2005-09-19 Chris Toshok <toshok@ximian.com>
[mono.git] / mcs / mcs / convert.cs
index 3a743518b31fa1f5933cb706ba1ccc7a99f1d221..8cdda18621b55f881a0429ca79dfd1728edd971e 100644 (file)
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
        // A container class for all the conversion operations
        //
        public class Convert {
+               //
+               // This is used to prettify the code: a null argument is allowed
+               // for ImplicitStandardConversion as long as it is known that
+               // no anonymous method will play a role.
+               //
+               // FIXME: renamed from `const' to `static' to allow bootstraping from older
+               // versions of the compiler that could not cope with this construct.
+               //
+               public static EmitContext ConstantEC = null;
+               
                static public void Error_CannotConvertType (Location loc, Type source, Type target)
                {
                        Report.Error (30, loc, "Cannot convert type '" +
@@ -52,14 +62,21 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return null;
 
                                if (expr_type.IsValueType)
-                                       return new BoxedCast (expr);
-                               if (expr_type.IsClass || expr_type.IsInterface || expr_type == TypeManager.enum_type)
+                                       return new BoxedCast (expr, target_type);
+                               if (expr_type.IsClass || expr_type.IsInterface || expr_type == TypeManager.enum_type){
+                                       if (expr_type == TypeManager.anonymous_method_type)
+                                               return null;
                                        return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
+                               }
+
+                               return null;
                        } else if (target_type == TypeManager.value_type) {
                                if (expr_type.IsValueType)
-                                       return new BoxedCast (expr);
-                               if (expr is NullLiteral)
+                                       return new BoxedCast (expr, target_type);
+                               if (expr_type == TypeManager.null_type)
                                        return new NullCast (expr, target_type);
+
+                               return null;
                        } else if (expr_type.IsSubclassOf (target_type)) {
                                //
                                // Special case: enumeration to System.Enum.
@@ -67,96 +84,91 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                // a boxing conversion
                                //
                                if (expr_type.IsEnum)
-                                       return new BoxedCast (expr);
+                                       return new BoxedCast (expr, target_type);
 
                                return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
-                       } else {
+                       }
 
-                               // This code is kind of mirrored inside ImplicitStandardConversionExists
-                               // with the small distinction that we only probe there
-                               //
-                               // Always ensure that the code here and there is in sync
+                       // This code is kind of mirrored inside ImplicitStandardConversionExists
+                       // with the small distinction that we only probe there
+                       //
+                       // Always ensure that the code here and there is in sync
 
-                               // from the null type to any reference-type.
-                               if (expr is NullLiteral){
-                                       if (target_type.IsPointer)
-                                               return NullPointer.Null;
+                       // from the null type to any reference-type.
+                       if (expr_type == TypeManager.null_type){
+                               if (target_type.IsPointer)
+                                       return new EmptyCast (NullPointer.Null, target_type);
                                        
-                                       if (!target_type.IsValueType)
-                                               return new NullCast (expr, target_type);
-                               }
-
-                               // from any class-type S to any interface-type T.
-                               if (target_type.IsInterface) {
-                                       if (target_type != TypeManager.iconvertible_type &&
-                                               expr_type.IsValueType && (expr is Constant) &&
-                                               !(expr is IntLiteral || expr is BoolLiteral ||
-                                               expr is FloatLiteral || expr is DoubleLiteral ||
-                                               expr is LongLiteral || expr is CharLiteral ||
-                                               expr is StringLiteral || expr is DecimalLiteral ||
-                                               expr is UIntLiteral || expr is ULongLiteral)) {
-                                               return null;
-                                       }
+                               if (!target_type.IsValueType)
+                                       return new NullCast (expr, target_type);
+                       }
 
-                                       if (TypeManager.ImplementsInterface (expr_type, target_type)){
-                                               if (expr_type.IsClass)
-                                                       return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
-                                               else if (expr_type.IsValueType)
-                                                       return new BoxedCast (expr, target_type);
-                                               else
-                                                       return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
-                                       }
+                       // from any class-type S to any interface-type T.
+                       if (target_type.IsInterface) {
+                               if (target_type != TypeManager.iconvertible_type &&
+                                   expr_type.IsValueType && (expr is Constant) &&
+                                   !(expr is IntLiteral || expr is BoolLiteral ||
+                                     expr is FloatLiteral || expr is DoubleLiteral ||
+                                     expr is LongLiteral || expr is CharLiteral ||
+                                     expr is StringLiteral || expr is DecimalLiteral ||
+                                     expr is UIntLiteral || expr is ULongLiteral)) {
+                                       return null;
                                }
 
-                               // from any interface type S to interface-type T.
-                               if (expr_type.IsInterface && target_type.IsInterface) {
-                                       if (TypeManager.ImplementsInterface (expr_type, target_type))
+                               if (TypeManager.ImplementsInterface (expr_type, target_type)){
+                                       if (expr_type.IsClass)
                                                return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
+                                       else if (expr_type.IsValueType)
+                                               return new BoxedCast (expr, target_type);
                                        else
-                                               return null;
+                                               return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
                                }
+                       }
+
+                       // from any interface type S to interface-type T.
+                       if (expr_type.IsInterface && target_type.IsInterface) {
+                               if (TypeManager.ImplementsInterface (expr_type, target_type))
+                                       return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
+                               else
+                                       return null;
+                       }
                                
-                               // from an array-type S to an array-type of type T
-                               if (expr_type.IsArray && target_type.IsArray) {
-                                       if (expr_type.GetArrayRank () == target_type.GetArrayRank ()) {
+                       // from an array-type S to an array-type of type T
+                       if (expr_type.IsArray && target_type.IsArray) {
+                               if (expr_type.GetArrayRank () == target_type.GetArrayRank ()) {
 
-                                               Type expr_element_type = TypeManager.GetElementType (expr_type);
+                                       Type expr_element_type = TypeManager.GetElementType (expr_type);
 
-                                               if (MyEmptyExpr == null)
-                                                       MyEmptyExpr = new EmptyExpression ();
+                                       if (MyEmptyExpr == null)
+                                               MyEmptyExpr = new EmptyExpression ();
                                                
-                                               MyEmptyExpr.SetType (expr_element_type);
-                                               Type target_element_type = TypeManager.GetElementType (target_type);
+                                       MyEmptyExpr.SetType (expr_element_type);
+                                       Type target_element_type = TypeManager.GetElementType (target_type);
 
-                                               if (!expr_element_type.IsValueType && !target_element_type.IsValueType)
-                                                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (MyEmptyExpr,
+                                       if (!expr_element_type.IsValueType && !target_element_type.IsValueType)
+                                               if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ConstantEC, MyEmptyExpr,
                                                                                      target_element_type))
-                                                               return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
-                                       }
+                                                       return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
                                }
+                       }
                                
+                       // from an array-type to System.Array
+                       if (expr_type.IsArray && target_type == TypeManager.array_type)
+                               return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
                                
