2008-03-27 Marek Safar <marek.safar@gmail.com>
[mono.git] / mcs / mcs / statement.cs
index da5b4b10dc8bc2684563a0d1203e43742a0087b6..9a3121ecae27fc9f2cd6ecef0fde5f0eaae55588 100644 (file)
@@ -93,19 +93,22 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                // 
                protected virtual void CloneTo (CloneContext clonectx, Statement target)
                {
-                       throw new Exception (String.Format ("Statement.CloneTo not implemented for {0}", this.GetType ()));
+                       throw new InternalErrorException ("{0} does not implement Statement.CloneTo", this.GetType ());
                }
-               
+
                public Statement Clone (CloneContext clonectx)
                {
                        Statement s = (Statement) this.MemberwiseClone ();
-                       if (s is Block)
-                               clonectx.AddBlockMap ((Block) this, (Block) s);
-                       
                        CloneTo (clonectx, s);
                        return s;
                }
 
+               public virtual Expression CreateExpressionTree (EmitContext ec)
+               {
+                       Report.Error (834, loc, "A lambda expression with statement body cannot be converted to an expresion tree");
+                       return null;
+               }
+
                public Statement PerformClone ()
                {
                        CloneContext clonectx = new CloneContext ();
@@ -146,6 +149,18 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return result;
                }
 
+               ///
+               /// Remaps block to cloned copy if one exists.
+               ///
+               public Block RemapBlockCopy (Block from)
+               {
+                       Block mapped_to = (Block)block_map[from];
+                       if (mapped_to == null)
+                               return from;
+
+                       return mapped_to;
+               }
+
                public void AddVariableMap (LocalInfo from, LocalInfo to)
                {
                        if (variable_map == null)
@@ -186,6 +201,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                protected override void DoEmit (EmitContext ec)
                {
                }
+
+               protected override void CloneTo (CloneContext clonectx, Statement target)
+               {
+                       // nothing needed.
+               }
        }
        
        public class If : Statement {
@@ -195,21 +215,21 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                bool is_true_ret;
                
-               public If (Expression expr, Statement trueStatement, Location l)
+               public If (Expression expr, Statement true_statement, Location l)
                {
                        this.expr = expr;
-                       TrueStatement = trueStatement;
+                       TrueStatement = true_statement;
                        loc = l;
                }
 
                public If (Expression expr,
-                          Statement trueStatement,
-                          Statement falseStatement,
+                          Statement true_statement,
+                          Statement false_statement,
                           Location l)
                {
                        this.expr = expr;
-                       TrueStatement = trueStatement;
-                       FalseStatement = falseStatement;
+                       TrueStatement = true_statement;
+                       FalseStatement = false_statement;
                        loc = l;
                }
 
@@ -233,8 +253,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        //
                        // Dead code elimination
                        //
-                       if (expr is BoolConstant){
-                               bool take = ((BoolConstant) expr).Value;
+                       if (expr is Constant){
+                               bool take = !((Constant) expr).IsDefaultValue;
 
                                if (take){
                                        if (!TrueStatement.Resolve (ec))
@@ -282,15 +302,34 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Label end;
 
                        //
-                       // If we're a boolean expression, Resolve() already
+                       // If we're a boolean constant, Resolve() already
                        // eliminated dead code for us.
                        //
-                       if (expr is BoolConstant){
-                               bool take = ((BoolConstant) expr).Value;
+                       if (expr is Constant){
+                               
+                               //
+                               // Simple bool constant
+                               //
+                               if (expr is BoolConstant) {
+                                       bool take = ((BoolConstant) expr).Value;
 
-                               if (take)
+                                       if (take)
+                                               TrueStatement.Emit (ec);
+                                       else if (FalseStatement != null)
+                                               FalseStatement.Emit (ec);
+                                       
+                                       return;
+                               }
+
+                               //
+                               // Bool constant with side-effects
+                               //
+                               expr.Emit (ec);
+                               ig.Emit (OpCodes.Pop);
+
+                               if (TrueStatement != null)
                                        TrueStatement.Emit (ec);
-                               else if (FalseStatement != null)
+                               if (FalseStatement != null)
                                        FalseStatement.Emit (ec);
 
