public class Struct : ClassOrStruct {
+       public sealed class Struct : ClassOrStruct {
                // <summary>
                //   Modifiers allowed in a struct declaration
                // </summary>
-               public const int AllowedModifiers =
+               const int AllowedModifiers =
                        Modifiers.NEW       |
                        Modifiers.PUBLIC    |
                        Modifiers.PROTECTED |
@@ -2910,9 +3114,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Modifiers.UNSAFE    |
                        Modifiers.PRIVATE;
 
-               public Struct (NamespaceEntry ns, TypeContainer parent, MemberName name,
-                              int mod, Attributes attrs, Location l)
-                       : base (ns, parent, name, attrs, Kind.Struct, l)
+               public Struct (NamespaceEntry ns, DeclSpace parent, MemberName name,
+                              int mod, Attributes attrs)
+                       : base (ns, parent, name, attrs, Kind.Struct)
                {
                        int accmods;
                        
@@ -2921,16 +3125,41 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        else
                                accmods = Modifiers.PRIVATE;
                        
-                       this.ModFlags = Modifiers.Check (AllowedModifiers, mod, accmods, l);
+                       this.ModFlags = Modifiers.Check (AllowedModifiers, mod, accmods, Location);
 
                        this.ModFlags |= Modifiers.SEALED;
                }
 
-               public const TypeAttributes DefaultTypeAttributes =
+               public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
+                       get {
+                               return AttributeTargets.Struct;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               const TypeAttributes DefaultTypeAttributes =
                        TypeAttributes.SequentialLayout |
                        TypeAttributes.Sealed |
                        TypeAttributes.BeforeFieldInit;
 
+
+               public override TypeExpr[] GetClassBases (out TypeExpr base_class)
+               {
+                       TypeExpr[] ifaces = base.GetClassBases (out base_class);
+                       //
+                       // If we are compiling our runtime,
+                       // and we are defining ValueType, then our
+                       // base is `System.Object'.
+                       //
+                       if (base_class == null) {
+                               if (!RootContext.StdLib && Name == "System.ValueType")
+                                       base_class = TypeManager.system_object_expr;
+                               else
+                                       base_class = TypeManager.system_valuetype_expr;
+                       }
+
+                       return ifaces;
+               }
+
                //
                // FIXME: Allow the user to specify a different set of attributes
                // in some cases (Sealed for example is mandatory for a class,
@@ -2942,31 +3171,22 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               public override TypeBuilder DefineType()
+               public override void RegisterFieldForInitialization (MemberCore field, FieldInitializer expression)
                {
-                       if (InTransit) {
-                               InTransit = false;
-                               throw new CircularDepException (this);
-                       }
-
-                       try {
-                               return base.DefineType ();
-                       }
-                       catch (CircularDepException e) {
-                               InTransit = false;
-                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (this);
-                               Error_TypeInListIsNotInterface (e.Container.Location, GetSignatureForError ());
-                               return null;
+                       if ((field.ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) == 0) {
+                               Report.Error (573, field.Location, "`{0}': Structs cannot have instance field initializers",
+                                       field.GetSignatureForError ());
+                               return;
                        }
+                       base.RegisterFieldForInitialization (field, expression);
                }
+
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        ///   Interfaces
        /// </summary>
-       public class Interface : TypeContainer, IMemberContainer {
-
-               bool WasTransitError;
+       public sealed class Interface : TypeContainer, IMemberContainer {
 
                /// <summary>
                ///   Modifiers allowed in a class declaration
@@ -2979,9 +3199,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Modifiers.UNSAFE    |
                        Modifiers.PRIVATE;
 
-               public Interface (NamespaceEntry ns, TypeContainer parent, MemberName name, int mod,
-                                 Attributes attrs, Location l)
-                       : base (ns, parent, name, attrs, Kind.Interface, l)
+               public Interface (NamespaceEntry ns, DeclSpace parent, MemberName name, int mod,
+                                 Attributes attrs)
+                       : base (ns, parent, name, attrs, Kind.Interface)
                {
                        int accmods;
 
@@ -2990,15 +3210,27 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        else
                                accmods = Modifiers.PRIVATE;
 
-                       this.ModFlags = Modifiers.Check (AllowedModifiers, mod, accmods, l);
+                       this.ModFlags = Modifiers.Check (AllowedModifiers, mod, accmods, name.Location);
                }
 
-               public override PendingImplementation GetPendingImplementations ()
+               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
                {
-                       return null;
+                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.comimport_attr_type &&
+                               !attributes.Contains (TypeManager.guid_attr_type)) {
+                                       a.Error_MissingGuidAttribute ();
+                                       return;
+                       }
+                       base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
+               }
+
+
+               public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
+                       get {
+                               return AttributeTargets.Interface;
+                       }
                }
 
-               public const TypeAttributes DefaultTypeAttributes =
+               const TypeAttributes DefaultTypeAttributes =
                        TypeAttributes.AutoLayout |
                        TypeAttributes.Abstract |
                        TypeAttributes.Interface;
@@ -3009,71 +3241,83 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               public override TypeBuilder DefineType()
+               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance ()
                {
-                       if (InTransit) {
-                               if (WasTransitError) 
-                                       return null;
-                               throw new CircularDepException (this);
-                       }
+                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance ())
+                               return false;
 
-                       try {
-                               return base.DefineType ();
+                       if (ifaces != null) {
+                               foreach (Type t in ifaces) {
+                                       if (AttributeTester.IsClsCompliant (t))
+                                               continue;
+
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (t);
+                                       Report.Warning (3027, 1, Location, "`{0}' is not CLS-compliant because base interface `{1}' is not CLS-compliant",
+                                               GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (t));
+                               }
                        }
-                       catch (CircularDepException e) {
-                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (e.Container);
-                               Report.Error (529, Location, "Inherited interface '{0}' causes a cycle in the interface hierarchy of '{1}'",
-                                       e.Container.GetSignatureForError (), GetSignatureForError ());
-                               WasTransitError = true;
-                               return null;
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+       }
+
+       // It is used as a base class for all property based members
+       // This includes properties, indexers, and events
+       public abstract class PropertyBasedMember : InterfaceMemberBase
+       {
+               public PropertyBasedMember (DeclSpace parent, GenericMethod generic,
+                       Expression type, int mod, int allowed_mod, bool is_iface,
+                       MemberName name, Attributes attrs)
+                       : base (parent, generic, type, mod, allowed_mod, is_iface, name, attrs)
+               {
+               }
+
+               protected override bool CheckForDuplications ()
+               {
+                       throw new NotSupportedException ();
+               }
+
+               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance ()
+               {
+                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance ())
+                               return false;
+
+                       if (!AttributeTester.IsClsCompliant (MemberType)) {
+                               Report.Error (3003, Location, "Type of `{0}' is not CLS-compliant",
+                                       GetSignatureForError ());
                        }
+                       return true;
                }
 
        }
 
-       public abstract class MethodCore : MemberBase {
+
+       public abstract class MethodCore : InterfaceMemberBase
+       {
                public readonly Parameters Parameters;
                protected ToplevelBlock block;
-               
-               //
-               // Parameters, cached for semantic analysis.
-               //
-               protected InternalParameters parameter_info;
-               protected Type [] parameter_types;
 
-               // Whether this is an operator method.
-               public bool IsOperator;
-
-               //
-               // The method we're overriding if this is an override method.
-               //
-               protected MethodInfo base_method = null;
-
-               static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "method", "return" };
-
-               public MethodCore (TypeContainer parent, Expression type, int mod,
-                                  int allowed_mod, bool is_interface, MemberName name,
-                                  Attributes attrs, Parameters parameters, Location loc)
-                       : base (parent, type, mod, allowed_mod, Modifiers.PRIVATE, name,
-                               attrs, loc)
+               public MethodCore (DeclSpace parent, GenericMethod generic,
+                       Expression type, int mod, int allowed_mod, bool is_iface,
+                       MemberName name, Attributes attrs, Parameters parameters)
+                       : base (parent, generic, type, mod, allowed_mod, is_iface, name, attrs)
                {
                        Parameters = parameters;
-                       IsInterface = is_interface;
                }
-               
+
                //
                //  Returns the System.Type array for the parameters of this method
                //
                public Type [] ParameterTypes {
                        get {
-                               return parameter_types;
+                               return Parameters.Types;
                        }
                }
 
-               public InternalParameters ParameterInfo
+               public Parameters ParameterInfo
                {
                        get {
-                               return parameter_info;
+                               return Parameters;
                        }
                }
                
@@ -3087,115 +3331,277 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               protected override bool CheckBase ()
+               protected bool DoDefineParameters ()
                {
-                       if (!base.CheckBase ())
+                       IResolveContext rc = GenericMethod == null ? this : (IResolveContext)ds;
+
+                       // Check if arguments were correct
+                       if (!Parameters.Resolve (rc))
                                return false;
-                       
+
+                       return CheckParameters (Parameters);
+               }
+
+               protected override bool CheckBase ()
+               {
                        // Check whether arguments were correct.
                        if (!DoDefineParameters ())
                                return false;
 
-                       if ((caching_flags & Flags.TestMethodDuplication) != 0 && !CheckForDuplications ())
+                       if (!base.CheckBase ())
                                return false;
 
-                       if (IsExplicitImpl)
-                               return true;
-
-                       // Is null for System.Object while compiling corlib and base interfaces
-                       if (Parent.BaseCache == null) {
-                               if ((RootContext.WarningLevel >= 4) && ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) != 0)) {
-                                       Report.Warning (109, Location, "The member '{0}' does not hide an inherited member. The new keyword is not required", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
-                               }
-                               return true;
-                       }
+                       return true;
+               }
 
-                       Type base_ret_type = null;
-                       base_method = FindOutBaseMethod (Parent, ref base_ret_type);
+               // TODO: create a special method for operators only to make code better
+               protected bool IsDuplicateImplementation (MethodCore method)
+               {
+                       if (method == this)
+                               return false;
 
-                       // method is override
-                       if (base_method != null) {
+                       Operator op2 = null;
+                       Operator op1 = null;
 
-                               if (!CheckMethodAgainstBase ())
+                       if (!(method.MemberName.Equals (MemberName)))
+                       {
+                               op1 = this as Operator;
+                               if (op1 == null || !(op1.OperatorType == Operator.OpType.Explicit || op1.OperatorType == Operator.OpType.Implicit))
                                        return false;
 
-                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0) {
-                                       if (MemberType != TypeManager.TypeToCoreType (base_ret_type)) {
-                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_method);
-                                               if (this is PropertyBase) {
-                                                       Report.Error (1715, Location, "'{0}': type must be '{1}' to match overridden member '{2}'", 
-                                                               GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (base_ret_type), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_method));
-                                               }
-                                               else {
-                                                       Report.Error (508, Location, GetSignatureForError (Parent) + ": cannot " +
-                                                               "change return type when overriding inherited member");
-                                               }
-                                               return false;
-                                       }
-                               } else {
-                                       if (base_method.IsAbstract && !IsInterface) {
-                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_method);
-                                               Report.Error (533, Location, "'{0}' hides inherited abstract member", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
-                                               return false;
-                                       }
-                               }
-
-                               if (base_method.IsSpecialName && !(this is PropertyBase)) {
-                                       Report.Error (561, Location, "'{0}': cannot override '{1}' because it is a special compiler-generated method", GetSignatureForError (Parent), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (base_method));
+                               op2 = method as Operator;
+                               if (op2 == null || !(op2.OperatorType == Operator.OpType.Explicit || op2.OperatorType == Operator.OpType.Implicit))
                                        return false;
-                               }
-
-                               if (RootContext.WarningLevel > 2) {
-                                       if (Name == "Equals" && parameter_types.Length == 1 && parameter_types [0] == TypeManager.object_type)
-                                               Parent.Methods.HasEquals = true;
-                                       else if (Name == "GetHashCode" && parameter_types.Length == 0)
-                                               Parent.Methods.HasGetHashCode = true;
-                               }
+                       } else {
+                               op1 = this as Operator;
+                               op2 = method as Operator;
+                       }
 
-                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0) {
-                                       ObsoleteAttribute oa = AttributeTester.GetMethodObsoleteAttribute (base_method);
-                                       if (oa != null) {
-                                               EmitContext ec = new EmitContext (this.Parent, this.Parent, Location, null, null, ModFlags, false);
-                                               if (OptAttributes == null || !OptAttributes.Contains (TypeManager.obsolete_attribute_type, ec)) {
-                                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_method);
-                                                       Report.Warning (672, 1, Location, "Member '{0}' overrides obsolete member. Add the Obsolete attribute to '{0}'", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
-                                               }
-                                       }
-                               }
+                       Type[] param_types = method.ParameterTypes;
+                       // This never happen. Rewrite this as Equal
+                       if (param_types == null && ParameterTypes == null)
                                return true;
-                       }
+                       if (param_types == null || ParameterTypes == null)
+                               return false;
 
-                       MemberInfo conflict_symbol = Parent.FindBaseMemberWithSameName (Name, !(this is Property));
-                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0) {
-                               if (conflict_symbol != null) {
-                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (conflict_symbol);
-                                       if (this is PropertyBase)
-                                               Report.Error (544, Location, "'{0}': cannot override because '{1}' is not a property", GetSignatureForError (Parent), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (conflict_symbol));
-                                       else
-                                               Report.Error (505, Location, "'{0}': cannot override because '{1}' is not a method", GetSignatureForError (Parent), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (conflict_symbol));
-                               } else
-                                       Report.Error (115, Location, "'{0}': no suitable methods found to override", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
+                       if (param_types.Length != ParameterTypes.Length)
                                return false;
-                       }
 
-                       if (conflict_symbol == null) {
-                               if ((RootContext.WarningLevel >= 4) && ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) != 0)) {
-                                       Report.Warning (109, Location, "The member '{0}' does not hide an inherited member. The new keyword is not required", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
-                               }
-                               return true;
+                       if (method.Parameters.HasArglist != Parameters.HasArglist)
+                               return false;
+                       
+                       bool equal = true;
+
+                       for (int i = 0; i < param_types.Length; i++) {
+                               if (param_types [i] != ParameterTypes [i])
+                                       equal = false;
                        }
 
-                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0) {
-                               if (this is Method && conflict_symbol is MethodBase)
-                                       return true;
+                       if (IsExplicitImpl && (method.InterfaceType != InterfaceType))
+                               equal = false;
 
-                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (conflict_symbol);
-                               Report.Warning (108, Location, "The keyword new is required on '{0}' because it hides inherited member", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
+                       // TODO: make operator compatible with MethodCore to avoid this
+                       if (op1 != null && op2 != null) {
+                               if (MemberType != method.MemberType)
+                                       equal = false;
+                       }
+
+                       if (equal) {
+                               //
+                               // Try to report 663: method only differs on out/ref
+                               //
+                               Parameters info = ParameterInfo;
+                               Parameters other_info = method.ParameterInfo;
+                               for (int i = 0; i < info.Count; i++){
+                                       if (info.ParameterModifier (i) != other_info.ParameterModifier (i)){
+                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (method);
+                                               Report.Error (663, Location, "`{0}': Methods cannot differ only on their use of ref and out on a parameters",
+                                                             GetSignatureForError ());
+                                               return false;
+                                       }
+                               }
+
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (method);
+                               if (this is Operator && method is Operator)
+                                       Report.Error (557, Location, "Duplicate user-defined conversion in type `{0}'", Parent.Name);
+                               else
+                                       Report.Error (111, Location, TypeContainer.Error111, GetSignatureForError ());
+
+                               return true;
+                       }
+
+                       return false;
+               }
+
+               //
+               // Returns a string that represents the signature for this 
+               // member which should be used in XML documentation.
+               //
+               public override string GetDocCommentName (DeclSpace ds)
+               {
+                       return DocUtil.GetMethodDocCommentName (this, Parameters, ds);
+               }
+
+               //
+               // Raised (and passed an XmlElement that contains the comment)
+               // when GenerateDocComment is writing documentation expectedly.
+               //
+               // FIXME: with a few effort, it could be done with XmlReader,
+               // that means removal of DOM use.
+               //
+               internal override void OnGenerateDocComment (XmlElement el)
+               {
+                       DocUtil.OnMethodGenerateDocComment (this, el);
+               }
+
+               //
+               //   Represents header string for documentation comment.
+               //
+               public override string DocCommentHeader 
+               {
+                       get { return "M:"; }
+               }
+
+               public virtual void SetYields ()
+               {
+                       ModFlags |= Modifiers.METHOD_YIELDS;
+               }
+
+               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance ()
+               {
+                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance ())
+                               return false;
+
+                       if (Parameters.HasArglist) {
+                               Report.Error (3000, Location, "Methods with variable arguments are not CLS-compliant");
                        }
 
+                       if (!AttributeTester.IsClsCompliant (MemberType)) {
+                               Report.Error (3002, Location, "Return type of `{0}' is not CLS-compliant",
+                                       GetSignatureForError ());
+                       }
+
+                       Parameters.VerifyClsCompliance ();
                        return true;
                }
 
+       }
+
+       public abstract class InterfaceMemberBase : MemberBase {
+               //
+               // Whether this is an interface member.
+               //
+               public bool IsInterface;
+
+               //
+               // If true, this is an explicit interface implementation
+               //
+               public bool IsExplicitImpl;
+
+               //
+               // The interface type we are explicitly implementing
+               //
+               public Type InterfaceType;
+
+               //
+               // The method we're overriding if this is an override method.
+               //
+               protected MethodInfo base_method;
+
+               readonly int explicit_mod_flags;
+               public MethodAttributes flags;
+
+               public InterfaceMemberBase (DeclSpace parent, GenericMethod generic,
+                                  Expression type, int mod, int allowed_mod, bool is_iface,
+                                  MemberName name, Attributes attrs)
+                       : base (parent, generic, type, mod, allowed_mod, Modifiers.PRIVATE,
+                               name, attrs)
+               {
+                       IsInterface = is_iface;
+                       IsExplicitImpl = (MemberName.Left != null);
+                       explicit_mod_flags = mod;
+               }
+               
+               protected override bool CheckBase ()
+               {
+                       if (!base.CheckBase ())
+                               return false;
+                       
+                       if ((caching_flags & Flags.TestMethodDuplication) != 0 && !CheckForDuplications ())
+                               return false;
+
+                       if (IsExplicitImpl)
+                               return true;
+
+                       // Is null for System.Object while compiling corlib and base interfaces
+                       if (Parent.PartialContainer.BaseCache == null) {
+                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) != 0) {
+                                       Report.Warning (109, 4, Location, "The member `{0}' does not hide an inherited member. The new keyword is not required", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               }
+                               return true;
+                       }
+
+                       Type base_ret_type = null;
+                       base_method = FindOutBaseMethod (ref base_ret_type);
+
+                       // method is override
+                       if (base_method != null) {
+                               if (!CheckMethodAgainstBase (base_ret_type))
+                                       return false;
+
+                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0) {
+                                       ObsoleteAttribute oa = AttributeTester.GetMethodObsoleteAttribute (base_method);
+                                       if (oa != null) {
+                                               if (OptAttributes == null || !OptAttributes.Contains (TypeManager.obsolete_attribute_type)) {
+                                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_method);
+                                                               Report.Warning (672, 1, Location, "Member `{0}' overrides obsolete member `{1}'. Add the Obsolete attribute to `{0}'",
+                                                                       GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_method));
+                                               }
+                                       } else {
+                                               if (OptAttributes != null && OptAttributes.Contains (TypeManager.obsolete_attribute_type)) {
+                                                       Report.Warning (809, 1, Location, "Obsolete member `{0}' overrides non-obsolete member `{1}'",
+                                                               GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_method));
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               return true;
+                       }
+
+                       MemberInfo conflict_symbol = Parent.PartialContainer.FindBaseMemberWithSameName (Name, !((this is Event) || (this is Property)));
+                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0) {
+                               if (conflict_symbol != null) {
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (conflict_symbol);
+                                       if (this is Event)
+                                               Report.Error (72, Location, "`{0}': cannot override because `{1}' is not an event", GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (conflict_symbol));
+                                       else if (this is PropertyBase)
+                                               Report.Error (544, Location, "`{0}': cannot override because `{1}' is not a property", GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (conflict_symbol));
+                                       else
+                                               Report.Error (505, Location, "`{0}': cannot override because `{1}' is not a method", GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (conflict_symbol));
+                               } else {
+                                       Report.Error (115, Location, "`{0}' is marked as an override but no suitable {1} found to override",
+                                               GetSignatureForError (), SimpleName.GetMemberType (this));
+                               }
+                               return false;
+                       }
+
+                       if (conflict_symbol == null) {
+                               if ((RootContext.WarningLevel >= 4) && ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) != 0)) {
+                                       Report.Warning (109, 4, Location, "The member `{0}' does not hide an inherited member. The new keyword is not required", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               }
+                               return true;
+                       }
+
+                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0) {
+                               if (this is Method && conflict_symbol is MethodBase)
+                                       return true;
+
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (conflict_symbol);
+                               Report.Warning (108, 2, Location, "`{0}' hides inherited member `{1}'. Use the new keyword if hiding was intended",
+                                       GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (conflict_symbol));
+                       }
+
+                       return true;
+               }
 
                //
                // Performs various checks on the MethodInfo `mb' regarding the modifier flags
@@ -3204,20 +3610,15 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                // `name' is the user visible name for reporting errors (this is used to
                // provide the right name regarding method names and properties)
                //
-               bool CheckMethodAgainstBase ()
+               bool CheckMethodAgainstBase (Type baseMethodType)
                {
                        bool ok = true;
 
-                       // TODO: replace with GetSignatureForError 
-                       string name = base_method.DeclaringType.Name + "." + base_method.Name;
-
                        if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0){
                                if (!(base_method.IsAbstract || base_method.IsVirtual)){
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                               506, Location, Parent.MakeName (Name) +
-                                               ": cannot override inherited member `" +
-                                               name + "' because it is not " +
-                                               "virtual, abstract or override");
+                                       Report.Error (506, Location,
+                                               "`{0}': cannot override inherited member `{1}' because it is not marked virtual, abstract or override",
+                                                GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_method));
                                        ok = false;
                                }
                                
@@ -3225,7 +3626,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                
                                if (base_method.IsFinal) {
                                        Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_method);
-                                       Report.Error (239, Location, "'{0}': cannot override inherited member '{1}' because it is sealed",
+                                       Report.Error (239, Location, "`{0}': cannot override inherited member `{1}' because it is sealed",
                                                              GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_method));
                                        ok = false;
                                }
@@ -3236,19 +3637,43 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                MethodAttributes base_classp = base_method.Attributes & MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask;
 
                                if (!CheckAccessModifiers (thisp, base_classp, base_method)) {
-                                       Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (Parent, base_method, name);
+                                       Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (base_method, base_classp, null);
+                                       ok = false;
+                               }
+
+                               if (!TypeManager.IsEqual (MemberType, TypeManager.TypeToCoreType (baseMethodType))) {
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_method);
+                                       if (this is PropertyBasedMember) {
+                                               Report.Error (1715, Location, "`{0}': type must be `{1}' to match overridden member `{2}'", 
+                                                       GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (baseMethodType), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_method));
+                                       }
+                                       else {
+                                               Report.Error (508, Location, "`{0}': return type must be `{1}' to match overridden member `{2}'",
+                                                       GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (baseMethodType), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_method));
+                                       }
                                        ok = false;
                                }
                        }
 
-                       if ((ModFlags & (Modifiers.NEW | Modifiers.OVERRIDE)) == 0 && Name != "Finalize") {
-                               ModFlags |= Modifiers.NEW;
-                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_method);
-                               if (!IsInterface && (base_method.IsVirtual || base_method.IsAbstract)) {
-                                       if (RootContext.WarningLevel >= 2)
-                                               Report.Warning (114, Location, "'{0}' hides inherited member '{1}'. To make the current member override that implementation, add the override keyword. Otherwise add the new keyword", GetSignatureForError (Parent), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_method));
-                               } else
-                                       Report.Warning (108, Location, "The keyword new is required on '{0}' because it hides inherited member", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
+                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0) {
+                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) == 0 && Name != "Finalize") {
+                                       ModFlags |= Modifiers.NEW;
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_method);
+                                       if (!IsInterface && (base_method.IsVirtual || base_method.IsAbstract)) {
+                                               Report.Warning (114, 2, Location, "`{0}' hides inherited member `{1}'. To make the current member override that implementation, add the override keyword. Otherwise add the new keyword",
+                                                       GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_method));
+                                       } else {
+                                               Report.Warning (108, 2, Location, "`{0}' hides inherited member `{1}'. Use the new keyword if hiding was intended",
+                                                       GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_method));
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       } else {
+                               if (base_method.IsAbstract && !IsInterface) {
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_method);
+                                       Report.Error (533, Location, "`{0}' hides inherited abstract member `{1}'",
+                                               GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_method));
+                                       return ok = false;
+                               }
                        }
 