-                               // from an array-type to System.Array
-                               if (expr_type.IsArray && target_type == TypeManager.array_type)
-                                       return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
-                               
-                               // from any delegate type to System.Delegate
-                               if ((expr_type == TypeManager.delegate_type || 
-                                    expr_type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.delegate_type)) &&
-                                   target_type == TypeManager.delegate_type)
-                                       return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
+                       // from any delegate type to System.Delegate
+                       if ((expr_type == TypeManager.delegate_type ||
+                            expr_type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.delegate_type)) &&
+                           target_type == TypeManager.delegate_type)
+                               return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
                                        
-                               // from any array-type or delegate type into System.ICloneable.
-                               if (expr_type.IsArray ||
-                                   expr_type == TypeManager.delegate_type ||
-                                   expr_type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.delegate_type))
-                                       if (target_type == TypeManager.icloneable_type)
-                                               return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
+                       // from any array-type or delegate type into System.ICloneable.
+                       if (expr_type.IsArray ||
+                           expr_type == TypeManager.delegate_type ||
+                           expr_type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.delegate_type))
+                               if (target_type == TypeManager.icloneable_type)
+                                       return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
                                
-                               return null;
-
-                       }
-                       
                        return null;
                }
 
@@ -164,8 +176,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                // Tests whether an implicit reference conversion exists between expr_type
                // and target_type
                //
-               public static bool ImplicitReferenceConversionExists (Expression expr, Type target_type)
+               static bool ImplicitReferenceConversionExists (Expression expr, Type target_type)
                {
+                       if (target_type.IsValueType)
+                               return false;
+
                        Type expr_type = expr.Type;
 
                        //
@@ -174,66 +189,81 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (target_type == TypeManager.object_type) {
                                if (expr_type.IsClass || expr_type.IsValueType ||
                                    expr_type.IsInterface || expr_type == TypeManager.enum_type)
-                                       return true;
+                                       if (target_type != TypeManager.anonymous_method_type)
+                                               return true;
+
+                               return false;
                        } else if (expr_type.IsSubclassOf (target_type)) 
                                return true;
-                       else {
-                               // Please remember that all code below actually comes
-                               // from ImplicitReferenceConversion so make sure code remains in sync
+
+                       // Please remember that all code below actually comes
+                       // from ImplicitReferenceConversion so make sure code remains in sync
                                
-                               // from any class-type S to any interface-type T.
-                               if (target_type.IsInterface) {
-                                       if (TypeManager.ImplementsInterface (expr_type, target_type))
-                                               return true;
+                       // from any class-type S to any interface-type T.
+                       if (target_type.IsInterface) {
+                               if (target_type != TypeManager.iconvertible_type &&
+                                   expr_type.IsValueType && (expr is Constant) &&
+                                   !(expr is IntLiteral || expr is BoolLiteral ||
+                                     expr is FloatLiteral || expr is DoubleLiteral ||
+                                     expr is LongLiteral || expr is CharLiteral ||
+                                     expr is StringLiteral || expr is DecimalLiteral ||
+                                     expr is UIntLiteral || expr is ULongLiteral)) {
+                                       return false;
                                }
                                
-                               // from any interface type S to interface-type T.
-                               if (expr_type.IsInterface && target_type.IsInterface)
-                                       if (TypeManager.ImplementsInterface (expr_type, target_type))
-                                               return true;
+                               if (TypeManager.ImplementsInterface (expr_type, target_type))
+                                       return true;
+                       }
+                               
+                       // from any interface type S to interface-type T.
+                       if (expr_type.IsInterface && target_type.IsInterface)
+                               if (TypeManager.ImplementsInterface (expr_type, target_type))
+                                       return true;
                                
-                               // from an array-type S to an array-type of type T
-                               if (expr_type.IsArray && target_type.IsArray) {
-                                       if (expr_type.GetArrayRank () == target_type.GetArrayRank ()) {
+                       // from an array-type S to an array-type of type T
+                       if (expr_type.IsArray && target_type.IsArray) {
+                               if (expr_type.GetArrayRank () == target_type.GetArrayRank ()) {
                                                
-                                               Type expr_element_type = expr_type.GetElementType ();
+                                       Type expr_element_type = expr_type.GetElementType ();
 
-                                               if (MyEmptyExpr == null)
-                                                       MyEmptyExpr = new EmptyExpression ();
+                                       if (MyEmptyExpr == null)
+                                               MyEmptyExpr = new EmptyExpression ();
                                                
-                                               MyEmptyExpr.SetType (expr_element_type);
-                                               Type target_element_type = TypeManager.GetElementType (target_type);
+                                       MyEmptyExpr.SetType (expr_element_type);
+                                       Type target_element_type = TypeManager.GetElementType (target_type);
                                                
-                                               if (!expr_element_type.IsValueType && !target_element_type.IsValueType)
-                                                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (MyEmptyExpr,
+                                       if (!expr_element_type.IsValueType && !target_element_type.IsValueType)
+                                               if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ConstantEC, MyEmptyExpr,
                                                                                      target_element_type))
-                                                               return true;
-                                       }
+                                                       return true;
                                }
+                       }
                                
-                               // from an array-type to System.Array
-                               if (expr_type.IsArray && (target_type == TypeManager.array_type))
-                                       return true;
+                       // from an array-type to System.Array
+                       if (expr_type.IsArray && (target_type == TypeManager.array_type))
+                               return true;
                                
-                               // from any delegate type to System.Delegate
-                               if ((expr_type == TypeManager.delegate_type ||
-                                    expr_type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.delegate_type)) &&
-                                   target_type == TypeManager.delegate_type)
-                                       if (target_type.IsAssignableFrom (expr_type))
-                                               return true;
+                       // from any delegate type to System.Delegate
+                       if ((expr_type == TypeManager.delegate_type ||
+                            expr_type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.delegate_type)) &&
+                           target_type == TypeManager.delegate_type)
+                               if (target_type.IsAssignableFrom (expr_type))
+                                       return true;
                                        
-                               // from any array-type or delegate type into System.ICloneable.
-                               if (expr_type.IsArray ||
-                                   expr_type == TypeManager.delegate_type ||
-                                   expr_type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.delegate_type))
-                                       if (target_type == TypeManager.icloneable_type)
-                                               return true;
-                               
-                               // from the null type to any reference-type.
-                               if (expr is NullLiteral && !target_type.IsValueType &&
-                                   !TypeManager.IsEnumType (target_type))
+                       // from any array-type or delegate type into System.ICloneable.
+                       if (expr_type.IsArray ||
+                           expr_type == TypeManager.delegate_type ||
+                           expr_type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.delegate_type))
+                               if (target_type == TypeManager.icloneable_type)
                                        return true;
                                
+                       // from the null type to any reference-type.
+                       if (expr_type == TypeManager.null_type){
+                               if (target_type.IsPointer)
+                                       return true;
+                       
+                               if (!target_type.IsValueType)
+                                       return true;
                        }
                        return false;
                }
@@ -268,7 +298,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        //
                                        long v = ((LongConstant) expr).Value;
                                        if (v >= 0)
-                                               return new ULongConstant ((ulong) v);
+                                               return new ULongConstant ((ulong) v, expr.Location);
                                } 
                        }
                        