                                return;
@@ -325,7 +364,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        target.expr = expr.Clone (clonectx);
                        target.TrueStatement = TrueStatement.Clone (clonectx);
-                       target.FalseStatement = FalseStatement.Clone (clonectx);
+                       if (FalseStatement != null)
+                               target.FalseStatement = FalseStatement.Clone (clonectx);
                }
        }
 
@@ -334,9 +374,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public Statement  EmbeddedStatement;
                bool infinite;
                
-               public Do (Statement statement, Expression boolExpr, Location l)
+               public Do (Statement statement, Expression bool_expr, Location l)
                {
-                       expr = boolExpr;
+                       expr = bool_expr;
                        EmbeddedStatement = statement;
                        loc = l;
                }
@@ -419,9 +459,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public Statement Statement;
                bool infinite, empty;
                
-               public While (Expression boolExpr, Statement statement, Location l)
+               public While (Expression bool_expr, Statement statement, Location l)
                {
-                       this.expr = boolExpr;
+                       this.expr = bool_expr;
                        Statement = statement;
                        loc = l;
                }
@@ -500,6 +540,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                Statement.Emit (ec);
                        
                                ig.MarkLabel (ec.LoopBegin);
+                               ec.Mark (loc, true);
 
                                expr.EmitBranchable (ec, while_loop, true);
                                
@@ -510,6 +551,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        ec.LoopEnd = old_end;
                }
 
+               public override void Emit (EmitContext ec)
+               {
+                       DoEmit (ec);
+               }
+
                protected override void CloneTo (CloneContext clonectx, Statement t)
                {
                        While target = (While) t;
@@ -526,13 +572,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public Statement Statement;
                bool infinite, empty;
                
-               public For (Statement initStatement,
+               public For (Statement init_statement,
                            Expression test,
                            Statement increment,
                            Statement statement,
                            Location l)
                {
-                       InitStatement = initStatement;
+                       InitStatement = init_statement;
                        Test = test;
                        Increment = increment;
                        Statement = statement;
@@ -699,65 +745,80 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
        ///   Implements the return statement
        /// </summary>
        public class Return : Statement {
-               public Expression Expr;
+               protected Expression Expr;
+               bool unwind_protect;
                
                public Return (Expression expr, Location l)
                {
                        Expr = expr;
                        loc = l;
                }
-
-               bool unwind_protect;
-
-               public override bool Resolve (EmitContext ec)
+               
+               bool DoResolve (EmitContext ec)
                {
+                       if (Expr == null) {
+                               if (ec.ReturnType == TypeManager.void_type)
+                                       return true;
+                               
+                               Error (126, "An object of a type convertible to `{0}' is required " +
+                                          "for the return statement",
+                                          TypeManager.CSharpName (ec.ReturnType));
+                               return false;
+                       }
+
                        AnonymousContainer am = ec.CurrentAnonymousMethod;
                        if ((am != null) && am.IsIterator && ec.InIterator) {
                                Report.Error (1622, loc, "Cannot return a value from iterators. Use the yield return " +
-                                             "statement to return a value, or yield break to end the iteration");
-                               return false;
+                                                 "statement to return a value, or yield break to end the iteration");
                        }
 
-                       if (ec.ReturnType == null){
-                               if (Expr != null){
-                                       if (am != null){
-                                               Report.Error (1662, loc,
-                                                       "Cannot convert anonymous method block to delegate type `{0}' because some of the return types in the block are not implicitly convertible to the delegate return type",
-                                                       am.GetSignatureForError ());
-                                       }
-                                       Error (127, "A return keyword must not be followed by any expression when method returns void");
-                                       return false;
-                               }
-                       } else {
-                               if (Expr == null){
-                                       Error (126, "An object of a type convertible to `{0}' is required " +
-                                              "for the return statement",
-                                              TypeManager.CSharpName (ec.ReturnType));
-                                       return false;
-                               }
+                       if (am == null && ec.ReturnType == TypeManager.void_type) {
+                               MemberCore mc = ec.ResolveContext as MemberCore;
+                               Report.Error (127, loc, "`{0}': A return keyword must not be followed by any expression when method returns void",
+                                       mc.GetSignatureForError ());
+                       }
 