                        return ok;
@@ -3294,207 +3719,512 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        //
                                        return false;
                                }
-                               return true;
-                       } else {
-                               return (thisp == base_classp);
+                               return true;
+                       } else {
+                               return (thisp == base_classp);
+                       }
+               }
+
+               public bool CheckAbstractAndExtern (bool has_block)
+               {
+                       if (Parent.PartialContainer.Kind == Kind.Interface)
+                               return true;
+
+                       if (has_block) {
+                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.EXTERN) != 0) {
+                                       Report.Error (179, Location, "`{0}' cannot declare a body because it is marked extern",
+                                               GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+
+                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0) {
+                                       Report.Error (500, Location, "`{0}' cannot declare a body because it is marked abstract",
+                                               GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+                       } else {
+                               if ((ModFlags & (Modifiers.ABSTRACT | Modifiers.EXTERN)) == 0) {
+                                       Report.Error (501, Location, "`{0}' must declare a body because it is not marked abstract or extern",
+                                               GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               protected bool CheckParameters (Parameters parameters)
+               {
+                       bool error = false;
+
+                       foreach (Type partype in parameters.Types){
+                               if (partype.IsPointer){
+                                       if (!TypeManager.VerifyUnManaged (TypeManager.GetElementType (partype), Location))
+                                               error = true;
+                               }
+
+                               if (ds.AsAccessible (partype, ModFlags))
+                                       continue;
+
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (partype);
+                               if (this is Indexer)
+                                       Report.Error (55, Location,
+                                               "Inconsistent accessibility: parameter type `" +
+                                               TypeManager.CSharpName (partype) + "' is less " +
+                                               "accessible than indexer `" + GetSignatureForError () + "'");
+                               else if (this is Operator)
+                                       Report.Error (57, Location,
+                                               "Inconsistent accessibility: parameter type `" +
+                                               TypeManager.CSharpName (partype) + "' is less " +
+                                               "accessible than operator `" + GetSignatureForError () + "'");
+                               else
+                                       Report.Error (51, Location,
+                                               "Inconsistent accessibility: parameter type `" +
+                                               TypeManager.CSharpName (partype) + "' is less " +
+                                               "accessible than method `" + GetSignatureForError () + "'");
+                               error = true;
+                       }
+
+                       return !error;
+               }
+
+               protected override bool DoDefine()
+               {
+                       if (!base.DoDefine ())
+                               return false;
+
+                       if (IsExplicitImpl) {
+                               Expression expr = MemberName.Left.GetTypeExpression ();
+                               TypeExpr texpr = expr.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (this, false);
+                               if (texpr == null)
+                                       return false;
+
+                               InterfaceType = texpr.Type;
+
+                               if (!InterfaceType.IsInterface) {
+                                       Report.Error (538, Location, "`{0}' in explicit interface declaration is not an interface", TypeManager.CSharpName (InterfaceType));
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+                               
+                               if (!Parent.PartialContainer.VerifyImplements (this))
+                                       return false;
+                               
+                       }
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               protected virtual bool DoDefineBase ()
+               {
+                       if (Name == null)
+                               throw new InternalErrorException ();
+
+                       if (IsInterface) {
+                               ModFlags = Modifiers.PUBLIC |
+                                       Modifiers.ABSTRACT |
+                                       Modifiers.VIRTUAL | (ModFlags & Modifiers.UNSAFE) | (ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW);
+
+                               flags = MethodAttributes.Public |
+                                       MethodAttributes.Abstract |
+                                       MethodAttributes.HideBySig |
+                                       MethodAttributes.NewSlot |
+                                       MethodAttributes.Virtual;
+                       } else {
+                               if (!Parent.PartialContainer.MethodModifiersValid (this))
+                                       return false;
+
+                               flags = Modifiers.MethodAttr (ModFlags);
+                       }
+
+                       if (IsExplicitImpl) {
+                               Expression expr = MemberName.Left.GetTypeExpression ();
+                               TypeExpr iface_texpr = expr.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (this, false);
+                               if (iface_texpr == null)
+                                       return false;
+
+                               InterfaceType = iface_texpr.Type;
+
+                               if (!InterfaceType.IsInterface) {
+                                       Report.Error (538, Location, "'{0}' in explicit interface declaration is not an interface", TypeManager.CSharpName (InterfaceType));
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+
+                               if (!Parent.PartialContainer.VerifyImplements (this))
+                                       return false;
+                               
+                               Modifiers.Check (Modifiers.AllowedExplicitImplFlags, explicit_mod_flags, 0, Location);
+                       }
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               protected void Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (MemberInfo base_method, MethodAttributes ma, string suffix)
+               {
+                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_method);
+                       string base_name = TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (base_method);
+                       string this_name = GetSignatureForError ();
+                       if (suffix != null) {
+                               base_name += suffix;
+                               this_name += suffix;
+                       }
+
+                       Report.Error (507, Location, "`{0}': cannot change access modifiers when overriding `{1}' inherited member `{2}'",
+                               this_name, Modifiers.GetDescription (ma), base_name);
+               }
+
+               protected static string Error722 {
+                       get {
+                               return "`{0}': static types cannot be used as return types";
+                       }
+               }
+
+               /// <summary>
+               /// For custom member duplication search in a container
+               /// </summary>
+               protected abstract bool CheckForDuplications ();
+
+               /// <summary>
+               /// Gets base method and its return type
+               /// </summary>
+               protected abstract MethodInfo FindOutBaseMethod (ref Type base_ret_type);
+
+               //
+               // The "short" name of this property / indexer / event.  This is the
+               // name without the explicit interface.
+               //
+               public string ShortName 
+               {
+                       get { return MemberName.Name; }
+                       set { SetMemberName (new MemberName (MemberName.Left, value, Location)); }
+               }
+
+               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance ()
+               {
+                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance ()) {
+                               if (IsInterface && HasClsCompliantAttribute && Parent.IsClsComplianceRequired ()) {
+                                       Report.Error (3010, Location, "`{0}': CLS-compliant interfaces must have only CLS-compliant members", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               }
+
+                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0 && Parent.TypeBuilder.IsClass && IsExposedFromAssembly () && Parent.IsClsComplianceRequired ()) {
+                                       Report.Error (3011, Location, "`{0}': only CLS-compliant members can be abstract", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               }
+                               return false;
+                       }
+
+                       if (GenericMethod != null)
+                               GenericMethod.VerifyClsCompliance ();
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               public override bool IsUsed 
+               {
+                       get { return IsExplicitImpl || base.IsUsed; }
+               }
+
+       }
+
+       public abstract class MethodOrOperator : MethodCore, IMethodData
+       {
+               public MethodBuilder MethodBuilder;
+               ReturnParameter return_attributes;
+               ListDictionary declarative_security;
+               protected MethodData MethodData;
+
+               Iterator iterator;
+               ArrayList anonymous_methods;
+
+               static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "method", "return" };
+
+               protected MethodOrOperator (DeclSpace parent, GenericMethod generic, Expression type, int mod,
+                               int allowed_mod, bool is_interface, MemberName name,
+                               Attributes attrs, Parameters parameters)
+                       : base (parent, generic, type, mod, allowed_mod, is_interface, name,
+                                       attrs, parameters)
+               {
+               }
+
+               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
+               {
+                       if (a.Target == AttributeTargets.ReturnValue) {
+                               if (return_attributes == null)
+                                       return_attributes = new ReturnParameter (MethodBuilder, Location);
+
+                               return_attributes.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
+                               return;
+                       }
+
+                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.methodimpl_attr_type &&
+                               (a.GetMethodImplOptions () & MethodImplOptions.InternalCall) != 0) {
+                               MethodBuilder.SetImplementationFlags (MethodImplAttributes.InternalCall | MethodImplAttributes.Runtime);
+                       }
+
+                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.dllimport_type) {
+                               const int extern_static = Modifiers.EXTERN | Modifiers.STATIC;
+                               if ((ModFlags & extern_static) != extern_static) {
+                                       Report.Error (601, a.Location, "The DllImport attribute must be specified on a method marked `static' and `extern'");
+                               }
+
+                               return;
                        }
-               }
-               
-               void Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (TypeContainer parent, MethodInfo base_method, string name)
-               {
-                       //
-                       // FIXME: report the old/new permissions?
-                       //
-                       Report.Error (
-                               507, Location, parent.MakeName (Name) +
-                               ": can't change the access modifiers when overriding inherited " +
-                               "member `" + name + "'");
+
+                       if (a.Type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.security_attr_type) && a.CheckSecurityActionValidity (false)) {
+                               if (declarative_security == null)
+                                       declarative_security = new ListDictionary ();
+                               a.ExtractSecurityPermissionSet (declarative_security);
+                               return;
+                       }
+
+                       MethodBuilder.SetCustomAttribute (cb);
                }
 
-               protected static string Error722 {
+               public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
                        get {
-                               return "'{0}': static types cannot be used as return types";
+                               return AttributeTargets.Method; 
                        }
                }
 
-               /// <summary>
-               /// For custom member duplication search in a container
-               /// </summary>
-               protected abstract bool CheckForDuplications ();
+               public virtual EmitContext CreateEmitContext (DeclSpace tc, ILGenerator ig)
+               {
+                       return new EmitContext (
+                               this, tc, this.ds, Location, ig, MemberType, ModFlags, false);
+               }
 
-               /// <summary>
-               /// Gets base method and its return type
-               /// </summary>
-               protected abstract MethodInfo FindOutBaseMethod (TypeContainer container, ref Type base_ret_type);
+               public void AddAnonymousMethod (AnonymousMethodExpression anonymous)
+               {
+                       if (anonymous_methods == null)
+                               anonymous_methods = new ArrayList ();
+                       anonymous_methods.Add (anonymous);
+               }
 
-               protected virtual bool DoDefineParameters ()
+               protected bool DefineGenericMethod ()
                {
-                       EmitContext ec = Parent.EmitContext;
-                       if (ec == null)
-                               throw new InternalErrorException ("DoDefineParameters invoked too early");
+                       if (!DoDefineBase ())
+                               return false;
 
-                       bool old_unsafe = ec.InUnsafe;
-                       ec.InUnsafe = InUnsafe;
-                       // Check if arguments were correct
-                       parameter_types = Parameters.GetParameterInfo (ec);
-                       ec.InUnsafe = old_unsafe;
+#if GMCS_SOURCE
+                       if (GenericMethod != null) {
+                               string method_name = MemberName.Name;
 
-                       if ((parameter_types == null) ||
-                           !CheckParameters (Parent, parameter_types))
-                               return false;
+                               if (IsExplicitImpl) {
+                                       method_name = TypeManager.CSharpName (InterfaceType) +
+                                               '.' + method_name;
+                               }
 
-                       parameter_info = new InternalParameters (parameter_types, Parameters);
+                               MethodBuilder = Parent.TypeBuilder.DefineMethod (method_name, flags);
 
-                       Parameter array_param = Parameters.ArrayParameter;
-                       if ((array_param != null) &&
-                           (!array_param.ParameterType.IsArray ||
-                            (array_param.ParameterType.GetArrayRank () != 1))) {
-                               Report.Error (225, Location, "params parameter has to be a single dimensional array");
-                               return false;
+                               if (!GenericMethod.Define (MethodBuilder, block))
+                                       return false;
                        }
+#endif
 
                        return true;
                }
 
-               public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
-                       get {
-                               return attribute_targets;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance (DeclSpace ds)
+               public bool ResolveMembers ()
                {
-                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance (ds)) {
-                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0 && IsExposedFromAssembly (ds) && ds.IsClsCompliaceRequired (ds)) {
-                                       Report.Error (3011, Location, "'{0}': only CLS-compliant members can be abstract", GetSignatureForError ());
-                               }
+                       if (!DefineGenericMethod ())
                                return false;
-                       }
 
-                       if (Parameters.HasArglist) {
-                               Report.Error (3000, Location, "Methods with variable arguments are not CLS-compliant");
+                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.METHOD_YIELDS) != 0) {
+                               iterator = Iterator.CreateIterator (this, Parent, GenericMethod, ModFlags);
+                               if (iterator == null)
+                                       return false;
                        }
 
-                       if (!AttributeTester.IsClsCompliant (MemberType)) {
-                               if (this is PropertyBase)
-                                       Report.Error (3003, Location, "Type of `{0}' is not CLS-compliant",
-                                                     GetSignatureForError ());
-                               else
-                                       Report.Error (3002, Location, "Return type of '{0}' is not CLS-compliant",
-                                                     GetSignatureForError ());
+                       if (anonymous_methods != null) {
+                               foreach (AnonymousMethodExpression ame in anonymous_methods) {
+                                       if (!ame.CreateAnonymousHelpers ())
+                                               return false;
+                               }
                        }
 
-                       AttributeTester.AreParametersCompliant (Parameters.FixedParameters, Location);
-
                        return true;
                }
 
-               protected bool IsDuplicateImplementation (MethodCore method)
+               public override bool Define ()
                {
-                       if ((method == this) || (method.Name != Name))
+                       if (!DoDefine ())
                                return false;
 
-                       Type[] param_types = method.ParameterTypes;
-                       if (param_types == null)
+                       if (!CheckAbstractAndExtern (block != null))
                                return false;
 
-                       if (param_types.Length != ParameterTypes.Length)
+                       if (!CheckBase ())
                                return false;
 
-                       for (int i = 0; i < param_types.Length; i++)
-                               if (param_types [i] != ParameterTypes [i])
-                                       return false;
+                       MethodData = new MethodData (
+                               this, ModFlags, flags, this, MethodBuilder, GenericMethod, base_method);
 
-                       // TODO: make operator compatible with MethodCore to avoid this
-                       if (this is Operator && method is Operator) {
-                               if (MemberType != method.MemberType)
-                                       return false;
-                       }
+                       if (!MethodData.Define (Parent.PartialContainer))
+                               return false;
 
-                       //
-                       // Try to report 663: method only differs on out/ref
-                       //
-                       ParameterData info = ParameterInfo;
-                       ParameterData other_info = method.ParameterInfo;
-                       for (int i = 0; i < info.Count; i++){
-                               if (info.ParameterModifier (i) != other_info.ParameterModifier (i)){
-                                       Report.Error (663, Location, "Overload method only differs in parameter modifier");
-                                       return false;
-                               }
+                       MethodBuilder = MethodData.MethodBuilder;
+
+                       if (MemberType.IsAbstract && MemberType.IsSealed) {
+                               Report.Error (722, Location, Error722, TypeManager.CSharpName (MemberType));
+                               return false;
                        }
 
-                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (method);
-                       if (this is Operator && method is Operator)
-                               Report.Error (557, Location, "Duplicate user-defined conversion in type '{0}'", Parent.Name);
-                       else
-                               Report.Error (111, Location, TypeContainer.Error111, Parent.Name, Name);
                        return true;
                }
 
-               public override bool IsUsed
+               public override void Emit ()
                {
-                       get {
-                               if (IsExplicitImpl)
-                                       return true;
+                       if (OptAttributes != null)
+                               OptAttributes.Emit ();
 
-                               return base.IsUsed;
+                       if (declarative_security != null) {
+                               foreach (DictionaryEntry de in declarative_security) {
+                                       MethodBuilder.AddDeclarativeSecurity ((SecurityAction)de.Key, (PermissionSet)de.Value);
+                               }
                        }
+
+                       base.Emit ();
                }
 
-               //
-               // Returns a string that represents the signature for this 
-               // member which should be used in XML documentation.
-               //
-               public override string GetDocCommentName (DeclSpace ds)
+               protected void Error_ConditionalAttributeIsNotValid ()
                {
-                       return DocUtil.GetMethodDocCommentName (this, ds);
+                       Report.Error (577, Location,
+                               "Conditional not valid on `{0}' because it is a constructor, destructor, operator or explicit interface implementation",
+                               GetSignatureForError ());
                }
 
-               //
-               // Raised (and passed an XmlElement that contains the comment)
-               // when GenerateDocComment is writing documentation expectedly.
-               //
-               // FIXME: with a few effort, it could be done with XmlReader,
-               // that means removal of DOM use.
-               //
-               internal override void OnGenerateDocComment (DeclSpace ds, XmlElement el)
+               public override bool MarkForDuplicationCheck ()
                {
-                       DocUtil.OnMethodGenerateDocComment (this, ds, el);
+                       caching_flags |= Flags.TestMethodDuplication;
+                       return true;
                }
 
-               //
-               //   Represents header string for documentation comment.
-               //
-               public override string DocCommentHeader {
-                       get { return "M:"; }
+               public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
+                       get {
+                               return attribute_targets;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               #region IMethodData Members
+
+               public CallingConventions CallingConventions {
+                       get {
+                               CallingConventions cc = Parameters.CallingConvention;
+                               if (Parameters.HasArglist)
+                                       block.HasVarargs = true;
+
+                               if (!IsInterface)
+                                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) == 0)
+                                               cc |= CallingConventions.HasThis;
+
+                               // FIXME: How is `ExplicitThis' used in C#?
+                       
+                               return cc;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               public Type ReturnType {
+                       get {
+                               return MemberType;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               public MemberName MethodName {
+                       get {
+                               return MemberName;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               public Iterator Iterator {
+                       get { return iterator; }
+               }
+
+               public new Location Location {
+                       get {
+                               return base.Location;
+                       }
                }
 
-               protected override void VerifyObsoleteAttribute()
+               protected override bool CheckBase ()
                {
-                       base.VerifyObsoleteAttribute ();
+                       if (!base.CheckBase ())
+                               return false;
 
-                       if (parameter_types == null)
-                               return;
+                       // TODO: Destructor should derive from MethodCore
+                       if (base_method != null && (ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0 && Name == "Finalize" &&
+                               base_method.DeclaringType == TypeManager.object_type && !(this is Destructor)) {
+                               Report.Error (249, Location, "Do not override object.Finalize. Instead, provide a destructor");
+                               return false;
+                       }
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               /// <summary>
+               /// Returns true if method has conditional attribute and the conditions is not defined (method is excluded).
+               /// </summary>
+               public bool IsExcluded () {
+                       if ((caching_flags & Flags.Excluded_Undetected) == 0)
+                               return (caching_flags & Flags.Excluded) != 0;
+
+                       caching_flags &= ~Flags.Excluded_Undetected;
+
+                       if (base_method == null) {
+                               if (OptAttributes == null)
+                                       return false;
+
+                               Attribute[] attrs = OptAttributes.SearchMulti (TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type);
+
+                               if (attrs == null)
+                                       return false;
+
+                               foreach (Attribute a in attrs) {
+                                       string condition = a.GetConditionalAttributeValue ();
+                                       if (condition == null)
+                                               return false;
+
+                                       if (RootContext.AllDefines.Contains (condition))
+                                               return false;
+                               }
+
+                               caching_flags |= Flags.Excluded;
+                               return true;
+                       }
+
+                       IMethodData md = TypeManager.GetMethod (base_method);
+                       if (md == null) {
+                               if (AttributeTester.IsConditionalMethodExcluded (base_method)) {
+                                       caching_flags |= Flags.Excluded;
+                                       return true;
+                               }
+                               return false;
+                       }
+
+                       if (md.IsExcluded ()) {
+                               caching_flags |= Flags.Excluded;
+                               return true;
+                       }
+                       return false;
+               }
 
-                       foreach (Type type in parameter_types) {
-                               CheckUsageOfObsoleteAttribute (type);
+               GenericMethod IMethodData.GenericMethod {
+                       get {
+                               return GenericMethod;
                        }
                }
+
+               #endregion
+
        }
 
        public class SourceMethod : ISourceMethod
        {
-               TypeContainer container;
+               DeclSpace parent;
                MethodBase builder;
 
-               protected SourceMethod (TypeContainer container, MethodBase builder,
+               protected SourceMethod (DeclSpace parent, MethodBase builder,
                                        ISourceFile file, Location start, Location end)
                {
-                       this.container = container;
+                       this.parent = parent;
                        this.builder = builder;
                        
-                       CodeGen.SymbolWriter.OpenMethod (
-                               file, this, start.Row, 0, end.Row, 0);
+                       CodeGen.SymbolWriter.OpenMethod (file, this, start.Row, start.Column, end.Row, start.Column);
                }
 
                public string Name {
@@ -3502,7 +4232,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                }
 
                public int NamespaceID {
-                       get { return container.NamespaceEntry.SymbolFileID; }
+                       get { return parent.NamespaceEntry.SymbolFileID; }
                }
 
                public int Token {
@@ -3522,8 +4252,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                CodeGen.SymbolWriter.CloseMethod ();
                }
 
-               public static SourceMethod Create (TypeContainer parent,
-                                                  MethodBase builder, Block block)
+               public static SourceMethod Create (DeclSpace parent, MethodBase builder, Block block)
                {
                        if (CodeGen.SymbolWriter == null)
                                return null;
@@ -3531,11 +4260,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                return null;
 
                        Location start_loc = block.StartLocation;
-                       if (Location.IsNull (start_loc))
+                       if (start_loc.IsNull)
                                return null;
 
                        Location end_loc = block.EndLocation;
-                       if (Location.IsNull (end_loc))
+                       if (end_loc.IsNull)
                                return null;
 
                        ISourceFile file = start_loc.SourceFile;
@@ -3547,11 +4276,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                }
        }
 
-       public class Method : MethodCore, IIteratorContainer, IMethodData {
-               public MethodBuilder MethodBuilder;
-               public MethodData MethodData;
-               ReturnParameter return_attributes;
-               ListDictionary declarative_security;
+       public class Method : MethodOrOperator, IAnonymousHost {
 
                /// <summary>
                ///   Modifiers allowed in a class declaration
@@ -3577,128 +4302,64 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                //
                // return_type can be "null" for VOID values.
                //
-               public Method (TypeContainer ds, Expression return_type, int mod, bool is_iface,
-                              MemberName name, Parameters parameters, Attributes attrs,
-                              Location l)
-                       : base (ds, return_type, mod,
+               public Method (DeclSpace parent, GenericMethod generic,
+                              Expression return_type, int mod, bool is_iface,
+                              MemberName name, Parameters parameters, Attributes attrs)
+                       : base (parent, generic, return_type, mod,
                                is_iface ? AllowedInterfaceModifiers : AllowedModifiers,
-                               is_iface, name, attrs, parameters, l)
+                               is_iface, name, attrs, parameters)
                {
                }
-
-               public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
-                       get {
-                               return AttributeTargets.Method;
-                       }
-               }
                
                public override string GetSignatureForError()
                {
-                       if (MethodBuilder == null) {
-                               return GetSignatureForError (Parent);
-                       }
-                       return TypeManager.CSharpSignature (MethodBuilder);
+                       return base.GetSignatureForError () + Parameters.GetSignatureForError ();
                }
 
-               /// <summary>
-               /// Use this method when MethodBuilder is null
-               /// </summary>
-               public override string GetSignatureForError (TypeContainer tc)
+               void Error_DuplicateEntryPoint (MethodInfo b, Location location)
                {
-                       // TODO: get params from somewhere
-                       if (parameter_info == null)
-                               return base.GetSignatureForError (tc);
-
-                       // TODO: move to parameters
-                       System.Text.StringBuilder args = new System.Text.StringBuilder ();
-                       if (parameter_info.Parameters.FixedParameters != null) {
-                               for (int i = 0; i < parameter_info.Parameters.FixedParameters.Length; ++i) {
-                                       Parameter p = parameter_info.Parameters.FixedParameters [i];
-                                       args.Append (p.GetSignatureForError ());
-
-                                       if (i < parameter_info.Parameters.FixedParameters.Length - 1)
-                                               args.Append (',');
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       return String.Concat (base.GetSignatureForError (tc), "(", args.ToString (), ")");
+                       Report.Error (17, location,
+                               "Program `{0}' has more than one entry point defined: `{1}'",
+                               CodeGen.FileName, TypeManager.CSharpSignature(b));
                }
 
-                void DuplicateEntryPoint (MethodInfo b, Location location)
-                {
-                        Report.Error (
-                                17, location,
-                                "Program `" + CodeGen.FileName +
-                                "'  has more than one entry point defined: `" +
-                                TypeManager.CSharpSignature(b) + "'");
-                }
-
-                public bool IsEntryPoint (MethodBuilder b, InternalParameters pinfo)
-                {
-                        if (b.ReturnType != TypeManager.void_type &&
-                            b.ReturnType != TypeManager.int32_type)
-                                return false;
-
-                        if (pinfo.Count == 0)
-                                return true;
-
-                        if (pinfo.Count > 1)
-                                return false;
-
-                        Type t = pinfo.ParameterType(0);
-                        if (t.IsArray &&
-                            (t.GetArrayRank() == 1) &&
-                            (TypeManager.GetElementType(t) == TypeManager.string_type) &&
-                            (pinfo.ParameterModifier(0) == Parameter.Modifier.NONE))
-                                return true;
-                        else
-                                return false;
-                }
-
-               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
-               {
-                       if (a.Target == AttributeTargets.ReturnValue) {
-                               if (return_attributes == null)
-                                       return_attributes = new ReturnParameter (MethodBuilder, Location);
-
-                               return_attributes.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
-                               return;
-                       }
-
-                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.methodimpl_attr_type &&
-                               (a.GetMethodImplOptions () & MethodImplOptions.InternalCall) != 0) {
-                               MethodBuilder.SetImplementationFlags (MethodImplAttributes.InternalCall | MethodImplAttributes.Runtime);
-                       }
-
-                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.dllimport_type) {
-                               const int extern_static = Modifiers.EXTERN | Modifiers.STATIC;
-                               if ((ModFlags & extern_static) != extern_static) {
-                                       Report.Error (601, a.Location, "The DllImport attribute must be specified on a method marked `static' and `extern'");
-                               }
+               bool IsEntryPoint (Parameters pinfo)
+               {
+                       if (ReturnType != TypeManager.void_type &&
+                               ReturnType != TypeManager.int32_type)
+                               return false;
 
-                               return;
-                       }
+                       if (pinfo.Count == 0)
+                               return true;
 
-                       if (a.Type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.security_attr_type) && a.CheckSecurityActionValidity (false)) {
-                               if (declarative_security == null)
-                                       declarative_security = new ListDictionary ();
-                               a.ExtractSecurityPermissionSet (declarative_security);
-                               return;
-                       }
+                       if (pinfo.Count > 1)
+                               return false;
+
+                       Type t = pinfo.ParameterType (0);
+                       if (t.IsArray &&
+                               (t.GetArrayRank () == 1) &&
+                               (TypeManager.GetElementType (t) == TypeManager.string_type) &&
+                               (pinfo.ParameterModifier (0) == Parameter.Modifier.NONE))
+                               return true;
+                       else
+                               return false;
+               }
 