@@ -276,7 +306,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        if (expr_type == TypeManager.sbyte_type){
                                //
-                               // From sbyte to short, int, long, float, double.
+                               // From sbyte to short, int, long, float, double, decimal
                                //
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.int32_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_I4);
@@ -288,9 +318,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R4);
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.short_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_I2);
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type)
+                                       return new CastToDecimal (ec, expr);
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.byte_type){
                                //
-                               // From byte to short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, float, double
+                               // From byte to short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, float, double, decimal
                                // 
                                if ((real_target_type == TypeManager.short_type) ||
                                    (real_target_type == TypeManager.ushort_type) ||
@@ -306,9 +338,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R4);
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.double_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R8);
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type)
+                                       return new CastToDecimal (ec, expr);
+                               
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.short_type){
                                //
-                               // From short to int, long, float, double
+                               // From short to int, long, float, double, decimal
                                // 
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.int32_type)
                                        return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
@@ -318,9 +353,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R8);
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.float_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R4);
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type)
+                                       return new CastToDecimal (ec, expr);
+                               
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.ushort_type){
                                //
-                               // From ushort to int, uint, long, ulong, float, double
+                               // From ushort to int, uint, long, ulong, float, double, decimal
                                //
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.uint32_type)
                                        return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
@@ -335,9 +373,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R8);
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.float_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R4);
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type)
+                                       return new CastToDecimal (ec, expr);
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.int32_type){
                                //
-                               // From int to long, float, double
+                               // From int to long, float, double, decimal
                                //
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.int64_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_I8);
@@ -345,9 +385,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R8);
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.float_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R4);
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type)
+                                       return new CastToDecimal (ec, expr);
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.uint32_type){
                                //
-                               // From uint to long, ulong, float, double
+                               // From uint to long, ulong, float, double, decimal
                                //
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.int64_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_U8);
@@ -359,6 +401,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.float_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R_Un,
                                                               OpCodes.Conv_R4);
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type)
+                                       return new CastToDecimal (ec, expr);
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.int64_type){
                                //
                                // From long/ulong to float, double
@@ -366,7 +410,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.double_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R8);
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.float_type)
-                                       return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R4);     
+                                       return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R4);
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type)
+                                       return new CastToDecimal (ec, expr);
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.uint64_type){
                                //
                                // From ulong to float, double
@@ -376,10 +422,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                                               OpCodes.Conv_R8);
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.float_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R_Un,
-                                                              OpCodes.Conv_R4);        
+                                                              OpCodes.Conv_R4);
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type)
+                                       return new CastToDecimal (ec, expr);
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.char_type){
                                //
-                               // From char to ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, float, double
+                               // From char to ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, float, double, decimal
                                // 
                                if ((real_target_type == TypeManager.ushort_type) ||
                                    (real_target_type == TypeManager.int32_type) ||
@@ -393,6 +441,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R4);
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.double_type)
                                        return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_R8);
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type)
+                                       return new CastToDecimal (ec, expr);
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.float_type){
                                //
                                // float to double
@@ -411,7 +461,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                /// </summary>
                public static bool ImplicitConversionExists (EmitContext ec, Expression expr, Type target_type)
                {
-                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (expr, target_type))
+                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, expr, target_type))
                                return true;
 
                        Expression dummy = ImplicitUserConversion (ec, expr, target_type, Location.Null);
@@ -432,8 +482,10 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                /// <summary>
                ///  Determines if a standard implicit conversion exists from
                ///  expr_type to target_type
+               ///
+               ///  ec should point to a real EmitContext if expr.Type is TypeManager.anonymous_method_type.
                /// </summary>
-               public static bool ImplicitStandardConversionExists (Expression expr, Type target_type)
+               public static bool ImplicitStandardConversionExists (EmitContext ec, Expression expr, Type target_type)
                {
                        Type expr_type = expr.Type;
 
@@ -443,11 +495,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (expr_type == target_type)
                                return true;
 
+
                        // First numeric conversions 
 
                        if (expr_type == TypeManager.sbyte_type){
                                //
-                               // From sbyte to short, int, long, float, double.
+                               // From sbyte to short, int, long, float, double, decimal
                                //
                                if ((target_type == TypeManager.int32_type) || 
                                    (target_type == TypeManager.int64_type) ||
@@ -459,7 +512,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.byte_type){
                                //
-                               // From byte to short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, float, double
+                               // From byte to short, ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, float, double, decimal
                                // 
                                if ((target_type == TypeManager.short_type) ||
                                    (target_type == TypeManager.ushort_type) ||
@@ -474,7 +527,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
        
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.short_type){
                                //
-                               // From short to int, long, float, double
+                               // From short to int, long, double, float, decimal
                                // 
                                if ((target_type == TypeManager.int32_type) ||
                                    (target_type == TypeManager.int64_type) ||
@@ -485,7 +538,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.ushort_type){
                                //
-                               // From ushort to int, uint, long, ulong, float, double
+                               // From ushort to int, uint, long, ulong, double, float, decimal
                                //
                                if ((target_type == TypeManager.uint32_type) ||
                                    (target_type == TypeManager.uint64_type) ||
@@ -498,7 +551,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                    
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.int32_type){
                                //
-                               // From int to long, float, double
+                               // From int to long, double, float, decimal
                                //
                                if ((target_type == TypeManager.int64_type) ||
                                    (target_type == TypeManager.double_type) ||
@@ -508,7 +561,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.uint32_type){
                                //
-                               // From uint to long, ulong, float, double
+                               // From uint to long, ulong, double, float, decimal
                                //
                                if ((target_type == TypeManager.int64_type) ||
                                    (target_type == TypeManager.uint64_type) ||
@@ -520,7 +573,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        } else if ((expr_type == TypeManager.uint64_type) ||
                                   (expr_type == TypeManager.int64_type)) {
                                //
-                               // From long/ulong to float, double
+                               // From long/ulong to double, float, decimal
                                //
                                if ((target_type == TypeManager.double_type) ||
                                    (target_type == TypeManager.float_type) ||
@@ -529,7 +582,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                    
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.char_type){
                                //
-                               // From char to ushort, int, uint, long, ulong, float, double
+                               // From char to ushort, int, uint, ulong, long, float, double, decimal
                                // 
                                if ((target_type == TypeManager.ushort_type) ||
                                    (target_type == TypeManager.int32_type) ||
@@ -549,6 +602,21 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return true;
                        }       
                        
+                       if (expr.eclass == ExprClass.MethodGroup){
+                               if (TypeManager.IsDelegateType (target_type) && RootContext.Version != LanguageVersion.ISO_1){
+                                       MethodGroupExpr mg = expr as MethodGroupExpr;
+                                       if (mg != null){
+                                               //
+                                               // This should not happen frequently, so we can create an object
+                                               // to test compatibility
+                                               //
+                                               Expression c = ImplicitDelegateCreation.Create (
+                                                       ec, mg, target_type, true, Location.Null);
+                                               return c != null;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }
+                       
                        if (ImplicitReferenceConversionExists (expr, target_type))
                                return true;
 