-                               Expr = Expr.Resolve (ec);
-                               if (Expr == null)
-                                       return false;
+                       Expr = Expr.Resolve (ec);
+                       if (Expr == null)
+                               return false;
 
-                               if (Expr.Type != ec.ReturnType) {
-                                       if (ec.InferReturnType) {
-                                               ec.ReturnType = Expr.Type;
-                                       } else {
-                                               Expr = Convert.ImplicitConversionRequired (
-                                                       ec, Expr, ec.ReturnType, loc);
-                                               if (Expr == null)
-                                                       return false;
+                       if (Expr.Type != ec.ReturnType) {
+                               if (ec.InferReturnType) {
+                                       //
+                                       // void cannot be used in contextual return
+                                       //
+                                       if (Expr.Type == TypeManager.void_type)
+                                               return false;
+
+                                       ec.ReturnType = Expr.Type;
+                               } else {
+                                       Expr = Convert.ImplicitConversionRequired (
+                                               ec, Expr, ec.ReturnType, loc);
+
+                                       if (Expr == null) {
+                                               if (am != null) {
+                                                       Report.Error (1662, loc,
+                                                               "Cannot convert `{0}' to delegate type `{1}' because some of the return types in the block are not implicitly convertible to the delegate return type",
+                                                               am.ContainerType, am.GetSignatureForError ());
+                                               }
+                                               return false;
                                        }
                                }
                        }
 
-                       int errors = Report.Errors;
+                       return true;                    
+               }
+
+               public override bool Resolve (EmitContext ec)
+               {
+                       if (!DoResolve (ec))
+                               return false;
+                       
                        unwind_protect = ec.CurrentBranching.AddReturnOrigin (ec.CurrentBranching.CurrentUsageVector, loc);
                        if (unwind_protect)
                                ec.NeedReturnLabel ();
                        ec.CurrentBranching.CurrentUsageVector.Goto ();
-                       return errors == Report.Errors;
+                       return true;
                }
                
                protected override void DoEmit (EmitContext ec)
@@ -778,8 +839,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                protected override void CloneTo (CloneContext clonectx, Statement t)
                {
                        Return target = (Return) t;
-
-                       target.Expr = Expr.Clone (clonectx);
+                       // It's null for simple return;
+                       if (Expr != null)
+                               target.Expr = Expr.Clone (clonectx);
                }
        }
 
@@ -916,7 +978,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
 
                        if (!ec.Switch.GotDefault){
-                               Report.Error (159, loc, "No such label `default:' within the scope of the goto statement");
+                               FlowBranchingBlock.Error_UnknownLabel (loc, "default");
                                return;
                        }
                        ec.ig.Emit (OpCodes.Br, ec.Switch.DefaultTarget);
@@ -975,7 +1037,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        sl = (SwitchLabel) ec.Switch.Elements [val];
 
                        if (sl == null){
-                               Report.Error (159, loc, "No such label `case {0}:' within the scope of the goto statement", c.GetValue () == null ? "null" : val.ToString ());
+                               FlowBranchingBlock.Error_UnknownLabel (loc, "case " + 
+                                       (c.GetValue () == null ? "null" : val.ToString ()));
                                return false;
                        }
 
@@ -1063,7 +1126,8 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
                        Throw target = (Throw) t;
 
-                       target.expr = expr.Clone (clonectx);
+                       if (expr != null)
+                               target.expr = expr.Clone (clonectx);
                }
        }
 
@@ -1088,6 +1152,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
                        ec.ig.Emit (unwind_protect ? OpCodes.Leave : OpCodes.Br, ec.LoopEnd);
                }
+               
+               protected override void CloneTo (CloneContext clonectx, Statement t)
+               {
+                       // nothing needed
+               }
        }
 
        public class Continue : Statement {
@@ -1111,6 +1180,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
                        ec.ig.Emit (unwind_protect ? OpCodes.Leave : OpCodes.Br, ec.LoopBegin);
                }
+
+               protected override void CloneTo (CloneContext clonectx, Statement t)
+               {
+                       // nothing needed.
+               }
        }
 
        public abstract class Variable
@@ -1136,10 +1210,15 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public abstract void EmitAddressOf (EmitContext ec);
        }
 