+               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
+               {
                        if (a.Type == TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type) {
-                               if (IsOperator || IsExplicitImpl) {
-                                       Report.Error (577, Location, "Conditional not valid on '{0}' because it is a destructor, operator, or explicit interface implementation", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               if (IsExplicitImpl) {
+                                       Error_ConditionalAttributeIsNotValid ();
                                        return;
                                }
 
                                if (ReturnType != TypeManager.void_type) {
-                                       Report.Error (578, Location, "Conditional not valid on '{0}' because its return type is not void", GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       Report.Error (578, Location, "Conditional not valid on `{0}' because its return type is not void", GetSignatureForError ());
                                        return;
                                }
 
                                if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0) {
-                                       Report.Error (243, Location, "Conditional not valid on '{0}' because it is an override method", GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       Report.Error (243, Location, "Conditional not valid on `{0}' because it is an override method", GetSignatureForError ());
                                        return;
                                }
 
@@ -3707,25 +4368,26 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return;
                                }
 
-                               if (MethodData.IsImplementing) {
-                                       Report.Error (629, Location, "Conditional member '{0}' cannot implement interface member", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               if (MethodData.implementing != null) {
+                                       Report.Error (629, Location, "Conditional member `{0}' cannot implement interface member `{1}'",
+                                               GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (MethodData.implementing));
                                        return;
                                }
 
-                               for (int i = 0; i < parameter_info.Count; ++i) {
-                                       if ((parameter_info.ParameterModifier (i) & Parameter.Modifier.OUT) != 0) {
-                                               Report.Error (685, Location, "Conditional method '{0}' cannot have an out parameter", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               for (int i = 0; i < ParameterInfo.Count; ++i) {
+                                       if ((ParameterInfo.ParameterModifier (i) & Parameter.Modifier.OUTMASK) != 0) {
+                                               Report.Error (685, Location, "Conditional method `{0}' cannot have an out parameter", GetSignatureForError ());
                                                return;
                                        }
                                }
                        }
 
-                       MethodBuilder.SetCustomAttribute (cb);
+                       base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
                }
 
                protected override bool CheckForDuplications ()
                {
-                       ArrayList ar = Parent.Methods;
+                       ArrayList ar = Parent.PartialContainer.Methods;
                        if (ar != null) {
                                int arLen = ar.Count;
                                        
@@ -3736,7 +4398,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                }
                        }
 
-                       ar = Parent.Properties;
+                       ar = Parent.PartialContainer.Properties;
                        if (ar != null) {
                                for (int i = 0; i < ar.Count; ++i) {
                                        PropertyBase pb = (PropertyBase) ar [i];
@@ -3745,7 +4407,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                }
                        }
 
-                       ar = Parent.Indexers;
+                       ar = Parent.PartialContainer.Indexers;
                        if (ar != null) {
                                for (int i = 0; i < ar.Count; ++i) {
                                        PropertyBase pb = (PropertyBase) ar [i];
@@ -3754,7 +4416,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                }
                        }
 
-                       ar = Parent.Events;
+                       ar = Parent.PartialContainer.Events;
                        if (ar != null) {
                                for (int i = 0; i < ar.Count; ++i) {
                                        Event ev = (Event) ar [i];
@@ -3771,7 +4433,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                //
                public override bool Define ()
                {
-                       if (!DoDefine ())
+                       if (!base.Define ())
                                return false;
 
                        if (RootContext.StdLib && (ReturnType == TypeManager.arg_iterator_type || ReturnType == TypeManager.typed_reference_type)) {
@@ -3779,60 +4441,46 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                return false;
                        }
 
-                       if (!CheckBase ())
-                               return false;
-
-                       if (IsOperator)
-                               flags |= MethodAttributes.SpecialName | MethodAttributes.HideBySig;
-
-                       MethodData = new MethodData (this, ParameterInfo, ModFlags, flags, this);
-
-                       if (!MethodData.Define (Parent))
-                               return false;
-
-                       //
-                       // Setup iterator if we are one
-                       //
-                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.METHOD_YIELDS) != 0){
-                               Iterator iterator = new Iterator (
-                                       Parent, Name, MemberType,
-                                       ParameterInfo, ModFlags, block, Location);
-
-                               if (!iterator.DefineIterator ())
-                                       return false;
+                       if (ReturnType == TypeManager.void_type && ParameterTypes.Length == 0 && 
+                               Name == "Finalize" && !(this is Destructor)) {
+                               Report.Warning (465, 1, Location, "Introducing a 'Finalize' method can interfere with destructor invocation. Did you intend to declare a destructor?");
+                       }
 
-                               block = iterator.Block;
+                       if (base_method != null) {
+                               if (Parameters.Count == 1 && ParameterTypes [0] == TypeManager.object_type && Name == "Equals")
+                                       Parent.PartialContainer.Mark_HasEquals ();
+                               else if (Parameters.Empty && Name == "GetHashCode")
+                                       Parent.PartialContainer.Mark_HasGetHashCode ();
                        }
 
-                       MethodBuilder = MethodData.MethodBuilder;
-                       
                        //
                        // This is used to track the Entry Point,
                        //
-                       if (Name == "Main" &&
-                           ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0) && RootContext.NeedsEntryPoint && 
-                           (RootContext.MainClass == null ||
-                            RootContext.MainClass == Parent.TypeBuilder.FullName)){
-                                if (IsEntryPoint (MethodBuilder, ParameterInfo)) {
-                                        IMethodData md = TypeManager.GetMethod (MethodBuilder);
-                                        md.SetMemberIsUsed ();
-
-                                        if (RootContext.EntryPoint == null) {
-                                                RootContext.EntryPoint = MethodBuilder;
-                                                RootContext.EntryPointLocation = Location;
-                                        } else {
-                                                DuplicateEntryPoint (RootContext.EntryPoint, RootContext.EntryPointLocation);
-                                                DuplicateEntryPoint (MethodBuilder, Location);
-                                        }
-                                } else {
-                                       if (RootContext.WarningLevel >= 4)
-                                               Report.Warning (28, Location, "'{0}' has the wrong signature to be an entry point", TypeManager.CSharpSignature(MethodBuilder));
-                               }
-                       }
+                       if (RootContext.NeedsEntryPoint &&  ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0) &&
+                               Name == "Main" &&
+                               (RootContext.MainClass == null ||
+                               RootContext.MainClass == Parent.TypeBuilder.FullName)){
+                               if (IsEntryPoint (ParameterInfo)) {
+
+                                       if (RootContext.EntryPoint == null) {
+                                               if (Parent.IsGeneric || MemberName.IsGeneric) {
+                                                       Report.Warning (402, 4, Location, "`{0}': an entry point cannot be generic or in a generic type",
+                                                               GetSignatureForError ());
+                                               } else {
+                                                       IMethodData md = TypeManager.GetMethod (MethodBuilder);
+                                                       md.SetMemberIsUsed ();
 
-                       if (MemberType.IsAbstract && MemberType.IsSealed) {
-                               Report.Error (722, Location, Error722, TypeManager.CSharpName (MemberType));
-                               return false;
+                                                       RootContext.EntryPoint = MethodBuilder;
+                                                       RootContext.EntryPointLocation = Location;
+                                               }
+                                       } else {
+                                               Error_DuplicateEntryPoint (RootContext.EntryPoint, RootContext.EntryPointLocation);
+                                               Error_DuplicateEntryPoint (MethodBuilder, Location);
+                                       }
+                               } else {
+                                       Report.Warning (28, 4, Location, "`{0}' has the wrong signature to be an entry point",
+                                               GetSignatureForError ());
+                               }
                        }
 
                        return true;
@@ -3843,182 +4491,57 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                // 
                public override void Emit ()
                {
-                       MethodData.Emit (Parent, this);
+                       Report.Debug (64, "METHOD EMIT", this, MethodBuilder, Location, Block, MethodData);
+                       MethodData.Emit (Parent);
                        base.Emit ();
 
-                       if (declarative_security != null) {
-                               foreach (DictionaryEntry de in declarative_security) {
-                                       MethodBuilder.AddDeclarativeSecurity ((SecurityAction)de.Key, (PermissionSet)de.Value);
-                               }
-                       }
-
                        Block = null;
                        MethodData = null;
                }
 
                public static void Error1599 (Location loc, Type t)
                {
-                       Report.Error (1599, loc, "Method or delegate cannot return type '{0}'", TypeManager.CSharpName (t));
+                       Report.Error (1599, loc, "Method or delegate cannot return type `{0}'", TypeManager.CSharpName (t));
                }
 
-               protected override MethodInfo FindOutBaseMethod (TypeContainer container, ref Type base_ret_type)
+               protected override MethodInfo FindOutBaseMethod (ref Type base_ret_type)
                {
-                       MethodInfo mi = (MethodInfo) container.BaseCache.FindMemberToOverride (
-                               container.TypeBuilder, Name, ParameterTypes, false);
+                       MethodInfo mi = (MethodInfo) Parent.PartialContainer.BaseCache.FindMemberToOverride (
+                               Parent.TypeBuilder, Name, ParameterTypes, GenericMethod, false);
 
                        if (mi == null)
                                return null;
 
+                       if (mi.IsSpecialName)
+                               return null;
+
                        base_ret_type = mi.ReturnType;
                        return mi;
                }
 
-               public override bool MarkForDuplicationCheck ()
-               {
-                       caching_flags |= Flags.TestMethodDuplication;
-                       return true;
-               }
-
-               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance(DeclSpace ds)
+               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance ()
                {
-                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance (ds))
+                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance ())
                                return false;
 
-                       if (parameter_types.Length > 0) {
-                               ArrayList al = (ArrayList)ds.MemberCache.Members [Name];
+                       if (ParameterInfo.Count > 0) {
+                               ArrayList al = (ArrayList)Parent.PartialContainer.MemberCache.Members [Name];
                                if (al.Count > 1)
-                                       ds.MemberCache.VerifyClsParameterConflict (al, this, MethodBuilder);
-                       }
-
-                       return true;
-               }
-
-
-               void IIteratorContainer.SetYields ()
-               {
-                       ModFlags |= Modifiers.METHOD_YIELDS;
-               }
-       
-               #region IMethodData Members
-
-               public CallingConventions CallingConventions {
-                       get {
-                               CallingConventions cc = Parameters.GetCallingConvention ();
-                               if (Parameters.HasArglist)
-                                       block.HasVarargs = true;
-
-                               if (!IsInterface)
-                                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) == 0)
-                                               cc |= CallingConventions.HasThis;
-
-                               // FIXME: How is `ExplicitThis' used in C#?
-                       
-                               return cc;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               public Type ReturnType {
-                       get {
-                               return MemberType;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               public MemberName MethodName {
-                       get {
-                               return MemberName;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               public new Location Location {
-                       get {
-                               return base.Location;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               protected override bool CheckBase() {
-                       if (!base.CheckBase ())
-                               return false;
-
-                       // TODO: Destructor should derive from MethodCore
-                       if (base_method != null && (ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0 && Name == "Finalize" &&
-                               base_method.DeclaringType == TypeManager.object_type && !(this is Destructor)) {
-                               Report.Error (249, Location, "Do not override object.Finalize. Instead, provide a destructor");
-                               return false;
+                                       MemberCache.VerifyClsParameterConflict (al, this, MethodBuilder);
                        }
 
                        return true;
                }
-
-               public EmitContext CreateEmitContext (TypeContainer tc, ILGenerator ig)
-               {
-                       return new EmitContext (
-                               tc, Parent, Location, ig, ReturnType, ModFlags, false);
-               }
-
-               public ObsoleteAttribute GetObsoleteAttribute ()
-               {
-                       return GetObsoleteAttribute (Parent);
-               }
-
-               /// <summary>
-               /// Returns true if method has conditional attribute and the conditions is not defined (method is excluded).
-               /// </summary>
-               public bool IsExcluded (EmitContext ec)
-               {
-                       if ((caching_flags & Flags.Excluded_Undetected) == 0)
-                               return (caching_flags & Flags.Excluded) != 0;
-
-                       caching_flags &= ~Flags.Excluded_Undetected;
-
-                       if (base_method == null) {
-                               if (OptAttributes == null)
-                                       return false;
-
-                               Attribute[] attrs = OptAttributes.SearchMulti (TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type, ec);
-
-                               if (attrs == null)
-                                       return false;
-
-                               foreach (Attribute a in attrs) {
-                                       string condition = a.GetConditionalAttributeValue (Parent.EmitContext);
-                                       if (RootContext.AllDefines.Contains (condition))
-                                               return false;
-                               }
-
-                               caching_flags |= Flags.Excluded;
-                               return true;
-                       }
-
-                       IMethodData md = TypeManager.GetMethod (base_method);
-                       if (md == null) {
-                               if (AttributeTester.IsConditionalMethodExcluded (base_method)) {
-                                       caching_flags |= Flags.Excluded;
-                                       return true;
-                               }
-                               return false;
-                       }
-
-                       if (md.IsExcluded (ec)) {
-                               caching_flags |= Flags.Excluded;
-                               return true;
-                       }
-                       return false;
-               }
-
-               #endregion
        }
 
        public abstract class ConstructorInitializer {
                ArrayList argument_list;
                protected ConstructorInfo base_constructor;
-               Parameters parameters;
                Location loc;
                
-               public ConstructorInitializer (ArrayList argument_list, Parameters parameters,
-                                              Location loc)
+               public ConstructorInitializer (ArrayList argument_list, Location loc)
                {
                        this.argument_list = argument_list;
-                       this.parameters = parameters;
                        this.loc = loc;
                }
 
@@ -4028,13 +4551,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               public bool Resolve (ConstructorBuilder caller_builder, EmitContext ec)
+               public bool Resolve (ConstructorBuilder caller_builder, Block block, EmitContext ec)
                {
                        Expression base_constructor_group;
                        Type t;
                        bool error = false;
 
-                       ec.CurrentBlock = new ToplevelBlock (Block.Flags.Implicit, parameters, loc);
+                       ec.CurrentBlock = block;
 
                        if (argument_list != null){
                                foreach (Argument a in argument_list){
@@ -4051,21 +4574,31 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                t = ec.ContainerType.BaseType;
                                if (ec.ContainerType.IsValueType) {
                                        Report.Error (522, loc,
-                                               "structs cannot call base class constructors");
+                                               "`{0}': Struct constructors cannot call base constructors", TypeManager.CSharpSignature (caller_builder));
                                        return false;
                                }
-                       } else
+                       } else {
+                               //
+                               // It is legal to have "this" initializers that take no arguments
+                               // in structs, they are just no-ops.
+                               //
+                               // struct D { public D (int a) : this () {}
+                               //
+                               if (ec.ContainerType.IsValueType && argument_list == null)
+                                       return true;
+                               
                                t = ec.ContainerType;
+                       }
 
                        base_constructor_group = Expression.MemberLookup (
-                               ec, t, ".ctor", MemberTypes.Constructor,
+                               ec.ContainerType, t, ".ctor", MemberTypes.Constructor,
                                BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly,
                                loc);
                        
                        if (base_constructor_group == null){
                                error = true;
                                base_constructor_group = Expression.MemberLookup (
-                                       ec, t, null, t, ".ctor", MemberTypes.Constructor,
+                                       t, null, t, ".ctor", MemberTypes.Constructor,
                                        BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.DeclaredOnly,
                                        loc);
                        }
@@ -4078,26 +4611,27 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        
                        if (base_constructor == null) {
                                if (errors == Report.Errors)
-                                       Report.Error (1501, loc, "Can not find a constructor for this argument list");
+                                       Invocation.Error_WrongNumArguments (loc, TypeManager.CSharpSignature (caller_builder),
+                                               argument_list == null ? 0 : argument_list.Count);
                                return false;
                        }
 
                        if (error) {
-                               Report.Error (122, loc, "`{0}' is inaccessible due to its protection level",
-                                             TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_constructor));
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_constructor);
+                               Expression.ErrorIsInaccesible (loc, TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_constructor));
                                base_constructor = null;
                                return false;
                        }
-
+                       
                        if (base_constructor == caller_builder){
-                               Report.Error (516, loc, "Constructor `{0}' can not call itself", TypeManager.CSharpSignature (caller_builder));
+                               Report.Error (516, loc, "Constructor `{0}' cannot call itself", TypeManager.CSharpSignature (caller_builder));
                                return false;
                        }
                        
                        return true;
                }
 
-               public void Emit (EmitContext ec)
+               public virtual void Emit (EmitContext ec)
                {
                        if (base_constructor != null){
                                ec.Mark (loc, false);
@@ -4107,104 +4641,34 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        Invocation.EmitCall (ec, true, false, ec.GetThis (loc), base_constructor, argument_list, loc);
                        }
                }
-
-               /// <summary>
-               /// Method search for base ctor. (We do not cache it).
-               /// </summary>
-               Constructor GetOverloadedConstructor (TypeContainer tc)
-               {
-                       if (tc.InstanceConstructors == null)
-                               return null;
-
-                       foreach (Constructor c in tc.InstanceConstructors) {
-                               if (Arguments == null) {
-                                       if (c.ParameterTypes.Length == 0)
-                                               return c;
-
-                                       continue;
-                               }
-
-                               bool ok = true;
-
-                               int count = c.ParameterInfo.Count;
-                               if ((count > 0) &&
-                                   c.ParameterInfo.ParameterModifier (count - 1) == Parameter.Modifier.PARAMS) {
-                                       for (int i = 0; i < count-1; i++)
-                                               if (c.ParameterTypes [i] != ((Argument)Arguments [i]).Type) {
-                                                       ok = false;
-                                                       break;
-                                               }
-                               } else {
-                                       if (c.ParameterTypes.Length != Arguments.Count)
-                                               continue;
-
-                                       for (int i = 0; i < Arguments.Count; ++i)
-                                               if (c.ParameterTypes [i] != ((Argument)Arguments [i]).Type) {
-                                                       ok = false;
-                                                       break;
-                                               }
-                               }
-
-                               if (!ok)
-                                       continue;
-
-                               return c;
-                       }
-
-                       return null;
-               }
-
-               //TODO: implement caching when it will be necessary
-               public virtual void CheckObsoleteAttribute (TypeContainer tc, Location loc)
-               {
-                       Constructor ctor = GetOverloadedConstructor (tc);
-                       if (ctor == null)
-                               return;
-
-                       ObsoleteAttribute oa = ctor.GetObsoleteAttribute (tc);
-                       if (oa == null)
-                               return;
-
-                       AttributeTester.Report_ObsoleteMessage (oa, ctor.GetSignatureForError (), loc);
-               }
        }
 
        public class ConstructorBaseInitializer : ConstructorInitializer {
-               public ConstructorBaseInitializer (ArrayList argument_list, Parameters pars, Location l) :
-                       base (argument_list, pars, l)
+               public ConstructorBaseInitializer (ArrayList argument_list, Location l) :
+                       base (argument_list, l)
                {
                }
+       }
 
-               public override void CheckObsoleteAttribute(TypeContainer tc, Location loc) {
-                       if (base_constructor == null)
-                               return;
-
-                       TypeContainer type_ds = TypeManager.LookupTypeContainer (tc.TypeBuilder.BaseType);
-                       if (type_ds == null) {
-                               ObsoleteAttribute oa = AttributeTester.GetMemberObsoleteAttribute (base_constructor);
-
-                               if (oa != null)
-                                       AttributeTester.Report_ObsoleteMessage (oa, TypeManager.CSharpSignature (base_constructor), loc);
-
-                               return;
-                       }
-
-                       base.CheckObsoleteAttribute (type_ds, loc);
+       class GeneratedBaseInitializer: ConstructorBaseInitializer {
+               public GeneratedBaseInitializer (Location loc):
+                       base (null, loc)
+               {
                }
-
        }
 
        public class ConstructorThisInitializer : ConstructorInitializer {
-               public ConstructorThisInitializer (ArrayList argument_list, Parameters pars, Location l) :
-                       base (argument_list, pars, l)
+               public ConstructorThisInitializer (ArrayList argument_list, Location l) :
+                       base (argument_list, l)
                {
                }
        }
        
-       public class Constructor : MethodCore, IMethodData {
+       public class Constructor : MethodCore, IMethodData, IAnonymousHost {
                public ConstructorBuilder ConstructorBuilder;
                public ConstructorInitializer Initializer;
                ListDictionary declarative_security;
+               ArrayList anonymous_methods;
 
                // <summary>
                //   Modifiers allowed for a constructor.
@@ -4218,37 +4682,31 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Modifiers.EXTERN |              
                        Modifiers.PRIVATE;
 
+               static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "method" };
+
+               public Iterator Iterator {
+                       get { return null; }
+               }
+
                bool has_compliant_args = false;
                //
                // The spec claims that static is not permitted, but
                // my very own code has static constructors.
                //
-               public Constructor (TypeContainer ds, string name, int mod, Parameters args,
-                                   ConstructorInitializer init, Location l)
-                       : base (ds, null, mod, AllowedModifiers, false, new MemberName (name),
-                               null, args, l)
+               public Constructor (DeclSpace parent, string name, int mod, Parameters args,
+                                   ConstructorInitializer init, Location loc)
+                       : base (parent, null, null, mod, AllowedModifiers, false,
+                               new MemberName (name, loc), null, args)
                {
                        Initializer = init;
                }
 
-               public override string GetSignatureForError()
-               {
-                       if (ConstructorBuilder == null)
-                               return GetSignatureForError (Parent);
-
-                       return TypeManager.CSharpSignature (ConstructorBuilder);
-               }
-
                public bool HasCompliantArgs {
-                       get {
-                               return has_compliant_args;
-                       }
+                       get { return has_compliant_args; }
                }
 
                public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
-                       get {
-                               return AttributeTargets.Constructor;
-                       }
+                       get { return AttributeTargets.Constructor; }
                }
 
 
@@ -4258,32 +4716,53 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public bool IsDefault ()
                {
                        if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0)
-                               return  (Parameters.FixedParameters == null ? true : Parameters.Empty) &&
-                                       (Parameters.ArrayParameter == null ? true : Parameters.Empty);
+                               return Parameters.Empty;
                        
-                       else
-                               return  (Parameters.FixedParameters == null ? true : Parameters.Empty) &&
-                                       (Parameters.ArrayParameter == null ? true : Parameters.Empty) &&
+                       return Parameters.Empty &&
                                        (Initializer is ConstructorBaseInitializer) &&
                                        (Initializer.Arguments == null);
                }
 
-               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
+               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
+               {
+                       if (a.Type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.security_attr_type) && a.CheckSecurityActionValidity (false)) {
+                               if (declarative_security == null) {
+                                       declarative_security = new ListDictionary ();
+                               }
+                               a.ExtractSecurityPermissionSet (declarative_security);
+                               return;
+                       }
+
+                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.methodimpl_attr_type &&
+                               (a.GetMethodImplOptions () & MethodImplOptions.InternalCall) != 0) {
+                               ConstructorBuilder.SetImplementationFlags (MethodImplAttributes.InternalCall | MethodImplAttributes.Runtime);
+                       }
+
+                       ConstructorBuilder.SetCustomAttribute (cb);
+               }
+
+               public void AddAnonymousMethod (AnonymousMethodExpression anonymous)
+               {
+                       if (anonymous_methods == null)
+                               anonymous_methods = new ArrayList ();
+                       anonymous_methods.Add (anonymous);
+               }
+
+               public bool ResolveMembers ()
                {
-                       if (a.Type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.security_attr_type) && a.CheckSecurityActionValidity (false)) {
-                               if (declarative_security == null) {
-                                       declarative_security = new ListDictionary ();
+                       if (anonymous_methods != null) {
+                               foreach (AnonymousMethodExpression ame in anonymous_methods) {
+                                       if (!ame.CreateAnonymousHelpers ())
+                                               return false;
                                }
-                               a.ExtractSecurityPermissionSet (declarative_security);
-                               return;
                        }
 
-                       ConstructorBuilder.SetCustomAttribute (cb);
+                       return true;
                }
-               
+
                protected override bool CheckForDuplications ()
-               {
-                       ArrayList ar = Parent.InstanceConstructors;
+               {
+                       ArrayList ar = Parent.PartialContainer.InstanceConstructors;
                        if (ar != null) {
                                int arLen = ar.Count;
                                        
@@ -4298,33 +4777,39 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                protected override bool CheckBase ()
                {
+                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0) {
+                               if (!Parameters.Empty) {
+                                       Report.Error (132, Location, "`{0}': The static constructor must be parameterless",
+                                               GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+
+                               // the rest can be ignored
+                               return true;
+                       }
+
                        // Check whether arguments were correct.
                        if (!DoDefineParameters ())
                                return false;
 
-                       // TODO: skip the rest for generated ctor
-                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0)
-                               return true;
-
                        if (!CheckForDuplications ())
                                return false;
 
-                       if (Parent.Kind == Kind.Struct) {
+                       if (Parent.PartialContainer.Kind == Kind.Struct) {
                                if (ParameterTypes.Length == 0) {
                                        Report.Error (568, Location, 
-                                               "Structs can not contain explicit parameterless " +
-                                               "constructors");
+                                               "Structs cannot contain explicit parameterless constructors");
                                        return false;
                                }
 
                                if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.PROTECTED) != 0) {
-                                       Report.Error (666, Location, "Protected member in struct declaration");
+                                       Report.Error (666, Location, "`{0}': new protected member declared in struct", GetSignatureForError ());
                                        return false;
                                }
                        }
 