@@ -562,7 +630,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        if (value >= SByte.MinValue && value <= SByte.MaxValue)
                                                return true;
                                } else if (target_type == TypeManager.byte_type){
-                                       if (Byte.MinValue >= 0 && value <= Byte.MaxValue)
+                                       if (value >= 0 && value <= Byte.MaxValue)
                                                return true;
                                } else if (target_type == TypeManager.short_type){
                                        if (value >= Int16.MinValue && value <= Int16.MaxValue)
@@ -594,7 +662,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                // we just inline it
                                //
                                long v = ((LongConstant) expr).Value;
-                               if (v > 0)
+                               if (v >= 0)
                                        return true;
                        }
                        
@@ -607,131 +675,137 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return true;
                        }
 
+                       //
+                       // If `expr_type' implements `target_type' (which is an iface)
+                       // see TryImplicitIntConversion
+                       // 
+                       if (target_type.IsInterface && target_type.IsAssignableFrom (expr_type))
+                               return true;
+
                        if (target_type == TypeManager.void_ptr_type && expr_type.IsPointer)
                                return true;
 
+                       if (expr_type == TypeManager.anonymous_method_type){
+                               if (!TypeManager.IsDelegateType (target_type))
+                                       return false;
+
+                               AnonymousMethod am = (AnonymousMethod) expr;
+
+                               Expression conv = am.Compatible (ec, target_type, true);
+                               if (conv != null)
+                                       return true;
+                       }
+
                        return false;
                }
 
-               //
-               // Used internally by FindMostEncompassedType, this is used
-               // to avoid creating lots of objects in the tight loop inside
-               // FindMostEncompassedType
-               //
-               static EmptyExpression priv_fmet_param;
-               
                /// <summary>
                ///  Finds "most encompassed type" according to the spec (13.4.2)
                ///  amongst the methods in the MethodGroupExpr
                /// </summary>
-               static Type FindMostEncompassedType (ArrayList types)
+               static Type FindMostEncompassedType (EmitContext ec, ArrayList types)
                {
                        Type best = null;
 
-                       if (priv_fmet_param == null)
-                               priv_fmet_param = new EmptyExpression ();
+                       if (types.Count == 0)
+                               return null;
 
-                       foreach (Type t in types){
-                               priv_fmet_param.SetType (t);
-                               
+                       if (types.Count == 1)
+                               return (Type) types [0];
+
+                       EmptyExpression expr = EmptyExpression.Grab ();
+
+                       foreach (Type t in types) {
                                if (best == null) {
                                        best = t;
                                        continue;
                                }
-                               
-                               if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (priv_fmet_param, best))
+
+                               expr.SetType (t);
+                               if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, expr, best))
                                        best = t;
                        }
 
+                       expr.SetType (best);
+                       foreach (Type t in types) {
+                               if (best == t)
+                                       continue;
+                               if (!ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, expr, t)) {
+                                       best = null;
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       EmptyExpression.Release (expr);
+
                        return best;
                }
-
-               //
-               // Used internally by FindMostEncompassingType, this is used
-               // to avoid creating lots of objects in the tight loop inside
-               // FindMostEncompassingType
-               //
-               static EmptyExpression priv_fmee_ret;
-               
+       
                /// <summary>
                ///  Finds "most encompassing type" according to the spec (13.4.2)
                ///  amongst the types in the given set
                /// </summary>
-               static Type FindMostEncompassingType (ArrayList types)
+               static Type FindMostEncompassingType (EmitContext ec, ArrayList types)
                {
                        Type best = null;
 
-                       if (priv_fmee_ret == null)
-                               priv_fmee_ret = new EmptyExpression ();
+                       if (types.Count == 0)
+                               return null;
+
+                       if (types.Count == 1)
+                               return (Type) types [0];
 
-                       foreach (Type t in types){
-                               priv_fmee_ret.SetType (best);
+                       EmptyExpression expr = EmptyExpression.Grab ();
 
+                       foreach (Type t in types) {
                                if (best == null) {
                                        best = t;
                                        continue;
                                }
 
-                               if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (priv_fmee_ret, t))
+                               expr.SetType (best);
+                               if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, expr, t))
                                        best = t;
                        }
-                       
+
+                       foreach (Type t in types) {
+                               if (best == t)
+                                       continue;
+                               expr.SetType (t);
+                               if (!ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, expr, best)) {
+                                       best = null;
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                       }
+
+                       EmptyExpression.Release (expr);
+
                        return best;
                }
 
-               //
-               // Used to avoid creating too many objects
-               //
-               static EmptyExpression priv_fms_expr;
-               
                /// <summary>
                ///   Finds the most specific source Sx according to the rules of the spec (13.4.4)
                ///   by making use of FindMostEncomp* methods. Applies the correct rules separately
                ///   for explicit and implicit conversion operators.
                /// </summary>
-               static public Type FindMostSpecificSource (MethodGroupExpr me, Expression source,
-                                                          bool apply_explicit_conv_rules,
+               static public Type FindMostSpecificSource (EmitContext ec, IList list,
+                                                          Expression source, bool apply_explicit_conv_rules,
                                                           Location loc)
                {
                        ArrayList src_types_set = new ArrayList ();
                        
-                       if (priv_fms_expr == null)
-                               priv_fms_expr = new EmptyExpression ();
-
                        //
                        // If any operator converts from S then Sx = S
                        //
                        Type source_type = source.Type;
-                       foreach (MethodBase mb in me.Methods){
-                               ParameterData pd = Invocation.GetParameterData (mb);
+                       foreach (MethodBase mb in list){
+                               ParameterData pd = TypeManager.GetParameterData (mb);
                                Type param_type = pd.ParameterType (0);
 
                                if (param_type == source_type)
                                        return param_type;
 
-                               if (apply_explicit_conv_rules) {
-                                       //
-                                       // From the spec :
-                                       // Find the set of applicable user-defined conversion operators, U.  This set
-                                       // consists of the
-                                       // user-defined implicit or explicit conversion operators declared by
-                                       // the classes or structs in D that convert from a type encompassing
-                                       // or encompassed by S to a type encompassing or encompassed by T
-                                       //
-                                       priv_fms_expr.SetType (param_type);
-                                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (priv_fms_expr, source_type))
-                                               src_types_set.Add (param_type);
-                                       else {
-                                               if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (source, param_type))
-                                                       src_types_set.Add (param_type);
-                                       }
-                               } else {
-                                       //
-                                       // Only if S is encompassed by param_type
-                                       //
-                                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (source, param_type))
-                                               src_types_set.Add (param_type);
-                               }
+                               src_types_set.Add (param_type);
                        }
                        
                        //
@@ -741,75 +815,41 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                ArrayList candidate_set = new ArrayList ();
 
                                foreach (Type param_type in src_types_set){
-                                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (source, param_type))
+                                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, source, param_type))
                                                candidate_set.Add (param_type);
                                }
 