+       public interface IKnownVariable {
+               Block Block { get; }
+               Location Location { get; }
+       }
+
        //
        // The information about a user-perceived local variable
        //
-       public class LocalInfo {
+       public class LocalInfo : IKnownVariable {
                public Expression Type;
 
                public Type VariableType;
@@ -1214,7 +1293,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public void EmitSymbolInfo (EmitContext ec, string name)
                {
                        if (builder != null)
-                               ec.DefineLocalVariable (name, builder);
+                               ec.DefineLocalVariable (Name, builder);
                }
 
                public bool IsThisAssigned (EmitContext ec)
@@ -1239,7 +1318,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public bool Resolve (EmitContext ec)
                {
                        if (VariableType == null) {
-                               TypeExpr texpr = Type.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (ec, false);
+                               TypeExpr texpr = Type.ResolveAsContextualType (ec, false);
                                if (texpr == null)
                                        return false;
                                
@@ -1266,42 +1345,23 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                }
 
                public bool IsCaptured {
-                       get {
-                               return (flags & Flags.Captured) != 0;
-                       }
-
-                       set {
-                               flags |= Flags.Captured;
-                       }
+                       get { return (flags & Flags.Captured) != 0; }
+                       set { flags |= Flags.Captured; }
                }
 
                public bool IsConstant {
-                       get {
-                               return (flags & Flags.IsConstant) != 0;
-                       }
-                       set {
-                               flags |= Flags.IsConstant;
-                       }
+                       get { return (flags & Flags.IsConstant) != 0; }
+                       set { flags |= Flags.IsConstant; }
                }
 
                public bool AddressTaken {
-                       get {
-                               return (flags & Flags.AddressTaken) != 0;
-                       }
-
-                       set {
-                               flags |= Flags.AddressTaken;
-                       }
+                       get { return (flags & Flags.AddressTaken) != 0; }
+                       set { flags |= Flags.AddressTaken; }
                }
 
                public bool CompilerGenerated {
-                       get {
-                               return (flags & Flags.CompilerGenerated) != 0;
-                       }
-
-                       set {
-                               flags |= Flags.CompilerGenerated;
-                       }
+                       get { return (flags & Flags.CompilerGenerated) != 0; }
+                       set { flags |= Flags.CompilerGenerated; }
                }
 
                public override string ToString ()
@@ -1311,18 +1371,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                }
 
                public bool Used {
-                       get {
-                               return (flags & Flags.Used) != 0;
-                       }
-                       set {
-                               flags = value ? (flags | Flags.Used) : (unchecked (flags & ~Flags.Used));
-                       }
+                       get { return (flags & Flags.Used) != 0; }
+                       set { flags = value ? (flags | Flags.Used) : (unchecked (flags & ~Flags.Used)); }
                }
 
                public bool ReadOnly {
-                       get {
-                               return (flags & Flags.ReadOnly) != 0;
-                       }
+                       get { return (flags & Flags.ReadOnly) != 0; }
                }
 
                public void SetReadOnlyContext (ReadOnlyContext context)
@@ -1352,21 +1406,21 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                // allocated in a pinned slot with DeclareLocal.
                //
                public bool Pinned {
-                       get {
-                               return (flags & Flags.Pinned) != 0;
-                       }
-                       set {
-                               flags = value ? (flags | Flags.Pinned) : (flags & ~Flags.Pinned);
-                       }
+                       get { return (flags & Flags.Pinned) != 0; }
+                       set { flags = value ? (flags | Flags.Pinned) : (flags & ~Flags.Pinned); }
                }
 
                public bool IsThis {
-                       get {
-                               return (flags & Flags.IsThis) != 0;
-                       }
-                       set {
-                               flags = value ? (flags | Flags.IsThis) : (flags & ~Flags.IsThis);
-                       }
+                       get { return (flags & Flags.IsThis) != 0; }
+                       set { flags = value ? (flags | Flags.IsThis) : (flags & ~Flags.IsThis); }
+               }
+
+               Block IKnownVariable.Block {
+                       get { return Block; }
+               }
+
+               Location IKnownVariable.Location {
+                       get { return Location; }
                }
 