                        if ((RootContext.WarningLevel >= 4) && ((Parent.ModFlags & Modifiers.SEALED) != 0 && (ModFlags & Modifiers.PROTECTED) != 0)) {
-                               Report.Warning (628, Location, "'{0}': new protected member declared in sealed class", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
+                               Report.Warning (628, 4, Location, "`{0}': new protected member declared in sealed class", GetSignatureForError ());
                        }
                        
                        return true;
@@ -4335,6 +4820,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                //
                public override bool Define ()
                {
+                       if (ConstructorBuilder != null)
+                               return true;
+
                        MethodAttributes ca = (MethodAttributes.RTSpecialName |
                                               MethodAttributes.SpecialName);
                        
@@ -4352,11 +4840,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                                ca |= MethodAttributes.Family;
                                } else if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.INTERNAL) != 0)
                                        ca |= MethodAttributes.Assembly;
-                               else if (IsDefault ())
-                                       ca |= MethodAttributes.Public;
                                else
                                        ca |= MethodAttributes.Private;
                        }
+
+                       if (!CheckAbstractAndExtern (block != null))
+                               return false;
                        
                        // Check if arguments were correct.
                        if (!CheckBase ())
@@ -4368,14 +4857,18 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.UNSAFE) != 0)
                                ConstructorBuilder.InitLocals = false;
+
+                       if (Parent.PartialContainer.IsComImport) {
+                               if (!IsDefault ()) {
+                                       Report.Error (669, Location, "`{0}': A class with the ComImport attribute cannot have a user-defined constructor",
+                                               Parent.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       return false;
+                               }
+                               ConstructorBuilder.SetImplementationFlags (MethodImplAttributes.InternalCall);
+                       }
                        
                        TypeManager.AddMethod (ConstructorBuilder, this);
 
-                       //
-                       // HACK because System.Reflection.Emit is lame
-                       //
-                       TypeManager.RegisterMethod (ConstructorBuilder, ParameterInfo, ParameterTypes);
-
                        return true;
                }
 
@@ -4384,31 +4877,25 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                //
                public override void Emit ()
                {
+                       if (OptAttributes != null)
+                               OptAttributes.Emit ();
+
                        EmitContext ec = CreateEmitContext (null, null);
 
-                       //
-                       // extern methods have no bodies
-                       //
-                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.EXTERN) != 0) {
-                               if ((block != null) && ((ModFlags & Modifiers.EXTERN) != 0)) {
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                               179, Location, "External constructor `" +
-                                               TypeManager.CSharpSignature (ConstructorBuilder) +
-                                               "' can not have a body");
-                                       return;
-                               }
-                       } else if (block == null) {
-                               Report.Error (
-                                       501, Location, "Constructor `" +
-                                       TypeManager.CSharpSignature (ConstructorBuilder) +
-                                       "' must declare a body since it is not marked extern");
-                               return;
+                       if (block != null) {
+                               // If this is a non-static `struct' constructor and doesn't have any
+                               // initializer, it must initialize all of the struct's fields.
+                               if ((Parent.PartialContainer.Kind == Kind.Struct) &&
+                                       ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) == 0) && (Initializer == null))
+                                       block.AddThisVariable (Parent, Location);
+
+                               if (!block.ResolveMeta (ec, ParameterInfo))
+                                       block = null;
                        }
 
                        if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) == 0){
-                               if (Parent.Kind == Kind.Class && Initializer == null)
-                                       Initializer = new ConstructorBaseInitializer (
-                                               null, Parameters.EmptyReadOnlyParameters, Location);
+                               if (Parent.PartialContainer.Kind == Kind.Class && Initializer == null)
+                                       Initializer = new GeneratedBaseInitializer (Location);
 
 
                                //
@@ -4416,12 +4903,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                // `this' access
                                //
                                ec.IsStatic = true;
-                               if (Initializer != null && !Initializer.Resolve (ConstructorBuilder, ec))
+                               if ((Initializer != null) &&
+                                   !Initializer.Resolve (ConstructorBuilder, block, ec))
                                        return;
                                ec.IsStatic = false;
                        }
 
-                       Parameters.LabelParameters (ec, ConstructorBuilder, Location);
+                       Parameters.ApplyAttributes (ConstructorBuilder);
                        
                        SourceMethod source = SourceMethod.Create (
                                Parent, ConstructorBuilder, block);
@@ -4429,7 +4917,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        //
                        // Classes can have base initializers and instance field initializers.
                        //
-                       if (Parent.Kind == Kind.Class){
+                       if (Parent.PartialContainer.Kind == Kind.Class){
                                if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) == 0){
 
                                        //
@@ -4437,30 +4925,30 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        // do not emit field initializers, they are initialized in the other constructor
                                        //
                                        if (!(Initializer != null && Initializer is ConstructorThisInitializer))
-                                               Parent.EmitFieldInitializers (ec);
+                                               Parent.PartialContainer.EmitFieldInitializers (ec);
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       bool unreachable = false;
+                       if (block != null) {
+                               ec.ResolveTopBlock (null, block, ParameterInfo, this, out unreachable);
+                               ec.EmitMeta (block);
+
+                               if (block.ScopeInfo != null) {
+                                       ExpressionStatement init = block.ScopeInfo.GetScopeInitializer (ec);
+                                       init.EmitStatement (ec);
                                }
                        }
+
                        if (Initializer != null) {
-                               if (GetObsoleteAttribute (Parent) == null && Parent.GetObsoleteAttribute (Parent) == null)
-                                       Initializer.CheckObsoleteAttribute (Parent, Location);
-                               else
-                                       ec.TestObsoleteMethodUsage = false;
                                Initializer.Emit (ec);
                        }
                        
                        if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0)
-                               Parent.EmitFieldInitializers (ec);
-
-                       if (OptAttributes != null) 
-                               OptAttributes.Emit (ec, this);
+                               Parent.PartialContainer.EmitFieldInitializers (ec);
 
-                       // If this is a non-static `struct' constructor and doesn't have any
-                       // initializer, it must initialize all of the struct's fields.
-                       if ((Parent.Kind == Kind.Struct) &&
-                           ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) == 0) && (Initializer == null))
-                               Block.AddThisVariable (Parent, Location);
-
-                       ec.EmitTopBlock (block, ParameterInfo, Location);
+                       if (block != null)
+                               ec.EmitResolvedTopBlock (block, unreachable);
 
                        if (source != null)
                                source.CloseMethod ();
@@ -4477,24 +4965,35 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                }
 
                // Is never override
-               protected override MethodInfo FindOutBaseMethod (TypeContainer container, ref Type base_ret_type)
+               protected override MethodInfo FindOutBaseMethod (ref Type base_ret_type)
                {
                        return null;
                }
 
-               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance (DeclSpace ds)
+               public override string GetSignatureForError()
+               {
+                       return base.GetSignatureForError () + Parameters.GetSignatureForError ();
+               }
+
+               public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
+                       get {
+                               return attribute_targets;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance ()
                {
-                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance (ds) || !IsExposedFromAssembly (ds)) {
+                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance () || !IsExposedFromAssembly ()) {
                                return false;
                        }
                        
-                       if (parameter_types.Length > 0) {
-                               ArrayList al = (ArrayList)ds.MemberCache.Members [".ctor"];
+                       if (ParameterInfo.Count > 0) {
+                               ArrayList al = (ArrayList)Parent.MemberCache.Members [".ctor"];
                                if (al.Count > 3)
-                                       ds.MemberCache.VerifyClsParameterConflict (al, this, ConstructorBuilder);
+                                       MemberCache.VerifyClsParameterConflict (al, this, ConstructorBuilder);
  
-                               if (ds.TypeBuilder.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.attribute_type)) {
-                                       foreach (Type param in parameter_types) {
+                               if (Parent.TypeBuilder.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.attribute_type)) {
+                                       foreach (Type param in ParameterTypes) {
                                                if (param.IsArray) {
                                                        return true;
                                                }
@@ -4509,9 +5008,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public System.Reflection.CallingConventions CallingConventions {
                        get {
-                               CallingConventions cc = Parameters.GetCallingConvention ();
+                               CallingConventions cc = Parameters.CallingConvention;
 
-                               if (Parent.Kind == Kind.Class)
+                               if (Parent.PartialContainer.Kind == Kind.Class)
                                        if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) == 0)
                                                cc |= CallingConventions.HasThis;
 
@@ -4539,20 +5038,21 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               public EmitContext CreateEmitContext (TypeContainer tc, ILGenerator ig)
+               public EmitContext CreateEmitContext (DeclSpace ds, ILGenerator ig)
                {
                        ILGenerator ig_ = ConstructorBuilder.GetILGenerator ();
-                       return new EmitContext (Parent, Location, ig_, null, ModFlags, true);
+                       return new EmitContext (this, Parent, Location, ig_, null, ModFlags, true);
                }
 
-               public ObsoleteAttribute GetObsoleteAttribute ()
+               public bool IsExcluded()
                {
-                       return null;
+                       return false;
                }
 
-               public bool IsExcluded(EmitContext ec)
-               {
-                       return false;
+               GenericMethod IMethodData.GenericMethod {
+                       get {
+                               return null;
+                       }
                }
 
                #endregion
@@ -4566,17 +5066,20 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                CallingConventions CallingConventions { get; }
                Location Location { get; }
                MemberName MethodName { get; }
-               Type[] ParameterTypes { get; }
                Type ReturnType { get; }
+               GenericMethod GenericMethod { get; }
+               Parameters ParameterInfo { get; }
+
+               Iterator Iterator { get; }
 
                Attributes OptAttributes { get; }
-               ToplevelBlock Block { get; }
+               ToplevelBlock Block { get; set; }
 
-               EmitContext CreateEmitContext (TypeContainer tc, ILGenerator ig);
+               EmitContext CreateEmitContext (DeclSpace ds, ILGenerator ig);
                ObsoleteAttribute GetObsoleteAttribute ();
-               string GetSignatureForError (TypeContainer tc);
-               bool IsExcluded (EmitContext ec);
-               bool IsClsCompliaceRequired (DeclSpace ds);
+               string GetSignatureForError ();
+               bool IsExcluded ();
+               bool IsClsComplianceRequired ();
                void SetMemberIsUsed ();
        }
 
@@ -4587,22 +5090,21 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                readonly IMethodData method;
 
-               //
-               // The return type of this method
-               //
-               public readonly InternalParameters ParameterInfo;
+               public readonly GenericMethod GenericMethod;
 
                //
                // Are we implementing an interface ?
                //
-               public bool IsImplementing = false;
+               public MethodInfo implementing;
 
                //
                // Protected data.
                //
-               protected MemberBase member;
+               protected InterfaceMemberBase member;
                protected int modifiers;
                protected MethodAttributes flags;
+               protected Type declaring_type;
+               protected MethodInfo parent_method;
 
                MethodBuilder builder = null;
                public MethodBuilder MethodBuilder {
@@ -4611,59 +5113,98 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               public MethodData (MemberBase member, InternalParameters parameters,
+               public Type DeclaringType {
+                       get {
+                               return declaring_type;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               public MethodData (InterfaceMemberBase member,
                                   int modifiers, MethodAttributes flags, IMethodData method)
                {
                        this.member = member;
-                       this.ParameterInfo = parameters;
                        this.modifiers = modifiers;
                        this.flags = flags;
 
                        this.method = method;
                }
 
-               public bool Define (TypeContainer container)
+               public MethodData (InterfaceMemberBase member, 
+                                  int modifiers, MethodAttributes flags, 
+                                  IMethodData method, MethodBuilder builder,
+                                  GenericMethod generic, MethodInfo parent_method)
+                       : this (member, modifiers, flags, method)
                {
-                       MethodInfo implementing = null;
+                       this.builder = builder;
+                       this.GenericMethod = generic;
+                       this.parent_method = parent_method;
+               }
 
-                       string name = method.MethodName.Name;
-                       string method_name = name;
+               public bool Define (DeclSpace parent)
+               {
+                       string name = method.MethodName.Basename;
+                       string method_name = method.MethodName.FullName;
 
-                       Type[] ParameterTypes = method.ParameterTypes;
+                       TypeContainer container = parent.PartialContainer;
 
-                       if (container.Pending != null){
+                       PendingImplementation pending = container.PendingImplementations;
+                       if (pending != null){
                                if (member is Indexer) // TODO: test it, but it should work without this IF
-                                       implementing = container.Pending.IsInterfaceIndexer (
-                                               member.InterfaceType, method.ReturnType, ParameterInfo);
+                                       implementing = pending.IsInterfaceIndexer (
+                                               member.InterfaceType, method.ReturnType, method.ParameterInfo);
                                else
-                                       implementing = container.Pending.IsInterfaceMethod (
-                                               member.InterfaceType, name, method.ReturnType, ParameterInfo);
+                                       implementing = pending.IsInterfaceMethod (
+                                               member.InterfaceType, name, method.ReturnType, method.ParameterInfo);
 
                                if (member.InterfaceType != null){
                                        if (implementing == null){
                                                if (member is PropertyBase) {
-                                                       Report.Error (550, method.Location, "'{0}' is an accessor not found in interface member '{1}'",
-                                                               method.GetSignatureForError (container), member.Name);
+                                                       Report.Error (550, method.Location, "`{0}' is an accessor not found in interface member `{1}{2}'",
+                                                                     method.GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (member.InterfaceType),
+                                                                     member.GetSignatureForError ().Substring (member.GetSignatureForError ().LastIndexOf ('.')));
 
                                                } else {
                                                        Report.Error (539, method.Location,
-                                                               "'{0}' in explicit interface declaration is not a member of interface", member.GetSignatureForError () );
+                                                                     "`{0}.{1}' in explicit interface declaration is not a member of interface",
+                                                                     TypeManager.CSharpName (member.InterfaceType), member.ShortName);
                                                }
                                                return false;
                                        }
-                                       if (implementing.IsSpecialName && !((member is PropertyBase || member is EventProperty))) {
+                                       if (implementing.IsSpecialName && !(method is AbstractPropertyEventMethod)) {
                                                Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (implementing);
-                                               Report.Error (683, method.Location, "'{0}' explicit method implementation cannot implement '{1}' because it is an accessor",
+                                               Report.Error (683, method.Location, "`{0}' explicit method implementation cannot implement `{1}' because it is an accessor",
                                                        member.GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (implementing));
                                                return false;
                                        }
-                                       method_name = member.InterfaceType.FullName + "." + name;
+
+                                       method_name = TypeManager.GetFullName (member.InterfaceType) +
+                                               '.' + method_name;
                                } else {
-                                       if (implementing != null && method is AbstractPropertyEventMethod && !implementing.IsSpecialName) {
-                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (implementing);
-                                               Report.Error (686, method.Location, "Accessor '{0}' cannot implement interface member '{1}' for type '{2}'. Use an explicit interface implementation",
-                                                       method.GetSignatureForError (container), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (implementing), container.GetSignatureForError ());
-                                               return false;
+                                       if (implementing != null) {
+                                               AbstractPropertyEventMethod prop_method = method as AbstractPropertyEventMethod;
+                                               if (prop_method == null) {
+                                                       if (implementing.IsSpecialName) {
+                                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (implementing);
+                                                               Report.Error (470, method.Location, "Method `{0}' cannot implement interface accessor `{1}.{2}'",
+                                                                       method.GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (implementing),
+                                                                       implementing.Name.StartsWith ("get_") ? "get" : "set");
+                                                               return false;
+                                                       }
+                                               } else if (implementing.DeclaringType.IsInterface) {
+                                                       if (!implementing.IsSpecialName) {
+                                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (implementing);
+                                                               Report.Error (686, method.Location, "Accessor `{0}' cannot implement interface member `{1}' for type `{2}'. Use an explicit interface implementation",
+                                                                       method.GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (implementing), container.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                                               return false;
+                                                       }
+                                                       PropertyBase.PropertyMethod pm = prop_method as PropertyBase.PropertyMethod;
+                                                       if (pm != null && pm.HasCustomAccessModifier && (pm.ModFlags & Modifiers.PUBLIC) == 0) {
+                                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (implementing);
+                                                               Report.Error (277, method.Location, "Accessor `{0}' must be declared public to implement interface member `{1}'",
+                                                                       method.GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpSignature (implementing, true));
+                                                               return false;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
                                        }
                                }
                        }
@@ -4681,17 +5222,20 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                // but it wont get cleared
                                //
                                if (member.IsExplicitImpl){
-                                       if ((modifiers & (Modifiers.PUBLIC | Modifiers.ABSTRACT | Modifiers.VIRTUAL)) != 0){
-                                               Modifiers.Error_InvalidModifier (method.Location, "public, virtual or abstract");
-                                               implementing = null;
+                                       if (method.ParameterInfo.HasParams && !TypeManager.GetParameterData (implementing).HasParams) {
+                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (implementing);
+                                               Report.Error (466, method.Location, "`{0}': the explicit interface implementation cannot introduce the params modifier",
+                                                       method.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                               return false;
                                        }
-                               } else if ((flags & MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask) != MethodAttributes.Public){
-                                       if (TypeManager.IsInterfaceType (implementing.DeclaringType)){
+                               } else {
+                                       if (implementing.DeclaringType.IsInterface) {
                                                //
                                                // If this is an interface method implementation,
                                                // check for public accessibility
                                                //
-                                               implementing = null;
+                                               if ((flags & MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask) != MethodAttributes.Public)
+                                                       implementing = null;
                                        } else if ((flags & MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask) == MethodAttributes.Private){
                                                // We may never be private.
                                                implementing = null;
@@ -4701,14 +5245,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                                //
                                                implementing = null;
                                        }
-                               } 
+                               }
                                        
                                //
                                // Static is not allowed
                                //
                                if ((modifiers & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0){
                                        implementing = null;
-                                       Modifiers.Error_InvalidModifier (method.Location, "static");
                                }
                        }
                        
@@ -4731,32 +5274,35 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                // Set Final unless we're virtual, abstract or already overriding a method.
                                if ((modifiers & (Modifiers.VIRTUAL | Modifiers.ABSTRACT | Modifiers.OVERRIDE)) == 0)
                                        flags |= MethodAttributes.Final;
-
-                               IsImplementing = true;
                        }
 
                        EmitContext ec = method.CreateEmitContext (container, null);
 
-                       DefineMethodBuilder (ec, container, method_name, ParameterTypes);
+                       DefineMethodBuilder (container, method_name, method.ParameterInfo.Types);
 
                        if (builder == null)
                                return false;
 
+                       if (container.CurrentType != null)
+                               declaring_type = container.CurrentType;
+                       else
+                               declaring_type = container.TypeBuilder;
+
                        if ((modifiers & Modifiers.UNSAFE) != 0)
                                builder.InitLocals = false;
 
-                       if (IsImplementing){
+                       if (implementing != null){
                                //
                                // clear the pending implemntation flag
                                //
                                if (member is Indexer) {
-                                       container.Pending.ImplementIndexer (
+                                       pending.ImplementIndexer (
                                                member.InterfaceType, builder, method.ReturnType,
-                                               ParameterInfo, member.IsExplicitImpl);
+                                               method.ParameterInfo, member.IsExplicitImpl);
                                } else
-                                       container.Pending.ImplementMethod (
+                                       pending.ImplementMethod (
                                                member.InterfaceType, name, method.ReturnType,
-                                               ParameterInfo, member.IsExplicitImpl);
+                                               method.ParameterInfo, member.IsExplicitImpl);
 
                                if (member.IsExplicitImpl)
                                        container.TypeBuilder.DefineMethodOverride (
@@ -4764,9 +5310,19 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        }
 
-                       TypeManager.RegisterMethod (builder, ParameterInfo, ParameterTypes);
                        TypeManager.AddMethod (builder, method);
 
+                       if (GenericMethod != null) {
+                               bool is_override = member.IsExplicitImpl |
+                                       ((modifiers & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0);
+
+                               if (implementing != null)
+                                       parent_method = implementing;
+
+                               if (!GenericMethod.DefineType (ec, builder, parent_method, is_override))
+                                       return false;
+                       }
+
                        return true;
                }
 
@@ -4774,18 +5330,16 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                /// <summary>
                /// Create the MethodBuilder for the method 
                /// </summary>
-               void DefineMethodBuilder (EmitContext ec, TypeContainer container, string method_name, Type[] ParameterTypes)
+               void DefineMethodBuilder (TypeContainer container, string method_name, Type[] ParameterTypes)
                {
-                       const int extern_static = Modifiers.EXTERN | Modifiers.STATIC;
-
-                       if ((modifiers & extern_static) == extern_static) {
+                       if ((modifiers & Modifiers.EXTERN) != 0) {
 
                                if (method.OptAttributes != null) {
-                                       Attribute dllimport_attribute = method.OptAttributes.Search (TypeManager.dllimport_type, ec);
+                                       Attribute dllimport_attribute = method.OptAttributes.Search (TypeManager.dllimport_type);
                                        if (dllimport_attribute != null) {
                                                flags |= MethodAttributes.PinvokeImpl;
                                                builder = dllimport_attribute.DefinePInvokeMethod (
-                                                       ec, container.TypeBuilder, method_name, flags,
+                                                       container.TypeBuilder, method_name, flags,
                                                        method.ReturnType, ParameterTypes);
 
                                                return;
@@ -4795,81 +5349,47 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                // for extern static method must be specified either DllImport attribute or MethodImplAttribute.
                                // We are more strict than Microsoft and report CS0626 like error
                                if (method.OptAttributes == null ||
-                                       !method.OptAttributes.Contains (TypeManager.methodimpl_attr_type, ec)) {
-                                       Report.Error (626, method.Location, "Method, operator, or accessor '{0}' is marked external and has no attributes on it. Consider adding a DllImport attribute to specify the external implementation", method.GetSignatureForError (container));
+                                       !method.OptAttributes.Contains (TypeManager.methodimpl_attr_type)) {
+                                       Report.Error (626, method.Location,
+                                               "`{0}' is marked as an external but has no DllImport attribute. Consider adding a DllImport attribute to specify the external implementation",
+                                               member.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        return;
                                }
                        }
 
-                       builder = container.TypeBuilder.DefineMethod (
-                               method_name, flags, method.CallingConventions,
+                       if (builder == null) {
+                               builder = container.TypeBuilder.DefineMethod (
+                                       method_name, flags, method.CallingConventions,
+                                       method.ReturnType, ParameterTypes);
+                               return;
+                       }
+
+#if GMCS_SOURCE && !MS_COMPATIBLE
+                       builder.SetGenericMethodSignature (
+                               flags, method.CallingConventions,
                                method.ReturnType, ParameterTypes);
+#endif
                }
 
                //
                // Emits the code
                // 
-               public void Emit (TypeContainer container, Attributable kind)
+               public void Emit (DeclSpace parent)
                {
                        EmitContext ec;
                        if ((flags & MethodAttributes.PinvokeImpl) == 0)
-                               ec = method.CreateEmitContext (container, builder.GetILGenerator ());
+                               ec = method.CreateEmitContext (parent, builder.GetILGenerator ());
                        else
-                               ec = method.CreateEmitContext (container, null);
-
-                       if (method.GetObsoleteAttribute () != null || container.GetObsoleteAttribute (container) != null)
-                               ec.TestObsoleteMethodUsage = false;
+                               ec = method.CreateEmitContext (parent, null);
 
-                       Location loc = method.Location;
-                       Attributes OptAttributes = method.OptAttributes;
-
-                       if (OptAttributes != null)
-                               OptAttributes.Emit (ec, kind);
+                       method.ParameterInfo.ApplyAttributes (MethodBuilder);
 
-                       if (member is MethodCore)
-                               ((MethodCore) member).Parameters.LabelParameters (ec, MethodBuilder, loc);
+                       if (GenericMethod != null)
+                               GenericMethod.EmitAttributes ();
 
                        ToplevelBlock block = method.Block;
                        
-                       //
-                       // abstract or extern methods have no bodies
-                       //
-                       if ((modifiers & (Modifiers.ABSTRACT | Modifiers.EXTERN)) != 0){
-                               if (block == null)
-                                       return;
-
-                               //
-                               // abstract or extern methods have no bodies.
-                               //
-                               if ((modifiers & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0)
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                               500, method.Location, "Abstract method `" +
-                                               TypeManager.CSharpSignature (builder) +
-                                               "' can not have a body");
-
-                               if ((modifiers & Modifiers.EXTERN) != 0)
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                               179, method.Location, "External method `" +
-                                               TypeManager.CSharpSignature (builder) +
-                                               "' can not have a body");
-
-                               return;
-                       }
-
-                       //
-                       // Methods must have a body unless they're extern or abstract
-                       //
-                       if (block == null) {
-                               Report.Error (
-                                       501, method.Location, "Method `" +
-                                       TypeManager.CSharpSignature (builder) +
-                                       "' must declare a body since it is not marked " +
-                                       "abstract or extern");
-                               return;
-                       }
-
-                       SourceMethod source = SourceMethod.Create (
-                               container, MethodBuilder, method.Block);
+                       SourceMethod source = SourceMethod.Create (parent, MethodBuilder, method.Block);
 
                        //
                        // Handle destructors specially
@@ -4879,7 +5399,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (member is Destructor)
                                EmitDestructor (ec, block);
                        else
-                               ec.EmitTopBlock (block, ParameterInfo, loc);
+                               ec.EmitTopBlock (method, block);
 
                        if (source != null)
                                source.CloseMethod ();
@@ -4896,14 +5416,14 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        ig.BeginExceptionBlock ();
                        ec.ReturnLabel = finish;
                        ec.HasReturnLabel = true;
-                       ec.EmitTopBlock (block, null, method.Location);
+                       ec.EmitTopBlock (method, block);
                        