                                if (candidate_set.Count != 0)
-                                       return FindMostEncompassedType (candidate_set);
+                                       return FindMostEncompassedType (ec, candidate_set);
                        }
 
                        //
                        // Final case
                        //
                        if (apply_explicit_conv_rules)
-                               return FindMostEncompassingType (src_types_set);
+                               return FindMostEncompassingType (ec, src_types_set);
                        else
-                               return FindMostEncompassedType (src_types_set);
+                               return FindMostEncompassedType (ec, src_types_set);
                }
-
-               //
-               // Useful in avoiding proliferation of objects
-               //
-               static EmptyExpression priv_fmt_expr;
                
                /// <summary>
                ///  Finds the most specific target Tx according to section 13.4.4
                /// </summary>
-               static public Type FindMostSpecificTarget (MethodGroupExpr me, Type target,
-                                                          bool apply_explicit_conv_rules,
+               static public Type FindMostSpecificTarget (EmitContext ec, IList list,
+                                                          Type target, bool apply_explicit_conv_rules,
                                                           Location loc)
                {
                        ArrayList tgt_types_set = new ArrayList ();
                        
-                       if (priv_fmt_expr == null)
-                               priv_fmt_expr = new EmptyExpression ();
-                       
                        //
                        // If any operator converts to T then Tx = T
                        //
-                       foreach (MethodInfo mi in me.Methods){
+                       foreach (MethodInfo mi in list){
                                Type ret_type = mi.ReturnType;
-
                                if (ret_type == target)
                                        return ret_type;
 
-                               if (apply_explicit_conv_rules) {
-                                       //
-                                       // From the spec :
-                                       // Find the set of applicable user-defined conversion operators, U.
-                                       //
-                                       // This set consists of the
-                                       // user-defined implicit or explicit conversion operators declared by
-                                       // the classes or structs in D that convert from a type encompassing
-                                       // or encompassed by S to a type encompassing or encompassed by T
-                                       //
-                                       priv_fms_expr.SetType (ret_type);
-                                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (priv_fms_expr, target))
-                                               tgt_types_set.Add (ret_type);
-                                       else {
-                                               priv_fms_expr.SetType (target);
-                                               if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (priv_fms_expr, ret_type))
-                                                       tgt_types_set.Add (ret_type);
-                                       }
-                               } else {
-                                       //
-                                       // Only if T is encompassed by param_type
-                                       //
-                                       priv_fms_expr.SetType (ret_type);
-                                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (priv_fms_expr, target))
-                                               tgt_types_set.Add (ret_type);
-                               }
+                               tgt_types_set.Add (ret_type);
                        }
 
                        //
@@ -818,24 +858,28 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (apply_explicit_conv_rules) {
                                ArrayList candidate_set = new ArrayList ();
 
+                               EmptyExpression expr = EmptyExpression.Grab ();
+
                                foreach (Type ret_type in tgt_types_set){
-                                       priv_fmt_expr.SetType (ret_type);
+                                       expr.SetType (ret_type);
                                        
-                                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (priv_fmt_expr, target))
+                                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, expr, target))
                                                candidate_set.Add (ret_type);
                                }
 
+                               EmptyExpression.Release (expr);
+
                                if (candidate_set.Count != 0)
-                                       return FindMostEncompassingType (candidate_set);
+                                       return FindMostEncompassingType (ec, candidate_set);
                        }
                        
                        //
                        // Okay, final case !
                        //
                        if (apply_explicit_conv_rules)
-                               return FindMostEncompassedType (tgt_types_set);
+                               return FindMostEncompassedType (ec, tgt_types_set);
                        else 
-                               return FindMostEncompassingType (tgt_types_set);
+                               return FindMostEncompassingType (ec, tgt_types_set);
                }
                
                /// <summary>
@@ -856,82 +900,90 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return UserDefinedConversion (ec, source, target, loc, true);
                }
 
-               static DoubleHash explicit_conv = new DoubleHash (100);
-               static DoubleHash implicit_conv = new DoubleHash (100);
+               static void AddConversionOperators (EmitContext ec, ArrayList list, 
+                                                   Expression source, Type target_type, 
+                                                   bool look_for_explicit,
+                                                   MethodGroupExpr mg)
+               {
+                       if (mg == null)
+                               return;
+
+                       Type source_type = source.Type;
+                       EmptyExpression expr = EmptyExpression.Grab ();
+                       foreach (MethodInfo m in mg.Methods) {
+                               ParameterData pd = TypeManager.GetParameterData (m);
+                               Type return_type = m.ReturnType;
+                               Type arg_type = pd.ParameterType (0);
+
+                               if (source_type != arg_type) {
+                                       if (!ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, source, arg_type)) {
+                                               if (!look_for_explicit)
+                                                       continue;
+                                               expr.SetType (arg_type);
+                                               if (!ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, expr, source_type))
+                                                       continue;
+                                       }
+                               }
+
+                               if (target_type != return_type) {
+                                       expr.SetType (return_type);
+                                       if (!ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, expr, target_type)) {
+                                               if (!look_for_explicit)
+                                                       continue;
+                                               expr.SetType (target_type);
+                                               if (!ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, expr, return_type))
+                                                       continue;
+                                       }
+                               }
+
+                               list.Add (m);
+                       }
+
+                       EmptyExpression.Release (expr);
+               }
+
                /// <summary>
-               ///   Computes the MethodGroup for the user-defined conversion
+               ///   Computes the list of the user-defined conversion
                ///   operators from source_type to target_type.  `look_for_explicit'
                ///   controls whether we should also include the list of explicit
                ///   operators
                /// </summary>
-               static MethodGroupExpr GetConversionOperators (EmitContext ec,
-                                                              Type source_type, Type target_type,
-                                                              Location loc, bool look_for_explicit)
+               static IList GetConversionOperators (EmitContext ec,
+                                                    Expression source, Type target_type,
+                                                    Location loc, bool look_for_explicit)
                {
-                       Expression mg1 = null, mg2 = null;
-                       Expression mg5 = null, mg6 = null, mg7 = null, mg8 = null;
-                       string op_name;
-
-                       op_name = "op_Implicit";
+                       ArrayList ret = new ArrayList (4);
 
-                       MethodGroupExpr union3;
-                       object r;
-                       if ((look_for_explicit ? explicit_conv : implicit_conv).Lookup (source_type, target_type, out r))
-                               return (MethodGroupExpr) r;
-                       
-                       mg1 = Expression.MethodLookup (ec, source_type, op_name, loc);
-                       if (source_type.BaseType != null)
-                               mg2 = Expression.MethodLookup (ec, source_type.BaseType, op_name, loc);
-
-                       if (mg1 == null)
-                               union3 = (MethodGroupExpr) mg2;
-                       else if (mg2 == null)
-                               union3 = (MethodGroupExpr) mg1;
-                       else
-                               union3 = Invocation.MakeUnionSet (mg1, mg2, loc);
+                       Type source_type = source.Type;
 