                protected class LocalVariable : Variable
@@ -1415,8 +1469,18 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public LocalInfo Clone (CloneContext clonectx)
                {
-                       // Only this kind is created by the parser.
-                       return new LocalInfo (Type.Clone (clonectx), Name, clonectx.LookupBlock (Block), Location);
+                       //
+                       // Variables in anonymous block are not resolved yet
+                       //
+                       if (VariableType == null)
+                               return new LocalInfo (Type.Clone (clonectx), Name, clonectx.LookupBlock (Block), Location);
+
+                       //
+                       // Variables in method block are resolved
+                       //
+                       LocalInfo li = new LocalInfo (null, Name, clonectx.LookupBlock (Block), Location);
+                       li.VariableType = VariableType;
+                       return li;                      
                }
        }
 
@@ -1439,28 +1503,22 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public readonly Location  StartLocation;
                public Location EndLocation = Location.Null;
 
-               public readonly ToplevelBlock Toplevel;
+               public ExplicitBlock Explicit;
+               public ToplevelBlock Toplevel;
 
                [Flags]
-               public enum Flags : ushort {
-                       Implicit  = 1,
-                       Unchecked = 2,
-                       BlockUsed = 4,
-                       VariablesInitialized = 8,
-                       HasRet = 16,
-                       IsDestructor = 32,
-                       IsToplevel = 64,
-                       Unsafe = 128,
-                       HasVarargs = 256, // Used in ToplevelBlock
-                       IsIterator = 512
-
+               public enum Flags : byte {
+                       Unchecked = 1,
+                       BlockUsed = 2,
+                       VariablesInitialized = 4,
+                       HasRet = 8,
+                       IsDestructor = 16,
+                       Unsafe = 32,
+                       HasVarargs = 64, // Used in ToplevelBlock
+                       IsIterator = 128
                }
                protected Flags flags;
 
-               public bool Implicit {
-                       get { return (flags & Flags.Implicit) != 0; }
-               }
-
                public bool Unchecked {
                        get { return (flags & Flags.Unchecked) != 0; }
                        set { flags |= Flags.Unchecked; }
@@ -1489,7 +1547,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                //
                // Labels.  (label, block) pairs.
                //
-               Hashtable labels;
+               HybridDictionary labels;
 
                //
                // Keeps track of (name, type) pairs
@@ -1498,7 +1556,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                //
                // Keeps track of constants
-               Hashtable constants;
+               HybridDictionary constants;
 
                //
                // Temporary variables.
@@ -1510,13 +1568,20 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                //
                Block switch_block;
 
+               // TODO: merge with scope_initializers
                ExpressionStatement scope_init;
+               ArrayList scope_initializers;
 
                ArrayList anonymous_children;
 
                protected static int id;
 
                int this_id;
+
+               int assignable_slots;
+               protected ScopeInfo scope_info;
+               bool unreachable_shown;
+               bool unreachable;
                
                public Block (Block parent)
                        : this (parent, (Flags) 0, Location.Null, Location.Null)
@@ -1532,8 +1597,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                public Block (Block parent, Flags flags, Location start, Location end)
                {
-                       if (parent != null)
+                       if (parent != null) {
                                parent.AddChild (this);
+
+                               // the appropriate constructors will fixup these fields
+                               Toplevel = parent.Toplevel;
+                               Explicit = parent.Explicit;
+                       }
                        
                        this.Parent = parent;
                        this.flags = flags;
@@ -1541,24 +1611,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        this.EndLocation = end;
                        this.loc = start;
                        this_id = id++;
-                       statements = new ArrayList ();
-
-                       if ((flags & Flags.IsToplevel) != 0)
-                               Toplevel = (ToplevelBlock) this;
-                       else
-                               Toplevel = parent.Toplevel;
-
-                       if (parent != null && Implicit) {
-                               if (parent.known_variables == null)
-                                       parent.known_variables = new Hashtable ();
-                               // share with parent
-                               known_variables = parent.known_variables;
-                       }
+                       statements = new ArrayList (4);
                }
 
                public Block CreateSwitchBlock (Location start)
                {
-                       Block new_block = new Block (this, start, start);
+                       // FIXME: should this be implicit?
+                       Block new_block = new ExplicitBlock (this, start, start);
                        new_block.switch_block = this;
                        return new_block;
                }
@@ -1578,7 +1637,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                void AddChild (Block b)
                {
                        if (children == null)
-                               children = new ArrayList ();
+                               children = new ArrayList (1);
                        