                        // ig.MarkLabel (finish);
                        ig.BeginFinallyBlock ();
                        
                        if (ec.ContainerType.BaseType != null) {
                                Expression member_lookup = Expression.MemberLookup (
-                                       ec, ec.ContainerType.BaseType, null, ec.ContainerType.BaseType,
+                                       ec.ContainerType.BaseType, null, ec.ContainerType.BaseType,
                                        "Finalize", MemberTypes.Method, Expression.AllBindingFlags, method.Location);
 
                                if (member_lookup != null){
@@ -4920,97 +5440,82 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                }
        }
 
-       // Should derive from MethodCore
+       // TODO: Should derive from MethodCore
        public class Destructor : Method {
 
-               public Destructor (TypeContainer ds, Expression return_type, int mod,
+               static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "method" };
+
+               public Destructor (DeclSpace parent, Expression return_type, int mod,
                                   string name, Parameters parameters, Attributes attrs,
                                   Location l)
-                       : base (ds, return_type, mod, false, new MemberName (name),
-                               parameters, attrs, l)
+                       : base (parent, null, return_type, mod, false, new MemberName (name, l),
+                               parameters, attrs)
                { }
 
                public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder(Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
                {
                        if (a.Type == TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type) {
-                               Report.Error (577, Location, "Conditional not valid on '{0}' because it is a destructor, operator, or explicit interface implementation", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               Error_ConditionalAttributeIsNotValid ();
                                return;
                        }
 
                        base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
                }
-       }
-       
-       abstract public class MemberBase : MemberCore {
-               public Expression Type;
 
-               public MethodAttributes flags;
-                       
-               protected readonly int explicit_mod_flags;
+               public override string GetSignatureForError ()
+               {
+                       return Parent.GetSignatureForError () + ".~" + Parent.MemberName.Name + "()";
+               }
 
-               //
-               // The "short" name of this property / indexer / event.  This is the
-               // name without the explicit interface.
-               //
-               public string ShortName {
-                       get { return MemberName.Name; }
-                       set {
-                               SetMemberName (new MemberName (MemberName.Left, value));
+               public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
+                       get {
+                               return attribute_targets;
                        }
                }
+       }
+       
+       abstract public class MemberBase : MemberCore {
+               public Expression Type;
+               public readonly DeclSpace ds;
+               public readonly GenericMethod GenericMethod;
 
                //
                // The type of this property / indexer / event
                //
-               Type member_type;
+               protected Type member_type;
                public Type MemberType {
                        get {
                                if (member_type == null && Type != null) {
-                                       EmitContext ec = Parent.EmitContext;
-                                       bool old_unsafe = ec.InUnsafe;
-                                       ec.InUnsafe = InUnsafe;
-                                       Type = Type.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (ec, false);
-                                       ec.InUnsafe = old_unsafe;
-
-                                       member_type = Type == null ? null : Type.Type;
+                                       IResolveContext rc = GenericMethod == null ? this : (IResolveContext)ds;
+                                       Type = Type.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (rc, false);
+                                       if (Type != null) {
+                                               member_type = Type.Type;
+                                       }
                                }
                                return member_type;
                        }
                }
 
-               //
-               // Whether this is an interface member.
-               //
-               public bool IsInterface;
-
-               //
-               // If true, this is an explicit interface implementation
-               //
-               public bool IsExplicitImpl;
-
-               //
-               // The interface type we are explicitly implementing
-               //
-               public Type InterfaceType = null;
-
                //
                // The constructor is only exposed to our children
                //
-               protected MemberBase (TypeContainer parent, Expression type, int mod,
-                                     int allowed_mod, int def_mod, MemberName name,
-                                     Attributes attrs, Location loc)
-                       : base (parent, name, attrs, loc)
+               protected MemberBase (DeclSpace parent, GenericMethod generic,
+                                     Expression type, int mod, int allowed_mod, int def_mod,
+                                     MemberName name, Attributes attrs)
+                       : base (parent, name, attrs)
                {
-                       explicit_mod_flags = mod;
+                       this.ds = generic != null ? generic : (DeclSpace) parent;
                        Type = type;
-                       ModFlags = Modifiers.Check (allowed_mod, mod, def_mod, loc);
-                       IsExplicitImpl = (MemberName.Left != null);
+                       ModFlags = Modifiers.Check (allowed_mod, mod, def_mod, Location);
+                       GenericMethod = generic;
+                       if (GenericMethod != null)
+                               GenericMethod.ModFlags = ModFlags;
                }
 
                protected virtual bool CheckBase ()
                {
-                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.PROTECTED) != 0 && Parent.Kind == Kind.Struct) {
-                               Report.Error (666, Location, "Protected member in struct declaration");
+                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.PROTECTED) != 0 && Parent.PartialContainer.Kind == Kind.Struct) {
+                               Report.Error (666, Location, "`{0}': new protected member declared in struct", GetSignatureForError ());
                                return false;
                        }
    
@@ -5018,88 +5523,21 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                            ((Parent.ModFlags & Modifiers.SEALED) != 0) &&
                            ((ModFlags & Modifiers.PROTECTED) != 0) &&
                            ((ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) == 0) && (Name != "Finalize")) {
-                               Report.Warning (628, Location, "'{0}': new protected member declared in sealed class", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
+                               Report.Warning (628, 4, Location, "`{0}': new protected member declared in sealed class", GetSignatureForError ());
                        }
-                       return true;
-               }
-
-               protected virtual bool CheckParameters (DeclSpace ds, Type [] parameters)
-               {
-                       bool error = false;
-
-                       foreach (Type partype in parameters){
-                               if (partype == TypeManager.void_type) {
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                               1547, Location, "Keyword 'void' cannot " +
-                                               "be used in this context");
-                                       return false;
-                               }
-
-                               if (partype.IsPointer){
-                                       if (!UnsafeOK (ds))
-                                               error = true;
-                                       if (!TypeManager.VerifyUnManaged (TypeManager.GetElementType (partype), Location))
-                                               error = true;
-                               }
-
-                               if (ds.AsAccessible (partype, ModFlags))
-                                       continue;
-
-                               if (this is Indexer)
-                                       Report.Error (55, Location,
-                                                     "Inconsistent accessibility: parameter type `" +
-                                                     TypeManager.CSharpName (partype) + "' is less " +
-                                                     "accessible than indexer `" + Name + "'");
-                               else if ((this is Method) && ((Method) this).IsOperator)
-                                       Report.Error (57, Location,
-                                                     "Inconsistent accessibility: parameter type `" +
-                                                     TypeManager.CSharpName (partype) + "' is less " +
-                                                     "accessible than operator `" + Name + "'");
-                               else
-                                       Report.Error (51, Location,
-                                                     "Inconsistent accessibility: parameter type `" +
-                                                     TypeManager.CSharpName (partype) + "' is less " +
-                                                     "accessible than method `" + Name + "'");
-                               error = true;
-                       }
-
-                       return !error;
+                               return true;
                }
 
                protected virtual bool DoDefine ()
                {
-                       EmitContext ec = Parent.EmitContext;
-                       if (ec == null)
-                               throw new InternalErrorException ("MemberBase.DoDefine called too early");
-
-                       if (Name == null)
-                               throw new InternalErrorException ();
-
-                       if (IsInterface) {
-                               ModFlags = Modifiers.PUBLIC |
-                                       Modifiers.ABSTRACT |
-                                       Modifiers.VIRTUAL | (ModFlags & Modifiers.UNSAFE) | (ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW);
-
-                               flags = MethodAttributes.Public |
-                                       MethodAttributes.Abstract |
-                                       MethodAttributes.HideBySig |
-                                       MethodAttributes.NewSlot |
-                                       MethodAttributes.Virtual;
-                       } else {
-                               if (!Parent.MethodModifiersValid (this))
-                                       return false;
-
-                               flags = Modifiers.MethodAttr (ModFlags);
-                       }
-
                        if (MemberType == null)
                                return false;
 
-                       if ((Parent.ModFlags & Modifiers.SEALED) != 0){
-                               if ((ModFlags & (Modifiers.VIRTUAL|Modifiers.ABSTRACT)) != 0){
-                                       Report.Error (549, Location, "Virtual method can not be contained in sealed class");
+                       if ((Parent.ModFlags & Modifiers.SEALED) != 0 && 
+                               (ModFlags & (Modifiers.VIRTUAL|Modifiers.ABSTRACT)) != 0) {
+                                       Report.Error (549, Location, "New virtual member `{0}' is declared in a sealed class `{1}'",
+                                               GetSignatureForError (), Parent.GetSignatureForError ());
                                        return false;
-                               }
                        }
                        
                        // verify accessibility
@@ -5114,115 +5552,62 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        Report.Error (54, Location,
                                                      "Inconsistent accessibility: indexer return type `" +
                                                      TypeManager.CSharpName (MemberType) + "' is less " +
-                                                     "accessible than indexer `" + Name + "'");
+                                                     "accessible than indexer `" + GetSignatureForError () + "'");
                                else if (this is MethodCore) {
                                        if (this is Operator)
                                                Report.Error (56, Location,
                                                              "Inconsistent accessibility: return type `" +
                                                              TypeManager.CSharpName (MemberType) + "' is less " +
-                                                             "accessible than operator `" + Name + "'");
+                                                             "accessible than operator `" + GetSignatureForError () + "'");
                                        else
                                                Report.Error (50, Location,
                                                              "Inconsistent accessibility: return type `" +
                                                              TypeManager.CSharpName (MemberType) + "' is less " +
-                                                             "accessible than method `" + Name + "'");
+                                                             "accessible than method `" + GetSignatureForError () + "'");
                                } else {
                                        Report.Error (52, Location,
                                                      "Inconsistent accessibility: field type `" +
                                                      TypeManager.CSharpName (MemberType) + "' is less " +
-                                                     "accessible than field `" + Name + "'");
+                                                     "accessible than field `" + GetSignatureForError () + "'");
                                }
                                return false;
                        }
 
-                       if (MemberType.IsPointer && !UnsafeOK (Parent))
-                               return false;
-
-                       if (IsExplicitImpl) {
-                               Expression expr = MemberName.Left.GetTypeExpression (Location);
-                               TypeExpr texpr = expr.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (ec, false);
-                               if (texpr == null)
-                                       return false;
-
-                               InterfaceType = texpr.ResolveType (ec);
-
-                               if (!InterfaceType.IsInterface) {
-                                       Report.Error (538, Location, "'{0}' in explicit interface declaration is not an interface", TypeManager.CSharpName (InterfaceType));
-                                       return false;
-                               }
-                               
-                               if (!Parent.VerifyImplements (InterfaceType, ShortName, Name, Location))
-                                       return false;
-                               
-                               Modifiers.Check (Modifiers.AllowedExplicitImplFlags, explicit_mod_flags, 0, Location);
-                               
-                       }
                        return true;
                }
 
-               public override string GetSignatureForError (TypeContainer tc)
-               {
-                       return String.Concat (tc.Name, '.', base.GetSignatureForError (tc));
-               }
-
                protected bool IsTypePermitted ()
                {
                        if (MemberType == TypeManager.arg_iterator_type || MemberType == TypeManager.typed_reference_type) {
-                               Report.Error (610, Location, "Field or property cannot be of type '{0}'", TypeManager.CSharpName (MemberType));
+                               Report.Error (610, Location, "Field or property cannot be of type `{0}'", TypeManager.CSharpName (MemberType));
                                return false;
                        }
                        return true;
                }
-
-               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance(DeclSpace ds)
-               {
-                       if (base.VerifyClsCompliance (ds)) {
-                               return true;
-                       }
-
-                       if (IsInterface && HasClsCompliantAttribute && ds.IsClsCompliaceRequired (ds)) {
-                               Report.Error (3010, Location, "'{0}': CLS-compliant interfaces must have only CLS-compliant members", GetSignatureForError ());
-                       }
-                       return false;
-               }
-
-               protected override void VerifyObsoleteAttribute()
-               {
-                       CheckUsageOfObsoleteAttribute (MemberType);
-               }
        }
 
        //
-       // Fields and Events both generate FieldBuilders, we use this to share 
-       // their common bits.  This is also used to flag usage of the field
+       // Abstract class for all fields
        //
        abstract public class FieldBase : MemberBase {
-               public FieldBuilder  FieldBuilder;
+               public FieldBuilder FieldBuilder;
                public Status status;
+               protected Expression initializer;
 
                [Flags]
                public enum Status : byte {
-                       ASSIGNED = 1,
                        HAS_OFFSET = 4          // Used by FieldMember.
                }
 
-               static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "field" };
-
-               /// <summary>
-               ///  Symbol with same name in base class/struct
-               /// </summary>
-               public MemberInfo conflict_symbol;
-
-               //
-               // The constructor is only exposed to our children
-               //
-               protected FieldBase (TypeContainer parent, Expression type, int mod,
-                                    int allowed_mod, MemberName name, object init,
-                                    Attributes attrs, Location loc)
-                       : base (parent, type, mod, allowed_mod, Modifiers.PRIVATE,
-                               name, attrs, loc)
+               static readonly string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "field" };
+
+               protected FieldBase (DeclSpace parent, Expression type, int mod,
+                                    int allowed_mod, MemberName name, Attributes attrs)
+                       : base (parent, null, type, mod, allowed_mod | Modifiers.ABSTRACT, Modifiers.PRIVATE,
+                               name, attrs)
                {
-                       this.init = init;
+                       if ((mod & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0)
+                               Report.Error (681, Location, "The modifier 'abstract' is not valid on fields. Try using a property instead");
                }
 
                public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
@@ -5233,6 +5618,27 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
                {
+                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.field_offset_attribute_type) {
+                               status |= Status.HAS_OFFSET;
+
+                               if (!Parent.PartialContainer.HasExplicitLayout) {
+                                       Report.Error (636, Location, "The FieldOffset attribute can only be placed on members of types marked with the StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)");
+                                       return;
+                               }
+
+                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0 || this is Const) {
+                                       Report.Error (637, Location, "The FieldOffset attribute is not allowed on static or const fields");
+                                       return;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+#if NET_2_0
+                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.fixed_buffer_attr_type) {
+                               Report.Error (1716, Location, "Do not use 'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.FixedBuffer' attribute. Use the 'fixed' field modifier instead");
+                               return;
+                       }
+#endif
+
                        if (a.Type == TypeManager.marshal_as_attr_type) {
                                UnmanagedMarshal marshal = a.GetMarshal (this);
                                if (marshal != null) {
@@ -5249,165 +5655,41 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        FieldBuilder.SetCustomAttribute (cb);
                }
 
-               //
-               // Whether this field has an initializer.
-               //
-               public bool HasInitializer {
-                       get {
-                               return init != null;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               protected readonly Object init;
-
-               // Private.
-               Expression init_expr;
-               bool init_expr_initialized = false;
-
-               //
-               // Resolves and returns the field initializer.
-               //
-               public Expression GetInitializerExpression (EmitContext ec)
-               {
-                       if (init_expr_initialized)
-                               return init_expr;
-
-                       Expression e;
-                       if (init is Expression)
-                               e = (Expression) init;
-                       else
-                               e = new ArrayCreation (Type, "", (ArrayList)init, Location);
-
-                       EmitContext parent_ec = Parent.EmitContext;
-
-                       bool old_is_static = parent_ec.IsStatic;
-                       parent_ec.IsStatic = ec.IsStatic;
-                       parent_ec.IsFieldInitializer = true;
-                       e = e.DoResolve (parent_ec);
-                       parent_ec.IsFieldInitializer = false;
-                       parent_ec.IsStatic = old_is_static;
-
-                       init_expr = e;
-                       init_expr_initialized = true;
-
-                       return init_expr;
-               }
-
                protected override bool CheckBase ()
                {
                        if (!base.CheckBase ())
                                return false;
  
-                       // TODO: Implement
-                       if (IsInterface)
-                               return true;
-                       conflict_symbol = Parent.FindBaseMemberWithSameName (Name, false);
+                       MemberInfo conflict_symbol = Parent.PartialContainer.FindBaseMemberWithSameName (Name, false);
                        if (conflict_symbol == null) {
-                               if ((RootContext.WarningLevel >= 4) && ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) != 0)) {
-                                       Report.Warning (109, Location, "The member '{0}' does not hide an inherited member. The new keyword is not required", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
+                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) != 0) {
+                                       Report.Warning (109, 4, Location, "The member `{0}' does not hide an inherited member. The new keyword is not required", GetSignatureForError ());
                                }
                                return true;
                        }
  
                        if ((ModFlags & (Modifiers.NEW | Modifiers.OVERRIDE)) == 0) {
                                Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (conflict_symbol);
-                               Report.Warning (108, Location, "The keyword new is required on '{0}' because it hides inherited member", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
+                               Report.Warning (108, 2, Location, "`{0}' hides inherited member `{1}'. Use the new keyword if hiding was intended",
+                                       GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (conflict_symbol));
                        }
  
                        return true;
                }
 
-               public override string GetSignatureForError ()
-               {
-                       if (FieldBuilder == null) {
-                               return base.GetSignatureForError (Parent);
-                       }
-                       return TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (FieldBuilder);
-               }
-
-               protected virtual bool IsFieldClsCompliant {
-                       get {
-                               if (FieldBuilder == null)
-                                       return true;
-
-                               return AttributeTester.IsClsCompliant (FieldBuilder.FieldType);
-                       }
-               }
-
-               public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
-                       get {
-                               return attribute_targets;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance (DeclSpace ds)
-               {
-                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance (ds))
-                               return false;
-
-                       if (!IsFieldClsCompliant) {
-                               Report.Error (3003, Location, "Type of '{0}' is not CLS-compliant", GetSignatureForError ());
-                       }
-                       return true;
-               }
-
-
-               public void SetAssigned ()
-               {
-                       status |= Status.ASSIGNED;
-               }
-       }
-
-       public abstract class FieldMember: FieldBase
-       {
-               protected FieldMember (TypeContainer parent, Expression type, int mod,
-                       int allowed_mod, MemberName name, object init, Attributes attrs, Location loc)
-                       : base (parent, type, mod, allowed_mod | Modifiers.ABSTRACT, name, init, attrs, loc)
-               {
-                       if ((mod & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0)
-                               Report.Error (681, loc, "The modifier 'abstract' is not valid on fields. Try using a property instead");
-               }
-
-               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder(Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
-               {
-                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.field_offset_attribute_type)
-                       {
-                               status |= Status.HAS_OFFSET;
-
-                               if (!Parent.HasExplicitLayout) {
-                                       Report.Error (636, Location, "The FieldOffset attribute can only be placed on members of types marked with the StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit)");
-                                       return;
-                               }
-
-                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0 || this is Const) {
-                                       Report.Error (637, Location, "The FieldOffset attribute is not allowed on static or const fields");
-                                       return;
-                               }
-                       }
-
-#if NET_2_0
-                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.fixed_buffer_attr_type) {
-                               Report.Error (1716, Location, "Do not use 'System.Runtime.CompilerServices.FixedBuffer' attribute. Use the 'fixed' field modifier instead");
-                               return;
-                       }
-#endif
-
-                       base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
-               }
-
-
                public override bool Define()
                {
-                       EmitContext ec = Parent.EmitContext;
-                       if (ec == null)
-                               throw new InternalErrorException ("FieldMember.Define called too early");
-
-                       if (MemberType == null)
+                       if (MemberType == null || Type == null)
                                return false;
 
                        if (MemberType == TypeManager.void_type) {
-                               Report.Error (1547, Location, "Keyword 'void' cannot be used in this context");
+                               // TODO: wrong location
+                               Expression.Error_VoidInvalidInTheContext (Location);
+                               return false;
+                       }
+
+                       if (MemberType.IsSealed && MemberType.IsAbstract) {
+                               Error_VariableOfStaticClass (Location, GetSignatureForError (), MemberType);
                                return false;
                        }
 
@@ -5418,38 +5700,81 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                Report.Error (52, Location,
                                        "Inconsistent accessibility: field type `" +
                                        TypeManager.CSharpName (MemberType) + "' is less " +
-                                       "accessible than field `" + Name + "'");
+                                       "accessible than field `" + GetSignatureForError () + "'");
                                return false;
                        }
 
                        if (!IsTypePermitted ())
                                return false;
 
-                       if (MemberType.IsPointer && !UnsafeOK (Parent))
-                               return false;
-
                        return true;
                }
 
+               //
+               //   Represents header string for documentation comment.
+               //
+               public override string DocCommentHeader {
+                       get { return "F:"; }
+               }
+
                public override void Emit ()
                {
                        if (OptAttributes != null) {
-                               EmitContext ec = new EmitContext (Parent, Location, null, FieldBuilder.FieldType, ModFlags);
-                               OptAttributes.Emit (ec, this);
+                               OptAttributes.Emit ();
                        }
 
-                       if (Parent.HasExplicitLayout && ((status & Status.HAS_OFFSET) == 0) && (ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) == 0) {
-                               Report.Error (625, Location, "'{0}': Instance field types marked with StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit) must have a FieldOffset attribute.", GetSignatureForError ());
+                       if (((status & Status.HAS_OFFSET) == 0) && (ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) == 0 && Parent.PartialContainer.HasExplicitLayout) {
+                               Report.Error (625, Location, "`{0}': Instance field types marked with StructLayout(LayoutKind.Explicit) must have a FieldOffset attribute.", GetSignatureForError ());
                        }
 
                        base.Emit ();
                }
 
-               //
-               //   Represents header string for documentation comment.
-               //
-               public override string DocCommentHeader {
-                       get { return "F:"; }
+               public static void Error_VariableOfStaticClass (Location loc, string variableName, Type staticClass)
+               {
+                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (staticClass);
+                       Report.Error (723, loc, "`{0}': cannot declare variables of static types",
+                               variableName);
+               }
+
+               public Expression Initializer {
+                       set {
+                               if (value != null) {
+                                       this.initializer = value;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
+               protected virtual bool IsFieldClsCompliant {
+                       get {
+                               if (FieldBuilder == null)
+                                       return true;
+
+                               return AttributeTester.IsClsCompliant (FieldBuilder.FieldType);
+                       }
+               }
+
+               public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets 
+               {
+                       get {
+                               return attribute_targets;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance ()
+               {
+                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance ())
+                               return false;
+
+                       if (!IsFieldClsCompliant) {
+                               Report.Error (3003, Location, "Type of `{0}' is not CLS-compliant", GetSignatureForError ());
+                       }
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               public void SetAssigned ()
+               {
+                       caching_flags |= Flags.IsAssigned;
                }
        }
 
@@ -5488,7 +5813,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
        /// <summary>
        /// Fixed buffer implementation
        /// </summary>
-       public class FixedField: FieldMember, IFixedBuffer
+       public class FixedField : FieldBase, IFixedBuffer
        {
                public const string FixedElementName = "FixedElementField";
                static int GlobalCounter = 0;
@@ -5507,12 +5832,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Modifiers.INTERNAL |
                        Modifiers.PRIVATE;
 
-               public FixedField (TypeContainer parent, Expression type, int mod, string name,
+               public FixedField (DeclSpace parent, Expression type, int mod, string name,
                        Expression size_expr, Attributes attrs, Location loc):
-                       base (parent, type, mod, AllowedModifiers, new MemberName (name), null, attrs, loc)
+                       base (parent, type, mod, AllowedModifiers, new MemberName (name, loc), attrs)
                {
                        if (RootContext.Version == LanguageVersion.ISO_1)
-                               Report.FeatureIsNotStandardized (loc, "fixed sized buffers");
+                               Report.FeatureIsNotISO1 (loc, "fixed size buffers");
 
                        this.size_expr = size_expr;
                }
@@ -5521,11 +5846,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
 #if !NET_2_0
                        if ((ModFlags & (Modifiers.PUBLIC | Modifiers.PROTECTED)) != 0)
-                               Report.Warning (-23, Location, "Only private or internal fixed sized buffers are supported by .NET 1.x");
+                               Report.Warning (-23, 1, Location, "Only private or internal fixed sized buffers are supported by .NET 1.x");
 #endif
 
-                       if (Parent.Kind != Kind.Struct) {
-                               Report.Error (1642, Location, "Fixed buffer fields may only be members of structs");
+                       if (Parent.PartialContainer.Kind != Kind.Struct) {
+                               Report.Error (1642, Location, "`{0}': Fixed size buffer fields may only be members of structs",
+                                       GetSignatureForError ());
                                return false;
                        }
 
@@ -5533,36 +5859,32 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                return false;
 
                        if (!TypeManager.IsPrimitiveType (MemberType)) {
-                               Report.Error (1663, Location, "Fixed sized buffer type must be one of the following: bool, byte, short, int, long, char, sbyte, ushort, uint, ulong, float or double");
+                               Report.Error (1663, Location, "`{0}': Fixed size buffers type must be one of the following: bool, byte, short, int, long, char, sbyte, ushort, uint, ulong, float or double",
+                                       GetSignatureForError ());
                                return false;
                        }
 
-                       Expression e = size_expr.Resolve (Parent.EmitContext);
-                       if (e == null)
-                               return false;
-
-                       Constant c = e as Constant;
-                       if (c == null) {
-                               Report.Error (133, Location, "The expression being assigned to '{0}' must be constant", GetSignatureForError ());
+                       EmitContext ec = new EmitContext (this, Parent, Location, null, null, ModFlags);
+                       Constant c = size_expr.ResolveAsConstant (ec, this);
+                       if (c == null)
                                return false;
-                       }
 
-                       IntConstant buffer_size_const = c.ToInt (Location);
+                       IntConstant buffer_size_const = c.ImplicitConversionRequired (TypeManager.int32_type, Location) as IntConstant;
                        if (buffer_size_const == null)
                                return false;
 