-                       mg1 = Expression.MethodLookup (ec, target_type, op_name, loc);
-                       if (mg1 != null){
-                               if (union3 != null)
-                                       union3 = Invocation.MakeUnionSet (union3, mg1, loc);
-                               else
-                                       union3 = (MethodGroupExpr) mg1;
+                       if (source_type != TypeManager.decimal_type) {
+                               AddConversionOperators (ec, ret, source, target_type, look_for_explicit,
+                                       Expression.MethodLookup (
+                                               ec, source_type, "op_Implicit", loc) as MethodGroupExpr);
+                               if (look_for_explicit) {
+                                       AddConversionOperators (ec, ret, source, target_type, look_for_explicit,
+                                               Expression.MethodLookup (
+                                                       ec, source_type, "op_Explicit", loc) as MethodGroupExpr);
+                               }
                        }
 
-                       if (target_type.BaseType != null)
-                               mg1 = Expression.MethodLookup (ec, target_type.BaseType, op_name, loc);
-                       
-                       if (mg1 != null){
-                               if (union3 != null)
-                                       union3 = Invocation.MakeUnionSet (union3, mg1, loc);
-                               else
-                                       union3 = (MethodGroupExpr) mg1;
+                       if (target_type != TypeManager.decimal_type) {
+                               AddConversionOperators (ec, ret, source, target_type, look_for_explicit,
+                                       Expression.MethodLookup (
+                                               ec, target_type, "op_Implicit", loc) as MethodGroupExpr);
+                               if (look_for_explicit) {
+                                       AddConversionOperators (ec, ret, source, target_type, look_for_explicit,
+                                               Expression.MethodLookup (
+                                                       ec, target_type, "op_Explicit", loc) as MethodGroupExpr);
+                               }
                        }
 
-                       MethodGroupExpr union4 = null;
-
-                       if (look_for_explicit) {
-                               op_name = "op_Explicit";
-
-                               mg5 = Expression.MemberLookup (ec, source_type, op_name, loc);
-                               if (source_type.BaseType != null)
-                                       mg6 = Expression.MethodLookup (ec, source_type.BaseType, op_name, loc);
-                               
-                               mg7 = Expression.MemberLookup (ec, target_type, op_name, loc);
-                               if (target_type.BaseType != null)
-                                       mg8 = Expression.MethodLookup (ec, target_type.BaseType, op_name, loc);
-                               
-                               MethodGroupExpr union5 = Invocation.MakeUnionSet (mg5, mg6, loc);
-                               MethodGroupExpr union6 = Invocation.MakeUnionSet (mg7, mg8, loc);
-
-                               union4 = Invocation.MakeUnionSet (union5, union6, loc);
-                       }
-                       
-                       MethodGroupExpr ret = Invocation.MakeUnionSet (union3, union4, loc);
-                       (look_for_explicit ? explicit_conv : implicit_conv).Insert (source_type, target_type, ret);
                        return ret;
                }
-               
+
+               static DoubleHash explicit_conv = new DoubleHash (100);
+               static DoubleHash implicit_conv = new DoubleHash (100);
+
                /// <summary>
                ///   User-defined conversions
                /// </summary>
@@ -939,42 +991,62 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                                                Type target, Location loc,
                                                                bool look_for_explicit)
                {
-                       MethodGroupExpr union;
                        Type source_type = source.Type;
-                       MethodBase method = null;
-
-                       union = GetConversionOperators (ec, source_type, target, loc, look_for_explicit);
-                       if (union == null)
-                               return null;
-                       
-                       Type most_specific_source, most_specific_target;
-
-                       most_specific_source = FindMostSpecificSource (union, source, look_for_explicit, loc);
-                       if (most_specific_source == null)
-                               return null;
-
-                       most_specific_target = FindMostSpecificTarget (union, target, look_for_explicit, loc);
-                       if (most_specific_target == null) 
-                               return null;
-
-                       int count = 0;
-
-                       
-                       foreach (MethodBase mb in union.Methods){
-                               ParameterData pd = Invocation.GetParameterData (mb);
-                               MethodInfo mi = (MethodInfo) mb;
+                       MethodInfo method = null;
+                       Type most_specific_source = null;
+                       Type most_specific_target = null;
+
+                       object o;
+                       DoubleHash hash = look_for_explicit ? explicit_conv : implicit_conv;
+
+                       if (!(source is Constant) && hash.Lookup (source_type, target, out o)) {
+                               method = (MethodInfo) o;
+                               if (method != null) {
+                                       ParameterData pd = TypeManager.GetParameterData (method);
+                                       most_specific_source = pd.ParameterType (0);
+                                       most_specific_target = method.ReturnType;
+                               }
+                       } else {
+                               IList ops = GetConversionOperators (ec, source, target, loc, look_for_explicit);
+                               if (ops == null || ops.Count == 0) {
+                                       method = null;
+                                       goto skip;
+                               }
+                                       
+                               most_specific_source = FindMostSpecificSource (ec, ops, source, look_for_explicit, loc);
+                               if (most_specific_source == null) {
+                                       method = null;
+                                       goto skip;
+                               }
                                
-                               if (pd.ParameterType (0) == most_specific_source &&
-                                   mi.ReturnType == most_specific_target) {
-                                       method = mb;
-                                       count++;
+                               most_specific_target = FindMostSpecificTarget (ec, ops, target, look_for_explicit, loc);
+                               if (most_specific_target == null) {
+                                       method = null;
+                                       goto skip;
                                }
+                               
+                               int count = 0;
+                               
+                               foreach (MethodInfo m in ops) {
+                                       ParameterData pd = TypeManager.GetParameterData (m);
+                                       
+                                       if (pd.ParameterType (0) == most_specific_source &&
+                                           m.ReturnType == most_specific_target) {
+                                               method = m;
+                                               count++;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                               if (count > 1)
+                                       method = null;
+                               
+                       skip:
+                               if (!(source is Constant))
+                                       hash.Insert (source_type, target, method);
                        }
-                       
-                       if (method == null || count > 1)
+
+                       if (method == null)
                                return null;
                        
-                       
                        //
                        // This will do the conversion to the best match that we
                        // found.  Now we need to perform an implict standard conversion
@@ -990,7 +1062,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                return null;
 
                        Expression e;
-                       e =  new UserCast ((MethodInfo) method, source, loc);
+                       e =  new UserCast (method, source, loc);
                        if (e.Type != target){
                                if (!look_for_explicit)
                                        e = ImplicitConversionStandard (ec, e, target, loc);
@@ -1044,17 +1116,21 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        if (expr.eclass == ExprClass.MethodGroup){
                                if (!TypeManager.IsDelegateType (target_type)){
-                                       Report.Error (428, loc,
-                                                     String.Format (
-                                                          "Cannot convert method group to `{0}', since it is not a delegate",
-                                                          TypeManager.CSharpName (target_type)));
                                        return null;
                                }
-
-                               return ImplicitDelegateCreation.Create (ec, (MethodGroupExpr) expr, target_type, loc);
+                               
+                               //
+                               // Only allow anonymous method conversions on post ISO_1
+                               //
+                               if (RootContext.Version != LanguageVersion.ISO_1){
+                                       MethodGroupExpr mg = expr as MethodGroupExpr;
+                                       if (mg != null)
+                                               return ImplicitDelegateCreation.Create (
+                                                       ec, mg, target_type, false, loc);
+                               }
                        }
-                       
-                       if (expr_type == target_type && !(expr is NullLiteral))
+
+                       if (expr_type == target_type && expr_type != TypeManager.null_type)
                                return expr;
 