                        children.Add (b);
                }
@@ -1591,7 +1650,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                protected static void Error_158 (string name, Location loc)
                {
                        Report.Error (158, loc, "The label `{0}' shadows another label " +
-                                     "by the same name in a contained scope.", name);
+                                     "by the same name in a contained scope", name);
                }
 
                /// <summary>
@@ -1612,13 +1671,14 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        Block cur = this;
                        while (cur != null) {
-                               if (cur.DoLookupLabel (name) != null) {
-                                       Report.Error (140, target.loc,
-                                                     "The label `{0}' is a duplicate", name);
+                               LabeledStatement s = cur.DoLookupLabel (name);
+                               if (s != null) {
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (s.loc, s.Name);
+                                       Report.Error (140, target.loc, "The label `{0}' is a duplicate", name);
                                        return false;
                                }
 
-                               if (!Implicit)
+                               if (this == Explicit)
                                        break;
 
                                cur = cur.Parent;
@@ -1636,6 +1696,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                                if (s == null)
                                                        continue;
 
+                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (s.loc, s.Name);
                                                Error_158 (name, target.loc);
                                                return false;
                                        }
@@ -1647,7 +1708,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Toplevel.CheckError158 (name, target.loc);
 
                        if (labels == null)
-                               labels = new Hashtable ();
+                               labels = new HybridDictionary();
 
                        labels.Add (name, target);
                        return true;
@@ -1663,7 +1724,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                return null;
 
                        foreach (Block child in children) {
-                               if (!child.Implicit)
+                               if (Explicit != child.Explicit)
                                        continue;
 
                                s = child.LookupLabel (name);
@@ -1686,59 +1747,22 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return null;
                }
 
-               Hashtable known_variables;
-
-               // <summary>
-               //   Marks a variable with name @name as being used in this or a child block.
-               //   If a variable name has been used in a child block, it's illegal to
-               //   declare a variable with the same name in the current block.
-               // </summary>
-               void AddKnownVariable (string name, LocalInfo info)
-               {
-                       if (known_variables == null)
-                               known_variables = new Hashtable ();
-
-                       known_variables [name] = info;
-               }
-
-               LocalInfo GetKnownVariableInfo (string name, bool recurse)
-               {
-                       if (known_variables != null) {
-                               LocalInfo vi = (LocalInfo) known_variables [name];
-                               if (vi != null)
-                                       return vi;
-                       }
-
-                       if (!recurse || (children == null))
-                               return null;
-
-                       foreach (Block block in children) {
-                               LocalInfo vi = block.GetKnownVariableInfo (name, true);
-                               if (vi != null)
-                                       return vi;
-                       }
-
-                       return null;
-               }
-
                public bool CheckInvariantMeaningInBlock (string name, Expression e, Location loc)
                {
                        Block b = this;
-                       LocalInfo kvi = b.GetKnownVariableInfo (name, true);
+                       IKnownVariable kvi = b.Explicit.GetKnownVariable (name);
                        while (kvi == null) {
-                               while (b.Implicit)
-                                       b = b.Parent;
-                               b = b.Parent;
+                               b = b.Explicit.Parent;
                                if (b == null)
                                        return true;
-                               kvi = b.GetKnownVariableInfo (name, false);
+                               kvi = b.Explicit.GetKnownVariable (name);
                        }
 
                        if (kvi.Block == b)
                                return true;
 
                        // Is kvi.Block nested inside 'b'
-                       if (b.known_variables != kvi.Block.known_variables) {
+                       if (b.Explicit != kvi.Block.Explicit) {
                                //
                                // If a variable by the same name it defined in a nested block of this
                                // block, we violate the invariant meaning in a block.
@@ -1765,7 +1789,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        // an indirect check that depends on AddVariable doing its
                        // part in maintaining the invariant-meaning-in-block property.
                        //
-                       if (e is LocalVariableReference || (e is Constant && b.GetLocalInfo (name) != null))
+                       if (e is VariableReference || (e is Constant && b.GetLocalInfo (name) != null))
                                return true;
 