                        buffer_size = buffer_size_const.Value;
 
                        if (buffer_size <= 0) {
-                               Report.Error (1665, Location, "Fixed sized buffer '{0}' must have a length greater than zero", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               Report.Error (1665, Location, "`{0}': Fixed size buffers must have a length greater than zero", GetSignatureForError ());
                                return false;
                        }
 
                        int type_size = Expression.GetTypeSize (MemberType);
 
                        if (buffer_size > int.MaxValue / type_size) {
-                               Report.Error (1664, Location, "Fixed sized buffer of length '{0}' and type '{1}' exceeded 2^31 limit",
-                                       buffer_size.ToString (), TypeManager.CSharpName (MemberType));
+                               Report.Error (1664, Location, "Fixed size buffer `{0}' of length `{1}' and type `{2}' exceeded 2^31 limit",
+                                       GetSignatureForError (), buffer_size.ToString (), TypeManager.CSharpName (MemberType));
                                return false;
                        }
 
@@ -5627,7 +5949,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
        //
        // The Field class is used to represents class/struct fields during parsing.
        //
-       public class Field : FieldMember {
+       public class Field : FieldBase {
                // <summary>
                //   Modifiers allowed in a class declaration
                // </summary>
@@ -5642,10 +5964,10 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Modifiers.UNSAFE |
                        Modifiers.READONLY;
 
-               public Field (TypeContainer parent, Expression type, int mod, string name,
-                             Object expr_or_array_init, Attributes attrs, Location loc)
-                       : base (parent, type, mod, AllowedModifiers, new MemberName (name),
-                               expr_or_array_init, attrs, loc)
+               public Field (DeclSpace parent, Expression type, int mod, string name,
+                             Attributes attrs, Location loc)
+                       : base (parent, type, mod, AllowedModifiers, new MemberName (name, loc),
+                               attrs)
                {
                }
 
@@ -5684,25 +6006,22 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                              (vt == TypeManager.char_type) ||
                                              (vt == TypeManager.float_type) ||
                                              (!vt.IsValueType))){
-                                               Report.Error (
-                                                       677, Location, Parent.MakeName (Name) +
-                                                       " A volatile field can not be of type `" +
-                                                       TypeManager.CSharpName (vt) + "'");
+                                               Report.Error (677, Location, "`{0}': A volatile field cannot be of the type `{1}'",
+                                                       GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.CSharpName (vt));
                                                return false;
                                        }
                                }
 
                                if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.READONLY) != 0){
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                                     678, Location,
-                                                     "A field can not be both volatile and readonly");
+                                       Report.Error (678, Location, "`{0}': A field cannot be both volatile and readonly",
+                                               GetSignatureForError ());
                                        return false;
                                }
                        }
 
                        FieldAttributes fa = Modifiers.FieldAttr (ModFlags);
 
-                       if (Parent.Kind == Kind.Struct && 
+                       if (Parent.PartialContainer.Kind == Kind.Struct && 
                            ((fa & FieldAttributes.Static) == 0) &&
                            MemberType == Parent.TypeBuilder &&
                            !TypeManager.IsBuiltinType (MemberType)){
@@ -5718,8 +6037,24 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                TypeManager.RegisterFieldBase (FieldBuilder, this);
                        }
                        catch (ArgumentException) {
-                               Report.Warning (-24, Location, "The Microsoft runtime is unable to use [void|void*] as a field type, try using the Mono runtime.");
+                               Report.Warning (-24, 1, Location, "The Microsoft runtime is unable to use [void|void*] as a field type, try using the Mono runtime.");
+                               return false;
+                       }
+
+                       if (initializer != null)
+                               Parent.PartialContainer.RegisterFieldForInitialization (this,
+                                       new FieldInitializer (FieldBuilder, initializer));
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance ()
+               {
+                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance ())
                                return false;
+
+                       if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.VOLATILE) != 0) {
+                               Report.Warning (3026, 1, Location, "CLS-compliant field `{0}' cannot be volatile", GetSignatureForError ());
                        }
 
                        return true;
@@ -5729,7 +6064,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
        //
        // `set' and `get' accessors are represented with an Accessor.
        // 
-       public class Accessor {
+       public class Accessor : IAnonymousHost {
                //
                // Null if the accessor is empty, or a Block if not
                //
@@ -5743,6 +6078,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public Attributes Attributes;
                public Location Location;
                public int ModFlags;
+               public bool Yields;
+               public ArrayList AnonymousMethods;
                
                public Accessor (ToplevelBlock b, int mod, Attributes attrs, Location loc)
                {
@@ -5751,12 +6088,23 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Location = loc;
                        ModFlags = Modifiers.Check (AllowedModifiers, mod, 0, loc);
                }
-       }
 
+               public void SetYields ()
+               {
+                       Yields = true;
+               }
+
+               public void AddAnonymousMethod (AnonymousMethodExpression ame)
+               {
+                       if (AnonymousMethods == null)
+                               AnonymousMethods = new ArrayList ();
+                       AnonymousMethods.Add (ame);
+               }
+       }
 
        // Ooouh Martin, templates are missing here.
        // When it will be possible move here a lot of child code and template method type.
-       public abstract class AbstractPropertyEventMethod: MemberCore, IMethodData {
+       public abstract class AbstractPropertyEventMethod : MemberCore, IMethodData {
                protected MethodData method_data;
                protected ToplevelBlock block;
                protected ListDictionary declarative_security;
@@ -5770,34 +6118,38 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                ReturnParameter return_attributes;
 
-               public AbstractPropertyEventMethod (MemberBase member, string prefix)
-                       : base (null, SetupName (prefix, member), null, member.Location)
+               public AbstractPropertyEventMethod (PropertyBasedMember member, string prefix)
+                       : base (member.Parent, SetupName (prefix, member, member.Location), null)
                {
                        this.prefix = prefix;
                        IsDummy = true;
                }
 
-               public AbstractPropertyEventMethod (MemberBase member, Accessor accessor,
+               public AbstractPropertyEventMethod (InterfaceMemberBase member, Accessor accessor,
                                                    string prefix)
-                       : base (null, SetupName (prefix, member),
-                               accessor.Attributes, accessor.Location)
+                       : base (member.Parent, SetupName (prefix, member, accessor.Location),
+                               accessor.Attributes)
                {
                        this.prefix = prefix;
                        this.block = accessor.Block;
                }
 
-               static MemberName SetupName (string prefix, MemberBase member)
+               static MemberName SetupName (string prefix, InterfaceMemberBase member, Location loc)
                {
-                       return new MemberName (member.MemberName.Left, prefix + member.ShortName);
+                       return new MemberName (member.MemberName.Left, prefix + member.ShortName, loc);
                }
 
-               public void UpdateName (MemberBase member)
+               public void UpdateName (InterfaceMemberBase member)
                {
-                       SetMemberName (SetupName (prefix, member));
+                       SetMemberName (SetupName (prefix, member, Location));
                }
 
                #region IMethodData Members
 
+               public abstract Iterator Iterator {
+                       get;
+               }
+
                public ToplevelBlock Block {
                        get {
                                return block;
@@ -5814,21 +6166,32 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               public bool IsExcluded (EmitContext ec)
+               public bool IsExcluded ()
                {
                        return false;
                }
 
+               GenericMethod IMethodData.GenericMethod {
+                       get {
+                               return null;
+                       }
+               }
+
                public MemberName MethodName {
                        get {
                                return MemberName;
                        }
                }
 
-               public abstract ObsoleteAttribute GetObsoleteAttribute ();
-               public abstract Type[] ParameterTypes { get; }
+               public Type[] ParameterTypes { 
+                       get {
+                               return ParameterInfo.Types;
+                       }
+               }
+
+               public abstract Parameters ParameterInfo { get ; }
                public abstract Type ReturnType { get; }
-               public abstract EmitContext CreateEmitContext(TypeContainer tc, ILGenerator ig);
+               public abstract EmitContext CreateEmitContext (DeclSpace ds, ILGenerator ig);
 
                #endregion
 
@@ -5836,7 +6199,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
                        if (a.Type == TypeManager.cls_compliant_attribute_type || a.Type == TypeManager.obsolete_attribute_type ||
                                        a.Type == TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type) {
-                               Report.Error (1667, a.Location, "'{0}' is not valid on property or event accessors. It is valid on {1} declarations only", TypeManager.CSharpName (a.Type), a.GetValidTargets ());
+                               Report.Error (1667, a.Location,
+                                       "Attribute `{0}' is not valid on property or event accessors. It is valid on `{1}' declarations only",
+                                       TypeManager.CSharpName (a.Type), a.GetValidTargets ());
                                return;
                        }
 
@@ -5868,14 +6233,18 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        System.Diagnostics.Debug.Fail ("You forgot to define special attribute target handling");
                }
 
-               public override bool Define()
+               // It is not supported for the accessors
+               public sealed override bool Define()
                {
                        throw new NotSupportedException ();
                }
 
-               public virtual void Emit (TypeContainer container)
+               public void Emit (DeclSpace parent)
                {
-                       EmitMethod (container);
+                       EmitMethod (parent);
+
+                       if (OptAttributes != null)
+                               OptAttributes.Emit ();
 
                        if (declarative_security != null) {
                                foreach (DictionaryEntry de in declarative_security) {
@@ -5886,19 +6255,19 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        block = null;
                }
 
-               protected virtual void EmitMethod (TypeContainer container)
+               protected virtual void EmitMethod (DeclSpace parent)
                {
-                       method_data.Emit (container, this);
+                       method_data.Emit (parent);
                }
 
-               public override bool IsClsCompliaceRequired(DeclSpace ds)
+               public override bool IsClsComplianceRequired()
                {
                        return false;
                }
 
                public bool IsDuplicateImplementation (MethodCore method)
                {
-                       if (Name != method.Name)
+                       if (!MemberName.Equals (method.MemberName))
                                return false;
 
                        Type[] param_types = method.ParameterTypes;
@@ -5911,7 +6280,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return false;
 
                        Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (method);
-                       Report.Error (111, Location, TypeContainer.Error111, method.Parent.GetSignatureForError (), Name);
+                       Report.Error (111, Location, TypeContainer.Error111, method.GetSignatureForError ());
                        return true;
                }
 
@@ -5938,55 +6307,52 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        get { throw new InvalidOperationException ("Unexpected attempt to get doc comment from " + this.GetType () + "."); }
                }
 
-               protected override void VerifyObsoleteAttribute()
-               {
-               }
-
        }
 
        //
        // Properties and Indexers both generate PropertyBuilders, we use this to share 
        // their common bits.
        //
-       abstract public class PropertyBase : MethodCore {
+       abstract public class PropertyBase : PropertyBasedMember {
 
-               public class GetMethod: PropertyMethod
+               public class GetMethod : PropertyMethod
                {
                        static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "method", "return" };
 
-                       public GetMethod (MethodCore method):
+                       public GetMethod (PropertyBase method):
                                base (method, "get_")
                        {
                        }
 
-                       public GetMethod (MethodCore method, Accessor accessor):
+                       public GetMethod (PropertyBase method, Accessor accessor):
                                base (method, accessor, "get_")
                        {
                        }
 
-                       public override MethodBuilder Define(TypeContainer container)
+                       public override MethodBuilder Define (DeclSpace parent)
                        {
-                               base.Define (container);
+                               base.Define (parent);
                                
-                               method_data = new MethodData (method, method.ParameterInfo, ModFlags, flags, this);
+                               method_data = new MethodData (method, ModFlags, flags, this);
 
-                               if (!method_data.Define (container))
+                               if (!method_data.Define (parent))
                                        return null;
 
                                return method_data.MethodBuilder;
                        }
 
-                       public override string GetSignatureForError (TypeContainer tc)
-                       {
-                               return String.Concat (base.GetSignatureForError (tc), ".get");
-                       }
-
                        public override Type ReturnType {
                                get {
                                        return method.MemberType;
                                }
                        }
 
+                       public override Parameters ParameterInfo {
+                               get {
+                                       return Parameters.EmptyReadOnlyParameters;
+                               }
+                       }
+
                        public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
                                get {
                                        return attribute_targets;
@@ -5994,17 +6360,18 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               public class SetMethod: PropertyMethod {
+               public class SetMethod : PropertyMethod {
 
                        static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "method", "param", "return" };
                        ImplicitParameter param_attr;
+                       protected Parameters parameters;
 
-                       public SetMethod (MethodCore method):
+                       public SetMethod (PropertyBase method):
                                base (method, "set_")
                        {
                        }
 
-                       public SetMethod (MethodCore method, Accessor accessor):
+                       public SetMethod (PropertyBase method, Accessor accessor):
                                base (method, accessor, "set_")
                        {
                        }
@@ -6022,44 +6389,34 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
                        }
 
-                       protected virtual InternalParameters GetParameterInfo (EmitContext ec)
-                       {
-                               Parameter [] parms = new Parameter [1];
-                               parms [0] = new Parameter (method.Type, "value", Parameter.Modifier.NONE, null);
-                               Parameters parameters = new Parameters (parms, null, method.Location);
-
-                               bool old_unsafe = ec.InUnsafe;
-                               ec.InUnsafe = InUnsafe;
-                               Type [] types = parameters.GetParameterInfo (ec);
-                               ec.InUnsafe = old_unsafe;
-
-                               return new InternalParameters (types, parameters);
+                       public override Parameters ParameterInfo {
+                               get {
+                                       if (parameters == null)
+                                               DefineParameters ();
+                                       return parameters;
+                               }
                        }
 
-                       public override MethodBuilder Define (TypeContainer container)
+                       protected virtual void DefineParameters ()
                        {
-                               if (container.EmitContext == null)
-                                       throw new InternalErrorException ("SetMethod.Define called too early");
-                                       
-                               base.Define (container);
-                               
-                               method_data = new MethodData (method, GetParameterInfo (container.EmitContext), ModFlags, flags, this);
+                               parameters = new Parameters (
+                                       new Parameter[] { new Parameter (method.MemberType, "value", Parameter.Modifier.NONE, null, Location) },
+                                       new Type[] { method.MemberType });
+                       }
 
-                               if (!method_data.Define (container))
+                       public override MethodBuilder Define (DeclSpace parent)
+                       {
+                               if (IsDummy)
                                        return null;
 
-                               return method_data.MethodBuilder;
-                       }
+                               base.Define (parent);
 
-                       public override string GetSignatureForError (TypeContainer tc)
-                       {
-                               return String.Concat (base.GetSignatureForError (tc), ".set");
-                       }
+                               method_data = new MethodData (method, ModFlags, flags, this);
 
-                       public override Type[] ParameterTypes {
-                               get {
-                                       return new Type[] { method.MemberType };
-                               }
+                               if (!method_data.Define (parent))
+                                       return null;
+
+                               return method_data.MethodBuilder;
                        }
 
                        public override Type ReturnType {
@@ -6077,51 +6434,74 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "property" };
 
-               public abstract class PropertyMethod: AbstractPropertyEventMethod
+               public abstract class PropertyMethod : AbstractPropertyEventMethod
                {
-                       protected readonly MethodCore method;
+                       protected readonly PropertyBase method;
                        protected MethodAttributes flags;
+                       Iterator iterator;
+                       ArrayList anonymous_methods;
+                       bool yields;
 
-                       public PropertyMethod (MethodCore method, string prefix)
+                       public PropertyMethod (PropertyBase method, string prefix)
                                : base (method, prefix)
                        {
                                this.method = method;
-                               Parent = method.Parent;
                        }
 
-                       public PropertyMethod (MethodCore method, Accessor accessor,
+                       public PropertyMethod (PropertyBase method, Accessor accessor,
                                               string prefix)
                                : base (method, accessor, prefix)
                        {
                                this.method = method;
-                               Parent = method.Parent;
                                this.ModFlags = accessor.ModFlags;
+                               yields = accessor.Yields;
+                               anonymous_methods = accessor.AnonymousMethods;
 
                                if (accessor.ModFlags != 0 && RootContext.Version == LanguageVersion.ISO_1) {
-                                       Report.FeatureIsNotStandardized (Location, "accessor modifiers");
+                                       Report.FeatureIsNotISO1 (Location, "access modifiers on properties");
                                }
                        }
 
+                       public override Iterator Iterator {
+                               get { return iterator; }
+                       }
+
                        public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
                                get {
                                        return AttributeTargets.Method;
                                }
                        }
 
-                       public override bool IsClsCompliaceRequired(DeclSpace ds)
+                       public override bool IsClsComplianceRequired ()
                        {
-                               return method.IsClsCompliaceRequired (ds);
+                               return method.IsClsComplianceRequired ();
                        }
 
-                       public InternalParameters ParameterInfo 
+                       public bool ResolveMembers ()
                        {
-                               get {
-                                       return method_data.ParameterInfo;
+                               if (yields) {
+                                       iterator = Iterator.CreateIterator (this, Parent, null, ModFlags);
+                                       if (iterator == null)
+                                               return false;
                                }
+
+                               if (anonymous_methods != null) {
+                                       foreach (AnonymousMethodExpression ame in anonymous_methods) {
+                                               if (!ame.CreateAnonymousHelpers ())
+                                                       return false;
+                                       }
+                               }
+
+                               return true;
                        }
 
-                       public virtual MethodBuilder Define (TypeContainer container)
+                       public virtual MethodBuilder Define (DeclSpace parent)
                        {
+                               if (!method.CheckAbstractAndExtern (block != null))
+                                       return null;
+
+                               TypeContainer container = parent.PartialContainer;
+
                                //
                                // Check for custom access modifier
                                //
@@ -6129,11 +6509,15 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        ModFlags = method.ModFlags;
                                        flags = method.flags;
                                } else {
+                                       if (container.Kind == Kind.Interface)
+                                               Report.Error (275, Location, "`{0}': accessibility modifiers may not be used on accessors in an interface",
+                                                       GetSignatureForError ());
+
                                        if ((method.ModFlags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0 && (ModFlags & Modifiers.PRIVATE) != 0) {
-                                               Report.Error (442, Location, "{0}': abstract properties cannot have private accessors", GetSignatureForError (container));
+                                               Report.Error (442, Location, "`{0}': abstract properties cannot have private accessors", GetSignatureForError ());
                                        }
 
-                                       CheckModifiers (container, ModFlags);
+                                       CheckModifiers (ModFlags);
                                        ModFlags |= (method.ModFlags & (~Modifiers.Accessibility));
                                        ModFlags |= Modifiers.PROPERTY_CUSTOM;
                                        flags = Modifiers.MethodAttr (ModFlags);
@@ -6141,7 +6525,6 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                }
 
                                return null;
-
                        }
 
                        public bool HasCustomAccessModifier
@@ -6151,31 +6534,24 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                }
                        }
 
-                       public override Type[] ParameterTypes {
-                               get {
-                                       return TypeManager.NoTypes;
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       public override EmitContext CreateEmitContext (TypeContainer tc,
-                                                                      ILGenerator ig)
+                       public override EmitContext CreateEmitContext (DeclSpace ds, ILGenerator ig)
                        {
-                               return new EmitContext (
-                                       tc, method.Parent, method.Location, ig, ReturnType,
+                               return new EmitContext (method,
+                                       ds, method.ds, method.Location, ig, ReturnType,
                                        method.ModFlags, false);
                        }
 
                        public override ObsoleteAttribute GetObsoleteAttribute ()
                        {
-                               return method.GetObsoleteAttribute (method.Parent);
+                               return method.GetObsoleteAttribute ();
                        }
 
-                       public override string GetSignatureForError (TypeContainer tc)
+                       public override string GetSignatureForError()
                        {
-                               return String.Concat (tc.Name, '.', method.Name);
+                               return method.GetSignatureForError () + '.' + prefix.Substring (0, 3);
                        }
                        
-                       void CheckModifiers (TypeContainer container, int modflags)
+                       void CheckModifiers (int modflags)
                        {
                                int flags = 0;
                                int mflags = method.ModFlags & Modifiers.Accessibility;
@@ -6192,9 +6568,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                else if ((mflags & Modifiers.INTERNAL) != 0)
                                        flags |= Modifiers.PRIVATE;
 
-                               if ((mflags == modflags) || (modflags & (~flags)) != 0)
-                                       Report.Error (273, Location, "{0}: accessibility modifier must be more restrictive than the property or indexer",
-                                               GetSignatureForError (container));
+                               if ((mflags == modflags) || (modflags & (~flags)) != 0) {
+                                       Report.Error (273, Location,
+                                               "The accessibility modifier of the `{0}' accessor must be more restrictive than the modifier of the property or indexer `{1}'",
+                                               GetSignatureForError (), method.GetSignatureForError ());
+                               }
                        }
 
                        public override bool MarkForDuplicationCheck ()
@@ -6204,20 +6582,18 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-
                public PropertyMethod Get, Set;
                public PropertyBuilder PropertyBuilder;
                public MethodBuilder GetBuilder, SetBuilder;
 
-               protected EmitContext ec;
+               protected bool define_set_first = false;
 
-               public PropertyBase (TypeContainer ds, Expression type, int mod_flags,
+               public PropertyBase (DeclSpace parent, Expression type, int mod_flags,
                                     int allowed_mod, bool is_iface, MemberName name,
-                                    Parameters parameters, Attributes attrs,
-                                    Location loc)
-                       : base (ds, type, mod_flags, allowed_mod, is_iface, name,
-                               attrs, parameters, loc)
+                                    Attributes attrs, bool define_set_first)
+                       : base (parent, null, type, mod_flags, allowed_mod, is_iface, name,     attrs)
                {
+                        this.define_set_first = define_set_first;
                }
 
                public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
@@ -6256,7 +6632,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        // Accessors modifiers check
                        //
                        if (Get.ModFlags != 0 && Set.ModFlags != 0) {
-                               Report.Error (274, Location, "'{0}': cannot specify accessibility modifiers for both accessors of the property or indexer.",
+                               Report.Error (274, Location, "`{0}': Cannot specify accessibility modifiers for both accessors of the property or indexer",
                                                GetSignatureForError ());
                                return false;
                        }
@@ -6264,7 +6640,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if ((Get.IsDummy || Set.IsDummy)
                                        && (Get.ModFlags != 0 || Set.ModFlags != 0) && (ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) == 0) {
                                Report.Error (276, Location, 
-                                       "'{0}': accessibility modifiers on accessors may only be used if the property or indexer has both a get and a set accessor.",
+                                       "`{0}': accessibility modifiers on accessors may only be used if the property or indexer has both a get and a set accessor",
                                        GetSignatureForError ());
                                return false;
                        }
@@ -6274,51 +6650,40 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                return false;
                        }
 
-                       ec = new EmitContext (Parent, Location, null, MemberType, ModFlags);
                        return true;
                }
 
-               public override string GetSignatureForError()
+               bool DefineGet ()
+               {
+                       if (Get.IsDummy)
+                               return true;
+
+                       GetBuilder = Get.Define (Parent);
+                       return GetBuilder != null;
+               }
+
+               bool DefineSet (bool define)
                {
-                       if (PropertyBuilder == null)
-                               return GetSignatureForError (Parent);
+                       if (!define || Set.IsDummy)
+                               return true;
 
-                       return TypeManager.CSharpSignature (PropertyBuilder, false);
+                       SetBuilder = Set.Define (Parent);
+                       return SetBuilder != null;
                }
 
-               protected override bool CheckForDuplications ()
+               protected bool DefineAccessors ()
                {
-                       ArrayList ar = Parent.Indexers;
-                       if (ar != null) {
-                               int arLen = ar.Count;
-                                       
-                               for (int i = 0; i < arLen; i++) {
-                                       Indexer m = (Indexer) ar [i];
-                                       if (IsDuplicateImplementation (m))
-                                               return false;
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       ar = Parent.Properties;
-                       if (ar != null) {
-                               int arLen = ar.Count;
-                                       
-                               for (int i = 0; i < arLen; i++) {
-                                       Property m = (Property) ar [i];
-                                       if (IsDuplicateImplementation (m))
-                                               return false;
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       return true;
+                       return DefineSet (define_set_first) &&
+                               DefineGet () &&
+                               DefineSet (!define_set_first);
                }
 
+               protected abstract PropertyInfo ResolveBaseProperty ();
+
                // TODO: rename to Resolve......
-               protected override MethodInfo FindOutBaseMethod (TypeContainer container, ref Type base_ret_type)
+               protected override MethodInfo FindOutBaseMethod (ref Type base_ret_type)
                {
-                       PropertyInfo base_property = container.BaseCache.FindMemberToOverride (
-                               container.TypeBuilder, Name, ParameterTypes, true) as PropertyInfo;
-  
+                       PropertyInfo base_property = ResolveBaseProperty ();
                        if (base_property == null)
                                return null;
   
@@ -6330,18 +6695,20 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0) {
                                if (Get != null && !Get.IsDummy && get_accessor == null) {
                                        Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_property);
-                                       Report.Error (545, Location, "'{0}': cannot override because '{1}' does not have an overridable get accessor", GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (base_property));
+                                       Report.Error (545, Location, "`{0}.get': cannot override because `{1}' does not have an overridable get accessor", GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (base_property));
                                }
 
                                if (Set != null && !Set.IsDummy && set_accessor == null) {
                                        Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (base_property);
-                                       Report.Error (546, Location, "'{0}': cannot override because '{1}' does not have an overridable set accessor", GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (base_property));
+                                       Report.Error (546, Location, "`{0}.set': cannot override because `{1}' does not have an overridable set accessor", GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (base_property));
                                }
                        }
                        
                        //
                        // Check base class accessors access
                        //
+
+                       // TODO: rewrite to reuse Get|Set.CheckAccessModifiers and share code there
                        get_accessor_access = set_accessor_access = 0;
                        if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0) {
                                if (get_accessor != null) {
@@ -6349,8 +6716,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        get_accessor_access = (get_accessor.Attributes & MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask);
 