                        e = ImplicitNumericConversion (ec, expr, target_type, loc);
@@ -1069,7 +1145,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                             target_type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.enum_type)) &&
                            expr is IntLiteral){
                                IntLiteral i = (IntLiteral) expr;
-
+                               
                                if (i.Value == 0)
                                        return new EnumConstant ((Constant) expr, target_type);
                        }
@@ -1090,19 +1166,43 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                }
                                
                                if (target_type.IsPointer) {
-                                       if (expr is NullLiteral)
-                                               return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
+                                       if (expr_type == TypeManager.null_type)
+                                               return new EmptyCast (NullPointer.Null, target_type);
 
                                        if (expr_type == TypeManager.void_ptr_type)
                                                return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
                                }
                        }
 
+                       if (expr_type == TypeManager.anonymous_method_type){
+                               if (!TypeManager.IsDelegateType (target_type)){
+                                       Report.Error (1660, loc,
+                                               "Cannot convert anonymous method block to type `{0}' because it is not a delegate type",
+                                               TypeManager.CSharpName (target_type));
+                                       return null;
+                               }
+
+                               AnonymousMethod am = (AnonymousMethod) expr;
+                               int errors = Report.Errors;
+
+                               Expression conv = am.Compatible (ec, target_type, false);
+                               if (conv != null)
+                                       return conv;
+                               
+                               //
+                               // We return something instead of null, to avoid
+                               // the duplicate error, since am.Compatible would have
+                               // reported that already
+                               //
+                               if (errors != Report.Errors)
+                                       return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
+                       }
+                       
                        return null;
                }
 
                /// <summary>
-               ///   Attemps to perform an implict constant conversion of the IntConstant
+               ///   Attempts to perform an implicit constant conversion of the IntConstant
                ///   into a different data type using casts (See Implicit Constant
                ///   Expression Conversions)
                /// </summary>
@@ -1112,19 +1212,19 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        if (target_type == TypeManager.sbyte_type){
                                if (value >= SByte.MinValue && value <= SByte.MaxValue)
-                                       return new SByteConstant ((sbyte) value);
+                                       return new SByteConstant ((sbyte) value, ic.Location);
                        } else if (target_type == TypeManager.byte_type){
                                if (value >= Byte.MinValue && value <= Byte.MaxValue)
-                                       return new ByteConstant ((byte) value);
+                                       return new ByteConstant ((byte) value, ic.Location);
                        } else if (target_type == TypeManager.short_type){
                                if (value >= Int16.MinValue && value <= Int16.MaxValue)
-                                       return new ShortConstant ((short) value);
+                                       return new ShortConstant ((short) value, ic.Location);
                        } else if (target_type == TypeManager.ushort_type){
                                if (value >= UInt16.MinValue && value <= UInt16.MaxValue)
-                                       return new UShortConstant ((ushort) value);
+                                       return new UShortConstant ((ushort) value, ic.Location);
                        } else if (target_type == TypeManager.uint32_type){
                                if (value >= 0)
-                                       return new UIntConstant ((uint) value);
+                                       return new UIntConstant ((uint) value, ic.Location);
                        } else if (target_type == TypeManager.uint64_type){
                                //
                                // we can optimize this case: a positive int32
@@ -1132,11 +1232,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                // to do it.
                                //
                                if (value >= 0)
-                                       return new ULongConstant ((ulong) value);
+                                       return new ULongConstant ((ulong) value, ic.Location);
                        } else if (target_type == TypeManager.double_type)
-                               return new DoubleConstant ((double) value);
+                               return new DoubleConstant ((double) value, ic.Location);
                        else if (target_type == TypeManager.float_type)
-                               return new FloatConstant ((float) value);
+                               return new FloatConstant ((float) value, ic.Location);
                        
                        if (value == 0 && ic is IntLiteral && TypeManager.IsEnumType (target_type)){
                                Type underlying = TypeManager.EnumToUnderlying (target_type);
@@ -1145,28 +1245,42 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                //
                                // Possibly, we need to create a different 0 literal before passing
                                // to EnumConstant
-                               //n
+                               //
                                if (underlying == TypeManager.int64_type)
-                                       e = new LongLiteral (0);
+                                       e = new LongLiteral (0, ic.Location);
                                else if (underlying == TypeManager.uint64_type)
-                                       e = new ULongLiteral (0);
+                                       e = new ULongLiteral (0, ic.Location);
 
                                return new EnumConstant (e, target_type);
                        }
+
+                       //
+                       // If `target_type' is an interface and the type of `ic' implements the interface
+                       // e.g. target_type is IComparable, IConvertible, IFormattable
+                       //
+                       if (target_type.IsInterface && target_type.IsAssignableFrom (ic.Type))
+                               return new BoxedCast (ic, target_type);
+
                        return null;
                }
 
                static public void Error_CannotImplicitConversion (Location loc, Type source, Type target)
                {
-                       string msg = "Cannot convert implicitly from `"+
-                               TypeManager.CSharpName (source) + "' to `" +
-                               TypeManager.CSharpName (target) + "'";
-
-                       Report.Error (29, loc, msg);
+                       if (source.Name == target.Name){
+                               Report.ExtraInformation (loc,
+                                        String.Format (
+                                               "The type {0} has two conflicting definitions, one comes from {1} and the other from {2}",
+                                               source.Name, source.Assembly.FullName, target.Assembly.FullName));
+                                                        
+                       }
+                       Report.Error (29, loc, "Cannot implicitly convert type {0} to `{1}'",
+                                     source == TypeManager.anonymous_method_type ?
+                                     "anonymous method" : "`" + TypeManager.CSharpName (source) + "'",
+                                     TypeManager.CSharpName (target));
                }
 
                /// <summary>
-               ///   Attemptes to implicityly convert `target' into `type', using
+               ///   Attempts to implicitly convert `source' into `target_type', using
                ///   ImplicitConversion.  If there is no implicit conversion, then
                ///   an error is signaled
                /// </summary>
@@ -1179,24 +1293,27 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (e != null)
                                return e;
 
-                       if (source is DoubleLiteral && target_type == TypeManager.float_type){
-                               Report.Error (664, loc,
-                                             "Double literal cannot be implicitly converted to " +
-                                             "float type, use F suffix to create a float literal");
-                       }
-
-                       if (source is Constant){
-                               Constant c = (Constant) source;
-
-                               Expression.Error_ConstantValueCannotBeConverted (loc, c.AsString (), target_type);
-                               return null;
+                       if (source is DoubleLiteral) {
+                               if (target_type == TypeManager.float_type) {
+                                       Error_664 (loc, "float", "f");
+                                       return null;
+                               }
+                               if (target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type) {
+                                       Error_664 (loc, "decimal", "m");
+                                       return null;
+                               }
                        }
-                       
-                       Error_CannotImplicitConversion (loc, source.Type, target_type);
 