                        //
@@ -1777,144 +1801,89 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return false;
                }
 
-               public bool CheckError136_InParents (string name, Location loc)
-               {
-                       for (Block b = Parent; b != null; b = b.Parent) {
-                               if (!b.DoCheckError136 (name, "parent or current", loc))
-                                       return false;
-                       }
-
-                       for (Block b = Toplevel.ContainerBlock; b != null; b = b.Toplevel.ContainerBlock) {
-                               if (!b.CheckError136_InParents (name, loc))
-                                       return false;
-                       }
-
-                       return true;
-               }
-
-               public bool CheckError136_InChildren (string name, Location loc)
-               {
-                       if (!DoCheckError136_InChildren (name, loc))
-                               return false;
-
-                       Block b = this;
-                       while (b.Implicit) {
-                               if (!b.Parent.DoCheckError136_InChildren (name, loc))
-                                       return false;
-                               b = b.Parent;
-                       }
-
-                       return true;
-               }
-
-               protected bool DoCheckError136_InChildren (string name, Location loc)
-               {
-                       if (!DoCheckError136 (name, "child", loc))
-                               return false;
-
-                       if (AnonymousChildren != null) {
-                               foreach (ToplevelBlock child in AnonymousChildren) {
-                                       if (!child.DoCheckError136_InChildren (name, loc))
-                                               return false;
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       if (children != null) {
-                               foreach (Block child in children) {
-                                       if (!child.DoCheckError136_InChildren (name, loc))
-                                               return false;
-                               }
-                       }
-
-                       return true;
-               }
-
-               public bool CheckError136 (string name, string scope, bool check_parents,
-                                          bool check_children, Location loc)
-               {
-                       if (!DoCheckError136 (name, scope, loc))
-                               return false;
-
-                       if (check_parents) {
-                               if (!CheckError136_InParents (name, loc))
-                                       return false;
-                       }
-
-                       if (check_children) {
-                               if (!CheckError136_InChildren (name, loc))
-                                       return false;
-                       }
-
-                       for (Block c = Toplevel.ContainerBlock; c != null; c = c.Toplevel.ContainerBlock) {
-                               if (!c.DoCheckError136 (name, "parent or current", loc))
-                                       return false;
-                       }
-
-                       return true;
-               }
-
-               protected bool DoCheckError136 (string name, string scope, Location loc)
-               {
-                       LocalInfo vi = GetKnownVariableInfo (name, false);
-                       if (vi != null) {
-                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (vi.Location, name);
-                               Error_AlreadyDeclared (loc, name, scope != null ? scope : "child");
-                               return false;
-                       }
-
-                       int idx;
-                       Parameter p = Toplevel.Parameters.GetParameterByName (name, out idx);
-                       if (p != null) {
-                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (p.Location, name);
-                               Error_AlreadyDeclared (
-                                       loc, name, scope != null ? scope : "method argument");
-                               return false;
-                       }
-
-                       return true;
-               }
-
                public LocalInfo AddVariable (Expression type, string name, Location l)
                {
                        LocalInfo vi = GetLocalInfo (name);
                        if (vi != null) {
                                Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (vi.Location, name);
-                               if (known_variables == vi.Block.known_variables)
-                                       Report.Error (128, l,
-                                               "A local variable named `{0}' is already defined in this scope", name);
+                               if (Explicit == vi.Block.Explicit)
+                                       Error_AlreadyDeclared (l, name, null);
                                else
                                        Error_AlreadyDeclared (l, name, "parent");
                                return null;
                        }
 