                                        if (!Get.IsDummy && !CheckAccessModifiers (get_flags & MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask, get_accessor_access, get_accessor))
-                                               Report.Error (507, Location, "'{0}' can't change the access modifiers when overriding inherited member '{1}'",
-                                                               GetSignatureForError (), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (base_property));
+                                               Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (get_accessor, get_accessor_access,  ".get");
                                }
 
                                if (set_accessor != null)  {
@@ -6358,8 +6724,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        set_accessor_access = (set_accessor.Attributes & MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask);
 
                                        if (!Set.IsDummy && !CheckAccessModifiers (set_flags & MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask, set_accessor_access, set_accessor))
-                                               Report.Error (507, Location, "'{0}' can't change the access modifiers when overriding inherited member '{1}'",
-                                                               GetSignatureForError (container), TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (base_property));
+                                               Error_CannotChangeAccessModifiers (set_accessor, set_accessor_access, ".set");
                                }
                        }
 
@@ -6367,7 +6732,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        // Get the less restrictive access
                        //
                        return get_accessor_access > set_accessor_access ? get_accessor : set_accessor;
-               }
+               }
 
                public override void Emit ()
                {
@@ -6377,7 +6742,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        // put the attribute
                        //
                        if (PropertyBuilder != null && OptAttributes != null)
-                               OptAttributes.Emit (ec, this);
+                               OptAttributes.Emit ();
 
                        if (!Get.IsDummy)
                                Get.Emit (Parent);
@@ -6414,18 +6779,6 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Set.UpdateName (this);
                }
 
-               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance (DeclSpace ds)
-               {
-                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance (ds))
-                               return false;
-
-                       if ((Get.ModFlags != ModFlags && !Get.IsDummy) || (Set.ModFlags != ModFlags && !Set.IsDummy)) {
-                               Report.Error (3025, Get.ModFlags != ModFlags ? Get.Location : Set.Location,
-                                       "CLS-compliant accessors must have the same accessibility as their property");
-                       }
-                       return true;
-               }
-
                public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
                        get {
                                return attribute_targets;
@@ -6440,7 +6793,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                }
        }
                        
-       public class Property : PropertyBase, IIteratorContainer {
+       public class Property : PropertyBase {
                const int AllowedModifiers =
                        Modifiers.NEW |
                        Modifiers.PUBLIC |
@@ -6459,13 +6812,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                const int AllowedInterfaceModifiers =
                        Modifiers.NEW;
 
-               public Property (TypeContainer ds, Expression type, int mod, bool is_iface,
+               public Property (DeclSpace parent, Expression type, int mod, bool is_iface,
                                 MemberName name, Attributes attrs, Accessor get_block,
-                                Accessor set_block, Location loc)
-                       : base (ds, type, mod,
+                                Accessor set_block, bool define_set_first)
+                       : base (parent, type, mod,
                                is_iface ? AllowedInterfaceModifiers : AllowedModifiers,
-                               is_iface, name, Parameters.EmptyReadOnlyParameters, attrs,
-                               loc)
+                               is_iface, name, attrs, define_set_first)
                {
                        if (get_block == null)
                                Get = new GetMethod (this);
@@ -6480,6 +6832,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public override bool Define ()
                {
+                       if (!DoDefineBase ())
+                               return false;
+
                        if (!base.Define ())
                                return false;
 
@@ -6488,58 +6843,28 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        flags |= MethodAttributes.HideBySig | MethodAttributes.SpecialName;
 
-                       if (!Get.IsDummy) {
-
-                               GetBuilder = Get.Define (Parent);
-                               if (GetBuilder == null)
-                                       return false;
-
-                               //
-                               // Setup iterator if we are one
-                               //
-                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.METHOD_YIELDS) != 0){
-                                       Iterator iterator = new Iterator (
-                                               Parent, "get", MemberType,
-                                               Get.ParameterInfo,
-                                               ModFlags, Get.Block, Location);
-                                       
-                                       if (!iterator.DefineIterator ())
-                                               return false;
-                                       Get.Block = iterator.Block;
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       if (!Set.IsDummy) {
-                               SetBuilder = Set.Define (Parent);
-                               if (SetBuilder == null)
-                                       return false;
-
-                               SetBuilder.DefineParameter (1, ParameterAttributes.None, "value"); 
-                       }
+                       if (!DefineAccessors ())
+                               return false;
 
                        // FIXME - PropertyAttributes.HasDefault ?
-                       
-                       PropertyAttributes prop_attr = PropertyAttributes.None;
-                       if (!IsInterface)
-                               prop_attr |= PropertyAttributes.RTSpecialName |
-                                       PropertyAttributes.SpecialName;
 
                        PropertyBuilder = Parent.TypeBuilder.DefineProperty (
-                            Name, prop_attr, MemberType, null);
-                       
+                               MemberName.ToString (), PropertyAttributes.None, MemberType, null);
+
                        if (!Get.IsDummy)
                                PropertyBuilder.SetGetMethod (GetBuilder);
                                
                        if (!Set.IsDummy)
                                PropertyBuilder.SetSetMethod (SetBuilder);
                        
-                       TypeManager.RegisterProperty (PropertyBuilder, GetBuilder, SetBuilder);
+                       TypeManager.RegisterProperty (PropertyBuilder, this);
                        return true;
                }
 
-               public void SetYields ()
+               protected override PropertyInfo ResolveBaseProperty ()
                {
-                       ModFlags |= Modifiers.METHOD_YIELDS;
+                       return Parent.PartialContainer.BaseCache.FindMemberToOverride (
+                               Parent.TypeBuilder, Name, Parameters.EmptyReadOnlyParameters.Types, null, true) as PropertyInfo;
                }
        }
 
@@ -6683,7 +7008,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public void SetUsed ()
                {
                        if (my_event != null) {
-                               my_event.status = FieldBase.Status.ASSIGNED;
+//                             my_event.SetAssigned ();
                                my_event.SetMemberIsUsed ();
                        }
                }
@@ -6693,82 +7018,123 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
        /// For case when event is declared like property (with add and remove accessors).
        /// </summary>
        public class EventProperty: Event {
+               abstract class AEventPropertyAccessor : AEventAccessor
+               {
+                       public AEventPropertyAccessor (Event method, Accessor accessor, string prefix):
+                               base (method, accessor, prefix)
+                       {
+                       }
 
-               static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "event", "property" };
+                       public override MethodBuilder Define (DeclSpace ds)
+                       {
+                               method.CheckAbstractAndExtern (block != null);
+                               return base.Define (ds);
+                       }
+               }
 
-               public EventProperty (TypeContainer parent, Expression type, int mod_flags,
-                                     bool is_iface, MemberName name, Object init,
-                                     Attributes attrs, Accessor add, Accessor remove,
-                                     Location loc)
-                       : base (parent, type, mod_flags, is_iface, name, init, attrs, loc)
+               sealed class AddDelegateMethod: AEventPropertyAccessor
                {
-                       Add = new AddDelegateMethod (this, add);
-                       Remove = new RemoveDelegateMethod (this, remove);
+                       public AddDelegateMethod (Event method, Accessor accessor):
+                               base (method, accessor, "add_")
+                       {
+                       }
 
-                       // For this event syntax we don't report error CS0067
-                       // because it is hard to do it.
-                       SetAssigned ();
+                       protected override MethodInfo DelegateMethodInfo {
+                               get {
+                                       return TypeManager.delegate_combine_delegate_delegate;
+                               }
+                       }
                }
 
-               public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
-                       get {
-                               return attribute_targets;
+               sealed class RemoveDelegateMethod: AEventPropertyAccessor
+               {
+                       public RemoveDelegateMethod (Event method, Accessor accessor):
+                               base (method, accessor, "remove_")
+                       {
+                       }
+
+                       protected override MethodInfo DelegateMethodInfo {
+                               get {
+                                       return TypeManager.delegate_remove_delegate_delegate;
+                               }
                        }
                }
-       }
 
-       /// <summary>
-       /// Event is declared like field.
-       /// </summary>
-       public class EventField: Event {
 
-               static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "event", "field", "method" };
-               static string[] attribute_targets_interface = new string[] { "event", "method" };
+               static readonly string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "event" }; // "property" target was disabled for 2.0 version
 
-               public EventField (TypeContainer parent, Expression type, int mod_flags,
-                                  bool is_iface, MemberName name, Object init,
-                                  Attributes attrs, Location loc)
-                       : base (parent, type, mod_flags, is_iface, name, init, attrs, loc)
+               public EventProperty (DeclSpace parent, Expression type, int mod_flags,
+                                     bool is_iface, MemberName name,
+                                     Attributes attrs, Accessor add, Accessor remove)
+                       : base (parent, type, mod_flags, is_iface, name, attrs)
                {
-                       Add = new AddDelegateMethod (this);
-                       Remove = new RemoveDelegateMethod (this);
+                       Add = new AddDelegateMethod (this, add);
+                       Remove = new RemoveDelegateMethod (this, remove);
                }
 
-               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
+               public override bool Define()
                {
-                       if (a.Target == AttributeTargets.Field) {
-                               FieldBuilder.SetCustomAttribute (cb);
-                               return;
-                       }
+                       if (!base.Define ())
+                               return false;
 
-                       if (a.Target == AttributeTargets.Method) {
-                               Add.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
-                               Remove.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
-                               return;
-                       }
+                       if (IsExplicitImpl)
+                               SetMemberIsUsed ();
 
-                       base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
+                       return true;
                }
 
                public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
                        get {
-                               return IsInterface ? attribute_targets_interface : attribute_targets;
+                               return attribute_targets;
                        }
                }
        }
 
-       public abstract class Event : FieldBase {
-
-               protected sealed class AddDelegateMethod: DelegateMethod
+       /// <summary>
+       /// Event is declared like field.
+       /// </summary>
+       public class EventField : Event {
+               abstract class EventFieldAccessor : AEventAccessor
                {
+                       protected EventFieldAccessor (Event method, string prefix)
+                               : base (method, prefix)
+                       {
+                       }
 
-                       public AddDelegateMethod (Event method):
-                               base (method, "add_")
+                       protected override void EmitMethod(DeclSpace parent)
                        {
+                               if ((method.ModFlags & (Modifiers.ABSTRACT | Modifiers.EXTERN)) != 0)
+                                       return;
+
+                               ILGenerator ig = method_data.MethodBuilder.GetILGenerator ();
+
+                               // TODO: because we cannot use generics yet
+                               FieldInfo field_info = ((EventField)method).FieldBuilder;
+
+                               method_data.MethodBuilder.SetImplementationFlags (MethodImplAttributes.Synchronized);
+                               if ((method.ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0) {
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldsfld, field_info);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Call, DelegateMethodInfo);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Castclass, method.MemberType);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Stsfld, field_info);
+                               } else {
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldfld, field_info);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldarg_1);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Call, DelegateMethodInfo);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Castclass, method.MemberType);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Stfld, field_info);
+                               }
+                               ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ret);
                        }
+               }
 
-                       public AddDelegateMethod (Event method, Accessor accessor):
-                               base (method, accessor, "add_")
+               sealed class AddDelegateMethod: EventFieldAccessor
+               {
+                       public AddDelegateMethod (Event method):
+                               base (method, "add_")
                        {
                        }
 
@@ -6777,148 +7143,176 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return TypeManager.delegate_combine_delegate_delegate;
                                }
                        }
-
                }
 
-               protected sealed class RemoveDelegateMethod: DelegateMethod
+               sealed class RemoveDelegateMethod: EventFieldAccessor
                {
                        public RemoveDelegateMethod (Event method):
                                base (method, "remove_")
                        {
                        }
 
-                       public RemoveDelegateMethod (Event method, Accessor accessor):
-                               base (method, accessor, "remove_")
-                       {
-                       }
-
                        protected override MethodInfo DelegateMethodInfo {
                                get {
                                        return TypeManager.delegate_remove_delegate_delegate;
                                }
                        }
-
                }
 
-               public abstract class DelegateMethod: AbstractPropertyEventMethod
-               {
-                       protected readonly Event method;
-                       ImplicitParameter param_attr;
 
-                       static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "method", "param", "return" };
+               static readonly string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "event", "field", "method" };
+               static readonly string[] attribute_targets_interface = new string[] { "event", "method" };
 
-                       public DelegateMethod (Event method, string prefix)
-                               : base (method, prefix)
-                       {
-                               this.method = method;
+               public FieldBuilder FieldBuilder;
+               public Expression Initializer;
+
+               public EventField (DeclSpace parent, Expression type, int mod_flags,
+                                  bool is_iface, MemberName name,
+                                  Attributes attrs)
+                       : base (parent, type, mod_flags, is_iface, name, attrs)
+               {
+                       Add = new AddDelegateMethod (this);
+                       Remove = new RemoveDelegateMethod (this);
+               }
+
+               public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
+               {
+                       if (a.Target == AttributeTargets.Field) {
+                               FieldBuilder.SetCustomAttribute (cb);
+                               return;
                        }
 
-                       public DelegateMethod (Event method, Accessor accessor, string prefix)
-                               : base (method, accessor, prefix)
-                       {
-                               this.method = method;
+                       if (a.Target == AttributeTargets.Method) {
+                               int errors = Report.Errors;
+                               Add.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
+                               if (errors == Report.Errors)
+                                       Remove.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
+                               return;
                        }
 
-                       protected override void ApplyToExtraTarget(Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
-                       {
-                               if (a.Target == AttributeTargets.Parameter) {
-                                       if (param_attr == null)
-                                               param_attr = new ImplicitParameter (method_data.MethodBuilder);
+                       base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
+               }
 
-                                       param_attr.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
-                                       return;
-                               }
+               public override bool Define()
+               {
+                       if (!base.Define ())
+                               return false;
 
-                               base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
-                       }
+                       if (IsInterface)
+                               return true;
 
-                       public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
-                               get {
-                                       return AttributeTargets.Method;
+                       // FIXME: We are unable to detect whether generic event is used because
+                       // we are using FieldExpr instead of EventExpr for event access in that
+                       // case.  When this issue will be fixed this hack can be removed.
+                       if (TypeManager.IsGenericType (MemberType))
+                               SetMemberIsUsed();
+
+                       FieldBuilder = Parent.TypeBuilder.DefineField (
+                               Name, MemberType,
+                               FieldAttributes.Private | ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0 ? FieldAttributes.Static : 0));
+                       TypeManager.RegisterEventField (EventBuilder, this);
+
+                       if (Initializer != null) {
+                               if (((ModFlags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0)) {
+                                       Report.Error (74, Location, "`{0}': abstract event cannot have an initializer",
+                                               GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       return false;
                                }
-                       }
 
-                       public override bool IsClsCompliaceRequired(DeclSpace ds)
-                       {
-                               return method.IsClsCompliaceRequired (ds);
+                               Parent.PartialContainer.RegisterFieldForInitialization (this,
+                                       new FieldInitializer (FieldBuilder, Initializer));
                        }
 
-                       public MethodBuilder Define (TypeContainer container, InternalParameters ip)
-                       {
-                               method_data = new MethodData (method, ip, method.ModFlags,
-                                       method.flags | MethodAttributes.HideBySig | MethodAttributes.SpecialName, this);
-
-                               if (!method_data.Define (container))
-                                       return null;
+                       return true;
+               }
 
-                               MethodBuilder mb = method_data.MethodBuilder;
-                               mb.DefineParameter (1, ParameterAttributes.None, "value");
-                               return mb;
+               public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets 
+               {
+                       get {
+                               return IsInterface ? attribute_targets_interface : attribute_targets;
                        }
+               }
+       }
+
+       public abstract class Event : PropertyBasedMember {
+               public abstract class AEventAccessor : AbstractPropertyEventMethod
+               {
+                       protected readonly Event method;
+                       ImplicitParameter param_attr;
 
+                       static readonly string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "method", "param", "return" };
 
-                       protected override void EmitMethod (TypeContainer tc)
+                       protected AEventAccessor (Event method, string prefix)
+                               : base (method, prefix)
                        {
-                               if (block != null) {
-                                       base.EmitMethod (tc);
-                                       return;
-                               }
+                               this.method = method;
+                       }
 
-                               if ((method.ModFlags & (Modifiers.ABSTRACT | Modifiers.EXTERN)) != 0)
-                                       return;
+                       protected AEventAccessor (Event method, Accessor accessor, string prefix)
+                               : base (method, accessor, prefix)
+                       {
+                               this.method = method;
+                       }
 
-                               ILGenerator ig = method_data.MethodBuilder.GetILGenerator ();
-                               FieldInfo field_info = (FieldInfo)method.FieldBuilder;
+                       public override Iterator Iterator {
+                               get { return null; }
+                       }
 
-                               method_data.MethodBuilder.SetImplementationFlags (MethodImplAttributes.Synchronized);
-                               if ((method.ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0) {
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldsfld, field_info);
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Call, DelegateMethodInfo);
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Castclass, method.MemberType);
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Stsfld, field_info);
-                               } else {
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldarg_0);
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldfld, field_info);
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldarg_1);
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Call, DelegateMethodInfo);
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Castclass, method.MemberType);
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Stfld, field_info);
+                       protected override void ApplyToExtraTarget(Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
+                       {
+                               if (a.Target == AttributeTargets.Parameter) {
+                                       if (param_attr == null)
+                                               param_attr = new ImplicitParameter (method_data.MethodBuilder);
+
+                                       param_attr.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
+                                       return;
                                }
-                               ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ret);
-                       }
 
-                       protected abstract MethodInfo DelegateMethodInfo { get; }
+                               base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
+                       }
 
-                       public override Type[] ParameterTypes {
+                       public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
                                get {
-                                       return new Type[] { method.MemberType };
+                                       return AttributeTargets.Method;
                                }
                        }
 
+                       public override bool IsClsComplianceRequired ()
+                       {
+                               return method.IsClsComplianceRequired ();
+                       }
+
+                       public virtual MethodBuilder Define (DeclSpace parent)
+                       {
+                               method_data = new MethodData (method, method.ModFlags,
+                                       method.flags | MethodAttributes.HideBySig | MethodAttributes.SpecialName, this);
+
+                               if (!method_data.Define (parent))
+                                       return null;
+
+                               MethodBuilder mb = method_data.MethodBuilder;
+                               ParameterInfo.ApplyAttributes (mb);
+                               return mb;
+                       }
+
+                       protected abstract MethodInfo DelegateMethodInfo { get; }
+
                        public override Type ReturnType {
                                get {
                                        return TypeManager.void_type;
                                }
                        }
 
-                       public override EmitContext CreateEmitContext (TypeContainer tc,
-                                                                      ILGenerator ig)
+                       public override EmitContext CreateEmitContext (DeclSpace ds, ILGenerator ig)
                        {
                                return new EmitContext (
-                                       tc, method.Parent, Location, ig, ReturnType,
+                                       ds, method.Parent, Location, ig, ReturnType,
                                        method.ModFlags, false);
                        }
 
-                       public override string GetSignatureForError (TypeContainer tc)
-                       {
-                               return String.Concat (tc.Name, '.', method.Name);
-                       }
-
                        public override ObsoleteAttribute GetObsoleteAttribute ()
                        {
-                               return method.GetObsoleteAttribute (method.Parent);
+                               return method.GetObsoleteAttribute ();
                        }
 
                        public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
@@ -6926,6 +7320,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return attribute_targets;
                                }
                        }
+
+                       public override Parameters ParameterInfo {
+                               get {
+                                       return method.parameters;
+                               }
+                       }
                }
 
 
@@ -6940,23 +7340,24 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Modifiers.SEALED |
                        Modifiers.OVERRIDE |
                        Modifiers.UNSAFE |
-                       Modifiers.ABSTRACT;
+                       Modifiers.ABSTRACT |
+                       Modifiers.EXTERN;
 
                const int AllowedInterfaceModifiers =
                        Modifiers.NEW;
 
-               public DelegateMethod Add, Remove;
+               public AEventAccessor Add, Remove;
                public MyEventBuilder     EventBuilder;
                public MethodBuilder AddBuilder, RemoveBuilder;
 
-               public Event (TypeContainer parent, Expression type, int mod_flags,
-                             bool is_iface, MemberName name, Object init, Attributes attrs,
-                             Location loc)
-                       : base (parent, type, mod_flags,
-                               is_iface ? AllowedInterfaceModifiers : AllowedModifiers,
-                               name, init, attrs, loc)
+               Parameters parameters;
+
+               protected Event (DeclSpace parent, Expression type, int mod_flags,
+                             bool is_iface, MemberName name, Attributes attrs)
+                       : base (parent, null, type, mod_flags,
+                               is_iface ? AllowedInterfaceModifiers : AllowedModifiers, is_iface,
+                               name, attrs)
                {
-                       IsInterface = is_iface;
                }
 
                public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb)
@@ -6982,37 +7383,20 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public override bool Define ()
                {
-                       EventAttributes e_attr;
-                       e_attr = EventAttributes.None;
+                       if (!DoDefineBase ())
+                               return false;
 
                        if (!DoDefine ())
                                return false;
 
-                       if (init != null && ((ModFlags & Modifiers.ABSTRACT) != 0)){
-                               Report.Error (74, Location, "'" + Parent.Name + "." + Name +
-                                             "': abstract event can not have an initializer");
-                               return false;
-                       }
-                       
-                       if (!MemberType.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.delegate_type)) {
-                               Report.Error (66, Location, "'" + Parent.Name + "." + Name +
-                                             "' : event must be of a delegate type");
+                       if (!TypeManager.IsDelegateType (MemberType)) {
+                               Report.Error (66, Location, "`{0}': event must be of a delegate type", GetSignatureForError ());
                                return false;
                        }
 
-                       EmitContext ec = Parent.EmitContext;
-                       if (ec == null)
-                               throw new InternalErrorException ("Event.Define called too early?");
-                       bool old_unsafe = ec.InUnsafe;
-                       ec.InUnsafe = InUnsafe;
-
-                       Parameter [] parms = new Parameter [1];
-                       parms [0] = new Parameter (Type, "value", Parameter.Modifier.NONE, null);
-                       Parameters parameters = new Parameters (parms, null, Location);
-                       Type [] types = parameters.GetParameterInfo (ec);
-                       InternalParameters ip = new InternalParameters (types, parameters);
-
-                       ec.InUnsafe = old_unsafe;
+                       parameters = new Parameters (
+                               new Parameter[] { new Parameter (MemberType, "value", Parameter.Modifier.NONE, null, Location) },
+                               new Type[] { MemberType } );
 
                        if (!CheckBase ())
                                return false;
@@ -7021,54 +7405,24 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        // Now define the accessors
                        //
 
-                       AddBuilder = Add.Define (Parent, ip);
+                       AddBuilder = Add.Define (Parent);
                        if (AddBuilder == null)
                                return false;
 
-                       RemoveBuilder = Remove.Define (Parent, ip);
+                       RemoveBuilder = Remove.Define (Parent);
                        if (RemoveBuilder == null)
                                return false;
 
-                       EventBuilder = new MyEventBuilder (this, Parent.TypeBuilder, Name, e_attr, MemberType);
-                       
-                       if (Add.Block == null && Remove.Block == null && !IsInterface) {
-                               FieldBuilder = Parent.TypeBuilder.DefineField (
-                                       Name, MemberType,
-                                       FieldAttributes.Private | ((ModFlags & Modifiers.STATIC) != 0 ? FieldAttributes.Static : 0));
-                               TypeManager.RegisterPrivateFieldOfEvent (
-                                       (EventInfo) EventBuilder, FieldBuilder);
-                               TypeManager.RegisterFieldBase (FieldBuilder, this);
-                       }
-                       
+                       EventBuilder = new MyEventBuilder (this, Parent.TypeBuilder, Name, EventAttributes.None, MemberType);                                           
                        EventBuilder.SetAddOnMethod (AddBuilder);
                        EventBuilder.SetRemoveOnMethod (RemoveBuilder);
-
-                       TypeManager.RegisterEvent (EventBuilder, AddBuilder, RemoveBuilder);
                        return true;
                }
 
-               protected override bool CheckBase ()
-               {
-                       if (!base.CheckBase ())
-                               return false;
-                       if (conflict_symbol != null && (ModFlags & Modifiers.NEW) == 0) {
-                               if (!(conflict_symbol is EventInfo)) {
-                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (conflict_symbol);
-                                       Report.Error (72, Location, "Event '{0}' can override only event", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
-                                       return false;
-                               }
-                       }
-                       return true;
-               }
-
                public override void Emit ()
                {
                        if (OptAttributes != null) {
-                               EmitContext ec = new EmitContext (
-                                       Parent, Location, null, MemberType, ModFlags);
-                               OptAttributes.Emit (ec, this);
+                               OptAttributes.Emit ();
                        }
 
                        Add.Emit (Parent);
@@ -7077,12 +7431,17 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        base.Emit ();
                }
 
-               public override string GetSignatureForError ()
+               protected override MethodInfo FindOutBaseMethod (ref Type base_ret_type)
                {
-                       if (EventBuilder == null)
-                               return base.GetSignatureForError (Parent);
+                       MethodInfo mi = (MethodInfo) Parent.PartialContainer.BaseCache.FindBaseEvent (
+                               Parent.TypeBuilder, Name);
 
-                       return TypeManager.GetFullNameSignature (EventBuilder);
+                       if (mi == null)
+                               return null;
+
+                       ParameterData pd = TypeManager.GetParameterData (mi);
+                       base_ret_type = pd.ParameterType (0);
+                       return mi;
                }
 
                //
@@ -7093,95 +7452,47 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                }
        }
 