+                       source.Error_ValueCannotBeConverted (loc, target_type);
                        return null;
                }
 
+               static void Error_664 (Location loc, string type, string suffix) {
+                       Report.Error (664, loc,
+                               "Literal of type double cannot be implicitly converted to type `{0}'. Add suffix `{1}' to create a literal of this type",
+                               type, suffix);
+               }
+
                /// <summary>
                ///   Performs the explicit numeric conversions
                /// </summary>
@@ -1214,7 +1331,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (TypeManager.IsEnumType (real_target_type))
                                real_target_type = TypeManager.EnumToUnderlying (real_target_type);
 
-                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (expr, real_target_type)){
+                       if (ImplicitStandardConversionExists (ec, expr, real_target_type)){
                                Expression ce = ImplicitConversionStandard (ec, expr, real_target_type, loc);
 
                                if (real_target_type != target_type)
@@ -1380,9 +1497,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return new ConvCast (ec, expr, target_type, ConvCast.Mode.R4_U8);
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.char_type)
                                        return new ConvCast (ec, expr, target_type, ConvCast.Mode.R4_CH);
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type)
+                                       return new CastToDecimal (ec, expr, true);
                        } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.double_type){
                                //
-                               // From double to byte, byte, short,
+                               // From double to sbyte, byte, short,
                                // ushort, int, uint, long, ulong,
                                // char, float or decimal
                                //
@@ -1406,10 +1525,26 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return new ConvCast (ec, expr, target_type, ConvCast.Mode.R8_CH);
                                if (real_target_type == TypeManager.float_type)
                                        return new ConvCast (ec, expr, target_type, ConvCast.Mode.R8_R4);
-                       } 
-
-                       // decimal is taken care of by the op_Explicit methods.
-
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.decimal_type)
+                                       return new CastToDecimal (ec, expr, true);
+                       } else if (expr_type == TypeManager.decimal_type) {
+                               //
+                               // From decimal to sbyte, byte, short, ushort, int, uint,
+                               // long, ulong, char, double or float
+                               //
+                               if (real_target_type == TypeManager.sbyte_type ||
+                                   real_target_type == TypeManager.byte_type ||
+                                   real_target_type == TypeManager.short_type ||
+                                   real_target_type == TypeManager.ushort_type ||
+                                   real_target_type == TypeManager.int32_type ||
+                                   real_target_type == TypeManager.uint32_type ||
+                                   real_target_type == TypeManager.int64_type ||
+                                   real_target_type == TypeManager.uint64_type ||
+                                   real_target_type == TypeManager.char_type ||
+                                   real_target_type == TypeManager.double_type ||
+                                   real_target_type == TypeManager.float_type)
+                                       return new CastFromDecimal (ec, expr, target_type);
+                       }
                        return null;
                }
 
@@ -1626,15 +1761,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Type expr_type = expr.Type;
                        Type original_expr_type = expr_type;
 
+                       Expression ne = ImplicitConversionStandard (ec, expr, target_type, loc);
+
+                       if (ne != null)
+                               return ne;
+
                        if (expr_type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.enum_type)){
-                               if (target_type == TypeManager.enum_type ||
-                                   target_type == TypeManager.object_type) {
-                                       if (expr is EnumConstant)
-                                               expr = ((EnumConstant) expr).Child;
-                                       // We really need all these casts here .... :-(
-                                       expr = new BoxedCast (new EmptyCast (expr, expr_type));
-                                       return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
-                               } else if ((expr_type == TypeManager.enum_type) && target_type.IsValueType &&
+                               if ((expr_type == TypeManager.enum_type) && target_type.IsValueType &&
                                           target_type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.enum_type))
                                        return new UnboxCast (expr, target_type);
 
@@ -1648,11 +1781,6 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                expr_type = expr.Type;
                        }
 
-                       Expression ne = ImplicitConversionStandard (ec, expr, target_type, loc);
-
-                       if (ne != null)
-                               return ne;
-
                        ne = ExplicitNumericConversion (ec, expr, target_type, loc);
                        if (ne != null)
                                return ne;
@@ -1660,37 +1788,35 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        //
                        // Unboxing conversion.
                        //
-                       if (expr_type == TypeManager.object_type && target_type.IsValueType){
-                               if (expr is NullLiteral){
-                                       //
-                                       // Skip the ExplicitReferenceConversion because we can not convert
-                                       // from Null to a ValueType, and ExplicitReference wont check against
-                                       // null literal explicitly
-                                       //
-                                       goto skip_explicit;
-                               }
+                       if (expr_type == TypeManager.object_type && target_type.IsValueType)
                                return new UnboxCast (expr, target_type);
 
+                       //
+                       // Skip the ExplicitReferenceConversion because we can not convert
+                       // from Null to a ValueType, and ExplicitReference wont check against
+                       // null literal explicitly
+                       //
+                       if (expr_type != TypeManager.null_type){
+                               ne = ExplicitReferenceConversion (expr, target_type);
+                               if (ne != null)
+                                       return ne;
                        }
 
-                       ne = ExplicitReferenceConversion (expr, target_type);
-                       if (ne != null)
-                               return ne;
-
-               skip_explicit:
                        if (ec.InUnsafe){
                                if (target_type.IsPointer){
                                        if (expr_type.IsPointer)
                                                return new EmptyCast (expr, target_type);
                                        
                                        if (expr_type == TypeManager.sbyte_type ||
-                                           expr_type == TypeManager.byte_type ||
                                            expr_type == TypeManager.short_type ||
-                                           expr_type == TypeManager.ushort_type ||
                                            expr_type == TypeManager.int32_type ||
+                                           expr_type == TypeManager.int64_type)
+                                               return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_I);
+
+                                       if (expr_type == TypeManager.ushort_type ||
                                            expr_type == TypeManager.uint32_type ||
                                            expr_type == TypeManager.uint64_type ||
-                                           expr_type == TypeManager.int64_type)
+                                           expr_type == TypeManager.byte_type)
                                                return new OpcodeCast (expr, target_type, OpCodes.Conv_U);
                                }
                                if (expr_type.IsPointer){
@@ -1739,13 +1865,10 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (ne != null)
                                return ne;
 
-                       if (expr is NullLiteral){
-                               Report.Error (37, loc, "Cannot convert null to value type `" +
-                                             TypeManager.CSharpName (target_type) + "'");
-                               return null;
-                       }
-                               
-                       Error_CannotConvertType (loc, original_expr_type, target_type);
+                       if (expr is Constant)
+                               expr.Error_ValueCannotBeConverted (loc, target_type);
+                       else
+                               Error_CannotConvertType (loc, original_expr_type, target_type);
                        return null;
                }