-
        public class Indexer : PropertyBase {
 
-               class GetIndexerMethod: GetMethod
+               class GetIndexerMethod : GetMethod
                {
-                       public GetIndexerMethod (MethodCore method):
+                       public GetIndexerMethod (PropertyBase method):
                                base (method)
                        {
                        }
 
-                       public GetIndexerMethod (MethodCore method, Accessor accessor):
+                       public GetIndexerMethod (PropertyBase method, Accessor accessor):
                                base (method, accessor)
                        {
                        }
 
-                       // TODO: one GetSignatureForError is enough (reuse Parent member)
-                       public override string GetSignatureForError (TypeContainer tc)
-                       {
-                               string core = base.GetSignatureForError (tc);
-                               return core.Replace (TypeContainer.DefaultIndexerName, 
-                                       String.Format ("this[{0}]", TypeManager.CSharpName (ParameterTypes)));
-                       }
-
-                       public override Type[] ParameterTypes {
+                       public override Parameters ParameterInfo {
                                get {
-                                       return method.ParameterTypes;
+                                       return ((Indexer)method).parameters;
                                }
                        }
                }
 
                class SetIndexerMethod: SetMethod
                {
-                       readonly Parameters parameters;
-
-                       public SetIndexerMethod (MethodCore method):
+                       public SetIndexerMethod (PropertyBase method):
                                base (method)
                        {
                        }
 
-                       public SetIndexerMethod (MethodCore method, Parameters parameters, Accessor accessor):
+                       public SetIndexerMethod (PropertyBase method, Accessor accessor):
                                base (method, accessor)
                        {
-                               this.parameters = parameters;
-                       }
-
-                       public override Type[] ParameterTypes {
-                               get {
-                                       int top = method.ParameterTypes.Length;
-                                       Type [] set_pars = new Type [top + 1];
-                                       method.ParameterTypes.CopyTo (set_pars, 0);
-                                       set_pars [top] = method.MemberType;
-                                       return set_pars;
-                               }
                        }
 
-                       protected override InternalParameters GetParameterInfo (EmitContext ec)
+                       protected override void DefineParameters ()
                        {
-                               Parameter [] fixed_parms = parameters.FixedParameters;
-
-                               if (fixed_parms == null){
-                                       throw new Exception ("We currently do not support only array arguments in an indexer at: " + method.Location);
-                                       // BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG
-                                       // BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG
-                                       //
-                                       // Here is the problem: the `value' parameter has
-                                       // to come *after* the array parameter in the declaration
-                                       // like this:
-                                       // X (object [] x, Type value)
-                                       // .param [0]
-                                       //
-                                       // BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG
-                                       // BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG BUG
-                                       
-                               }
-                               
-                               Parameter [] tmp = new Parameter [fixed_parms.Length + 1];
-
-                               fixed_parms.CopyTo (tmp, 0);
-                               tmp [fixed_parms.Length] = new Parameter (
-                                       method.Type, "value", Parameter.Modifier.NONE, null);
-
-                               Parameters set_formal_params = new Parameters (tmp, null, method.Location);
-                               Type [] types = set_formal_params.GetParameterInfo (ec);
-                               
-                               return new InternalParameters (types, set_formal_params);
+                               parameters = Parameters.MergeGenerated (((Indexer)method).parameters,
+                                       new Parameter (method.MemberType, "value", Parameter.Modifier.NONE, null, method.Location));
                        }
                }
 
-
                const int AllowedModifiers =
                        Modifiers.NEW |
                        Modifiers.PUBLIC |
@@ -7198,14 +7509,17 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                const int AllowedInterfaceModifiers =
                        Modifiers.NEW;
 
+               public readonly Parameters parameters;
 
-               public Indexer (TypeContainer ds, Expression type, MemberName name, int mod,
+               public Indexer (DeclSpace parent, Expression type, MemberName name, int mod,
                                bool is_iface, Parameters parameters, Attributes attrs,
-                               Accessor get_block, Accessor set_block, Location loc)
-                       : base (ds, type, mod,
+                               Accessor get_block, Accessor set_block, bool define_set_first)
+                       : base (parent, type, mod,
                                is_iface ? AllowedInterfaceModifiers : AllowedModifiers,
-                               is_iface, name, parameters, attrs, loc)
+                               is_iface, name, attrs, define_set_first)
                {
+                       this.parameters = parameters;
+
                        if (get_block == null)
                                Get = new GetIndexerMethod (this);
                        else
@@ -7214,47 +7528,93 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (set_block == null)
                                Set = new SetIndexerMethod (this);
                        else
-                               Set = new SetIndexerMethod (this, parameters, set_block);
+                               Set = new SetIndexerMethod (this, set_block);
+               }
+               
+               protected override bool CheckForDuplications ()
+               {
+                       ArrayList ar = Parent.PartialContainer.Indexers;
+                       if (ar != null) {
+                               int arLen = ar.Count;
+                                       
+                               for (int i = 0; i < arLen; i++) {
+                                       Indexer m = (Indexer) ar [i];
+                                       if (IsDuplicateImplementation (m))
+                                               return false;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       return true;
+               }
+
+               bool IsDuplicateImplementation (Indexer indexer)
+               {
+                       if (this == indexer)
+                               return false;
+
+                       if (!MemberName.Equals (indexer.MemberName))
+                               return false;
+
+                       Type[] param_types = indexer.parameters.Types;
+
+                       // When it is not yet defined
+                       if (param_types == null)
+                               return false;
+
+                       if (param_types.Length != parameters.Count)
+                               return false;
+
+                       for (int i = 0; i < param_types.Length; i++)
+                               if (param_types [i] != parameters.Types [i])
+                                       return false;
+
+                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (indexer);
+                       Report.Error (111, Location, TypeContainer.Error111, indexer.GetSignatureForError ());
+                       return true;
                }
-                      
+
+
                public override bool Define ()
                {
-                       PropertyAttributes prop_attr =
-                               PropertyAttributes.RTSpecialName |
-                               PropertyAttributes.SpecialName;
-                       
+                       if (!DoDefineBase ())
+                               return false;
+
                        if (!base.Define ())
                                return false;
 
+                       if (!parameters.Resolve (ds))
+                               return false;
+
+                       if (!CheckParameters (parameters))
+                               return false;
+
                        if (MemberType == TypeManager.void_type) {
                                Report.Error (620, Location, "Indexers cannot have void type");
                                return false;
                        }
 
                        if (OptAttributes != null) {
-                               Attribute indexer_attr = OptAttributes.Search (TypeManager.indexer_name_type, ec);
+                               Attribute indexer_attr = OptAttributes.Search (TypeManager.indexer_name_type);
                                if (indexer_attr != null) {
                                        // Remove the attribute from the list because it is not emitted
                                        OptAttributes.Attrs.Remove (indexer_attr);
 
-                                       ShortName = indexer_attr.GetIndexerAttributeValue (ec);
+                                       string name = indexer_attr.GetIndexerAttributeValue ();
+                                       if (name == null)
+                                               return false;
+
+                                       ShortName = name;
 
                                        if (IsExplicitImpl) {
                                                Report.Error (415, indexer_attr.Location,
-                                                             "The 'IndexerName' attribute is valid only on an " +
+                                                             "The `IndexerName' attribute is valid only on an " +
                                                              "indexer that is not an explicit interface member declaration");
                                                return false;
                                        }
 
                                        if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.OVERRIDE) != 0) {
                                                Report.Error (609, indexer_attr.Location,
-                                                             "Cannot set the 'IndexerName' attribute on an indexer marked override");
-                                               return false;
-                                       }
-
-                                       if (!Tokenizer.IsValidIdentifier (ShortName)) {
-                                               Report.Error (633, indexer_attr.Location,
-                                                             "The argument to the 'IndexerName' attribute must be a valid identifier");
+                                                             "Cannot set the `IndexerName' attribute on an indexer marked override");
                                                return false;
                                        }
                                }
@@ -7266,62 +7626,41 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        ShortName = base_IndexerName;
                        }
 
-                       if (!Parent.AddToMemberContainer (this) ||
-                               !Parent.AddToMemberContainer (Get) || !Parent.AddToMemberContainer (Set))
+                       if (!Parent.PartialContainer.AddMember (this) ||
+                               !Parent.PartialContainer.AddMember (Get) || !Parent.PartialContainer.AddMember (Set))
                                return false;
 
                        if (!CheckBase ())
                                return false;
 
                        flags |= MethodAttributes.HideBySig | MethodAttributes.SpecialName;
-                       if (!Get.IsDummy){
-                               GetBuilder = Get.Define (Parent);
-                               if (GetBuilder == null)
-                                       return false;
-                       }
                        
-                       if (!Set.IsDummy){
-                               SetBuilder = Set.Define (Parent);
-                               if (SetBuilder == null)
-                                       return false;
+                       if (!DefineAccessors ())
+                               return false;
+
+                       if (!Get.IsDummy) {
+                               // Setup iterator if we are one
+                               if ((ModFlags & Modifiers.METHOD_YIELDS) != 0){
+                                       Iterator iterator = Iterator.CreateIterator (Get, Parent, null, ModFlags);
+                                       if (iterator == null)
+                                               return false;
+                               }
                        }
 
                        //
                        // Now name the parameters
                        //
-                       Parameter [] p = Parameters.FixedParameters;
+                       Parameter [] p = parameters.FixedParameters;
                        if (p != null) {
+                               // TODO: should be done in parser and it needs to do cycle
                                if ((p [0].ModFlags & Parameter.Modifier.ISBYREF) != 0) {
-                                       Report.Error (631, Location, "ref and out are not valid in this context");
+                                       CSharpParser.Error_ParameterModifierNotValid (Location);
                                        return false;
                                }
-
-                               int i;
-                               
-                               for (i = 0; i < p.Length; ++i) {
-                                       if (!Get.IsDummy)
-                                               GetBuilder.DefineParameter (
-                                                       i + 1, p [i].Attributes, p [i].Name);
-
-                                       if (!Set.IsDummy)
-                                               SetBuilder.DefineParameter (
-                                                       i + 1, p [i].Attributes, p [i].Name);
-                               }
-
-                               if (!Set.IsDummy)
-                                       SetBuilder.DefineParameter (
-                                               i + 1, ParameterAttributes.None, "value");
-                                       
-                               if (i != ParameterTypes.Length) {
-                                       Parameter array_param = Parameters.ArrayParameter;
-
-                                       SetBuilder.DefineParameter (
-                                               i + 1, array_param.Attributes, array_param.Name);
-                               }
                        }
 
                        PropertyBuilder = Parent.TypeBuilder.DefineProperty (
-                               Name, prop_attr, MemberType, ParameterTypes);
+                               Name, PropertyAttributes.None, MemberType, parameters.Types);
                        
                        if (!Get.IsDummy)
                                PropertyBuilder.SetGetMethod (GetBuilder);
@@ -7329,22 +7668,27 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (!Set.IsDummy)
                                PropertyBuilder.SetSetMethod (SetBuilder);
                                
-                       TypeManager.RegisterIndexer (PropertyBuilder, GetBuilder, SetBuilder, ParameterTypes);
+                       TypeManager.RegisterIndexer (PropertyBuilder, GetBuilder, SetBuilder, parameters.Types);
 
                        return true;
                }
 
-               public override string GetSignatureForError ()
+               public override string GetDocCommentName (DeclSpace ds)
                {
-                       if (PropertyBuilder == null)
-                               return GetSignatureForError (Parent);
-
-                       return TypeManager.CSharpSignature (PropertyBuilder, true);
+                       return DocUtil.GetMethodDocCommentName (this, parameters, ds);
                }
 
-               public override string GetSignatureForError(TypeContainer tc)
+               public override string GetSignatureForError ()
                {
-                       return String.Concat (tc.Name, ".this[", Parameters.FixedParameters [0].TypeName.ToString (), ']');
+                       StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder (Parent.GetSignatureForError ());
+                       if (MemberName.Left != null) {
+                               sb.Append ('.');
+                               sb.Append (MemberName.Left);
+                       }
+
+                       sb.Append (".this");
+                       sb.Append (parameters.GetSignatureForError ().Replace ('(', '[').Replace (')', ']'));
+                       return sb.ToString ();
                }
 
                public override bool MarkForDuplicationCheck ()
@@ -7353,9 +7697,23 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return true;
                }
 
+               protected override PropertyInfo ResolveBaseProperty ()
+               {
+                       return Parent.PartialContainer.BaseCache.FindMemberToOverride (
+                               Parent.TypeBuilder, Name, parameters.Types, null, true) as PropertyInfo;
+               }
+
+               protected override bool VerifyClsCompliance ()
+               {
+                       if (!base.VerifyClsCompliance ())
+                               return false;
+
+                       parameters.VerifyClsCompliance ();
+                       return true;
+               }
        }
 
-       public class Operator : MethodCore, IIteratorContainer {
+       public class Operator : MethodOrOperator, IAnonymousHost {
 
                const int AllowedModifiers =
                        Modifiers.PUBLIC |
@@ -7398,21 +7756,19 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        // Implicit and Explicit
                        Implicit,
-                       Explicit
+                       Explicit,
+
+                       // Just because of enum
+                       TOP
                };
 
                public readonly OpType OperatorType;
-               public MethodBuilder   OperatorMethodBuilder;
                
-               public Method OperatorMethod;
-
-               static string[] attribute_targets = new string [] { "method", "return" };
-
-               public Operator (TypeContainer parent, OpType type, Expression ret_type,
+               public Operator (DeclSpace parent, OpType type, Expression ret_type,
                                 int mod_flags, Parameters parameters,
                                 ToplevelBlock block, Attributes attrs, Location loc)
-                       : base (parent, ret_type, mod_flags, AllowedModifiers, false,
-                               new MemberName ("op_" + type), attrs, parameters, loc)
+                       : base (parent, null, ret_type, mod_flags, AllowedModifiers, false,
+                               new MemberName ("op_" + type.ToString(), loc), attrs, parameters)
                {
                        OperatorType = type;
                        Block = block;
@@ -7420,18 +7776,17 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public override void ApplyAttributeBuilder (Attribute a, CustomAttributeBuilder cb) 
                {
-                       OperatorMethod.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
-               }
-
-               public override AttributeTargets AttributeTargets {
-                       get {
-                               return AttributeTargets.Method; 
+                       if (a.Type == TypeManager.conditional_attribute_type) {
+                               Error_ConditionalAttributeIsNotValid ();
+                               return;
                        }
+
+                       base.ApplyAttributeBuilder (a, cb);
                }
                
-               protected override bool CheckForDuplications()
+               protected override bool CheckForDuplications ()
                {
-                       ArrayList ar = Parent.Operators;
+                       ArrayList ar = Parent.PartialContainer.Operators;
                        if (ar != null) {
                                int arLen = ar.Count;
                                        
@@ -7442,7 +7797,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                }
                        }
 
-                       ar = Parent.Methods;
+                       ar = Parent.PartialContainer.Methods;
                        if (ar != null) {
                                int arLen = ar.Count;
                                        
@@ -7458,14 +7813,17 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public override bool Define ()
                {
-
                        const int RequiredModifiers = Modifiers.PUBLIC | Modifiers.STATIC;
                        if ((ModFlags & RequiredModifiers) != RequiredModifiers){
-                               Report.Error (558, Location, "User defined operators '{0}' must be declared static and public", GetSignatureForError (Parent));
+                               Report.Error (558, Location, "User-defined operator `{0}' must be declared static and public", GetSignatureForError ());
                                return false;
                        }
 
-                       if (!DoDefine ())
+                       // imlicit and explicit operator of same types are not allowed
+                       if (OperatorType == OpType.Explicit || OperatorType == OpType.Implicit)
+                               MarkForDuplicationCheck ();
+
+                       if (!base.Define ())
                                return false;
 
                        if (MemberType == TypeManager.void_type) {
@@ -7473,84 +7831,55 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                return false;
                        }
 
-                       OperatorMethod = new Method (
-                               Parent, Type, ModFlags, false, MemberName,
-                               Parameters, OptAttributes, Location);
-
-                       OperatorMethod.Block = Block;
-                       OperatorMethod.IsOperator = true;                       
-                       OperatorMethod.flags |= MethodAttributes.SpecialName | MethodAttributes.HideBySig;
-                       OperatorMethod.Define ();
-
-                       if (OperatorMethod.MethodBuilder == null)
-                               return false;
-
-                       OperatorMethodBuilder = OperatorMethod.MethodBuilder;
-
-                       parameter_types = OperatorMethod.ParameterTypes;
-                       Type declaring_type = OperatorMethodBuilder.DeclaringType;
-                       Type return_type = OperatorMethod.ReturnType;
-                       Type first_arg_type = parameter_types [0];
-
-                       if (!CheckBase ())
-                               return false;
+                       Type declaring_type = MethodData.DeclaringType;
+                       Type return_type = MemberType;
+                       Type first_arg_type = ParameterTypes [0];
 
                        // Rules for conversion operators
                        
                        if (OperatorType == OpType.Implicit || OperatorType == OpType.Explicit) {
                                if (first_arg_type == return_type && first_arg_type == declaring_type){
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                               555, Location,
-                                               "User-defined conversion cannot take an object of the " +
-                                               "enclosing type and convert to an object of the enclosing" +
-                                               " type");
+                                       Report.Error (555, Location,
+                                               "User-defined operator cannot take an object of the enclosing type and convert to an object of the enclosing type");
                                        return false;
                                }
                                
-                               if (first_arg_type != declaring_type && return_type != declaring_type){
+                               if ((first_arg_type != declaring_type) && (return_type != declaring_type) &&
+                                   !TypeManager.IsNullableTypeOf (first_arg_type, declaring_type) &&
+                                   !TypeManager.IsNullableTypeOf (return_type, declaring_type)) {
                                        Report.Error (
                                                556, Location, 
                                                "User-defined conversion must convert to or from the " +
                                                "enclosing type");
                                        return false;
                                }
-                               
-                               if (first_arg_type == TypeManager.object_type ||
-                                       return_type == TypeManager.object_type){
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                               -8, Location,
-                                               "User-defined conversion cannot convert to or from " +
-                                               "object type");
-                                       return false;
-                               }
 
                                if (first_arg_type.IsInterface || return_type.IsInterface){
-                                       Report.Error (
-                                               552, Location,
-                                               "User-defined conversion cannot convert to or from an " +
-                                               "interface type");
+                                       Report.Error (552, Location, "User-defined conversion `{0}' cannot convert to or from an interface type",
+                                               GetSignatureForError ());
                                        return false;
                                }
                                
-                               if (first_arg_type.IsSubclassOf (return_type)
-                                       || return_type.IsSubclassOf (first_arg_type)){
-                                       if (declaring_type.IsSubclassOf (return_type)) {
-                                               Report.Error (553, Location, "'{0}' : user defined conversion to/from base class", GetSignatureForError ());
+                               if (first_arg_type.IsSubclassOf (return_type) || return_type.IsSubclassOf (first_arg_type)) {
+                                       if (declaring_type.IsSubclassOf (return_type) || declaring_type.IsSubclassOf (first_arg_type)) {
+                                               Report.Error (553, Location, "User-defined conversion `{0}' cannot convert to or from base class",
+                                                       GetSignatureForError ());
                                                return false;
                                        }
-                                       Report.Error (554, Location, "'{0}' : user defined conversion to/from derived class", GetSignatureForError ());
+                                       Report.Error (554, Location, "User-defined conversion `{0}' cannot convert to or from derived class",
+                                               GetSignatureForError ());
                                        return false;
                                }
                        } else if (OperatorType == OpType.LeftShift || OperatorType == OpType.RightShift) {
-                               if (first_arg_type != declaring_type || parameter_types [1] != TypeManager.int32_type) {
+                               if (first_arg_type != declaring_type || ParameterTypes [1] != TypeManager.int32_type) {
                                        Report.Error (564, Location, "Overloaded shift operator must have the type of the first operand be the containing type, and the type of the second operand must be int");
                                        return false;
                                }
-                       } else if (Parameters.FixedParameters.Length == 1) {
+                       } else if (Parameters.Count == 1) {
                                // Checks for Unary operators
 
                                if (OperatorType == OpType.Increment || OperatorType == OpType.Decrement) {
-                                       if (return_type != declaring_type && !return_type.IsSubclassOf (declaring_type)) {
+                                       if (return_type != declaring_type && !TypeManager.IsSubclassOf (return_type, declaring_type)) {
                                                Report.Error (448, Location,
                                                        "The return type for ++ or -- operator must be the containing type or derived from the containing type");
                                                return false;
@@ -7584,7 +7913,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                // Checks for Binary operators
                                
                                if (first_arg_type != declaring_type &&
-                                   parameter_types [1] != declaring_type){
+                                   ParameterTypes [1] != declaring_type){
                                        Report.Error (
                                                563, Location,
                                                "One of the parameters of a binary operator must " +
@@ -7595,21 +7924,45 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        return true;
                }
+
+               protected override bool DoDefine ()
+               {
+                       if (!base.DoDefine ())
+                               return false;
+
+                       flags |= MethodAttributes.SpecialName | MethodAttributes.HideBySig;
+                       return true;
+               }
                
                public override void Emit ()
                {
+                       base.Emit ();
+
+                       Parameters.ApplyAttributes (MethodBuilder);
+
                        //
                        // abstract or extern methods have no bodies
                        //
                        if ((ModFlags & (Modifiers.ABSTRACT | Modifiers.EXTERN)) != 0)
                                return;
                        
-                       OperatorMethod.Emit ();
+                       EmitContext ec;
+                       if ((flags & MethodAttributes.PinvokeImpl) == 0)
+                               ec = CreateEmitContext (Parent, MethodBuilder.GetILGenerator ());
+                       else
+                               ec = CreateEmitContext (Parent, null);
+                       
+                       SourceMethod source = SourceMethod.Create (Parent, MethodBuilder, Block);
+                       ec.EmitTopBlock (this, Block);
+
+                       if (source != null)
+                               source.CloseMethod ();
+
                        Block = null;
                }
 
                // Operator cannot be override
-               protected override MethodInfo FindOutBaseMethod (TypeContainer container, ref Type base_ret_type)
+               protected override MethodInfo FindOutBaseMethod (ref Type base_ret_type)
                {
                        return null;
                }
@@ -7673,62 +8026,34 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               public override string GetSignatureForError (TypeContainer tc)
+               public static OpType GetOperatorType (string name)
                {
-                       StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder ();
-                       sb.AppendFormat ("{0}.operator {1} {2}({3}", tc.Name, GetName (OperatorType), Type.Type == null ? Type.ToString () : TypeManager.CSharpName (Type.Type),
-                               Parameters.FixedParameters [0].GetSignatureForError ());
-                       
-                       if (Parameters.FixedParameters.Length > 1) {
-                               sb.Append (",");
-                               sb.Append (Parameters.FixedParameters [1].GetSignatureForError ());
+                       if (name.StartsWith ("op_")){
+                               for (int i = 0; i < Unary.oper_names.Length; ++i) {
+                                       if (Unary.oper_names [i] == name)
+                                               return (OpType)i;
+                               }
+
+                               for (int i = 0; i < Binary.oper_names.Length; ++i) {
+                                       if (Binary.oper_names [i] == name)
+                                               return (OpType)i;
+                               }
                        }
-                       sb.Append (")");
-                       return sb.ToString ();
+                       return OpType.TOP;
                }
 
                public override string GetSignatureForError ()
                {
-                       return ToString ();
-               }
-
-               public override bool MarkForDuplicationCheck ()
-               {
-                       caching_flags |= Flags.TestMethodDuplication;
-                       return true;
-               }
-
-               public override string ToString ()
-               {
-                       if (OperatorMethod == null)
-                               return Name;
-
-                       Type return_type = OperatorMethod.ReturnType;
-                       Type [] param_types = OperatorMethod.ParameterTypes;
-                       
-                       if (Parameters.FixedParameters.Length == 1)
-                               return String.Format (
-                                       "{0} operator {1}({2})",
-                                       TypeManager.CSharpName (return_type),
-                                       GetName (OperatorType),
-                                       param_types [0]);
-                       else
-                               return String.Format (
-                                       "{0} operator {1}({2}, {3})",
-                                       TypeManager.CSharpName (return_type),
-                                       GetName (OperatorType),
-                                       param_types [0], param_types [1]);
-               }
-
-               public override string[] ValidAttributeTargets {
-                       get {
-                               return attribute_targets;
+                       StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder ();
+                       if (OperatorType == OpType.Implicit || OperatorType == OpType.Explicit) {
+                               sb.AppendFormat ("{0}.{1} operator {2}", Parent.GetSignatureForError (), GetName (OperatorType), Type.Type == null ? Type.ToString () : TypeManager.CSharpName (Type.Type));
+                       }
+                       else {
+                               sb.AppendFormat ("{0}.operator {1}", Parent.GetSignatureForError (), GetName (OperatorType));
                        }
-               }
 
-               public void SetYields ()
-               {
-                       ModFlags |= Modifiers.METHOD_YIELDS;
+                       sb.Append (Parameters.GetSignatureForError ());
+                       return sb.ToString ();
                }
        }
 
@@ -7752,7 +8077,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        RetType = ret_type;
 
                        if (parameters == null)
-                               Parameters = TypeManager.NoTypes;
+                               Parameters = Type.EmptyTypes;
                        else
                                Parameters = parameters;
                }
@@ -7836,7 +8161,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        Type [] args;
                        if (mi != null)
-                               args = TypeManager.GetArgumentTypes (mi);
+                               args = TypeManager.GetParameterData (mi).Types;
                        else
                                args = TypeManager.GetArgumentTypes (pi);
                        Type [] sigp = sig.Parameters;