-                       if (!CheckError136 (name, null, true, true, l))
+                       ToplevelParameterInfo pi = Toplevel.GetParameterInfo (name);
+                       if (pi != null) {
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (pi.Location, name);
+                               Error_AlreadyDeclared (loc, name,
+                                       pi.Block == Toplevel ? "method argument" : "parent or current");
                                return null;
+                       }
+                       
+                       if (Toplevel.GenericMethod != null) {
+                               foreach (TypeParameter tp in Toplevel.GenericMethod.CurrentTypeParameters) {
+                                       if (tp.Name == name) {
+                                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (tp);
+                                               Error_AlreadyDeclaredTypeParameter (loc, name);
+                                               return null;
+                                       }
+                               }
+                       }                       
+
+                       IKnownVariable kvi = Explicit.GetKnownVariable (name);
+                       if (kvi != null) {
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (kvi.Location, name);
+                               Error_AlreadyDeclared (l, name, "child");
+                               return null;
+                       }
 
                        vi = new LocalInfo (type, name, this, l);
-                       Variables.Add (name, vi);
-                       AddKnownVariable (name, vi);
+                       AddVariable (vi);
 
                        if ((flags & Flags.VariablesInitialized) != 0)
-                               throw new Exception ();
+                               throw new InternalErrorException ("block has already been resolved");
 
                        return vi;
                }
+               
+               protected virtual void AddVariable (LocalInfo li)
+               {
+                       Variables.Add (li.Name, li);
+                       Explicit.AddKnownVariable (li.Name, li);
+               }
 
-               void Error_AlreadyDeclared (Location loc, string var, string reason)
+               protected virtual void Error_AlreadyDeclared (Location loc, string var, string reason)
                {
+                       if (reason == null) {
+                               Error_AlreadyDeclared (loc, var);
+                               return;
+                       }
+                       
                        Report.Error (136, loc, "A local variable named `{0}' cannot be declared " +
                                      "in this scope because it would give a different meaning " +
                                      "to `{0}', which is already used in a `{1}' scope " +
                                      "to denote something else", var, reason);
                }
 
+               protected virtual void Error_AlreadyDeclared (Location loc, string name)
+               {
+                       Report.Error (128, loc,
+                               "A local variable named `{0}' is already defined in this scope", name);
+               }
+                                       
+               protected virtual void Error_AlreadyDeclaredTypeParameter (Location loc, string name)
+               {
+                       GenericMethod.Error_ParameterNameCollision (loc, name, "local variable");
+               }                                       
+
                public bool AddConstant (Expression type, string name, Expression value, Location l)
                {
                        if (AddVariable (type, name, l) == null)
                                return false;
                        
                        if (constants == null)
-                               constants = new Hashtable ();
+                               constants = new HybridDictionary();
 
                        constants.Add (name, value);
 
@@ -1970,6 +1939,18 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                        return null;
                }
+
+               //
+               // It should be used by expressions which require to
+               // register a statement during resolve process.
+               //
+               public void AddScopeStatement (StatementExpression s)
+               {
+                       if (scope_initializers == null)
+                               scope_initializers = new ArrayList ();
+
+                       scope_initializers.Add (s);
+               }
                
                public void AddStatement (Statement s)
                {
@@ -1999,29 +1980,14 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        flags |= Flags.IsDestructor;
                }
 
-               VariableMap param_map, local_map;
-
-               public VariableMap ParameterMap {
-                       get {
-                               if ((flags & Flags.VariablesInitialized) == 0){
-                                       throw new Exception ("Variables have not been initialized yet");
-                               }
-
-                               return param_map;
-                       }
-               }
-
-               public VariableMap LocalMap {
+               public int AssignableSlots {
                        get {
                                if ((flags & Flags.VariablesInitialized) == 0)
                                        throw new Exception ("Variables have not been initialized yet");
-
-                               return local_map;
+                               return assignable_slots;
                        }
                }
 
-               protected ScopeInfo scope_info;
-
                public ScopeInfo ScopeInfo {
                        get { return scope_info; }
                }
@@ -2046,119 +2012,93 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        anonymous_children.Add (b);
                }
 
-               /// <summary>
-               ///   Emits the variable declarations and labels.
-               /// </summary>
-               /// <remarks>
-               ///   tc: is our typecontainer (to resolve type references)
-               ///   ig: is the code generator:
-               /// </remarks>
-               public void ResolveMeta (ToplevelBlock toplevel, EmitContext ec, Parameters ip)
+               void DoResolveConstants (EmitContext ec)
                {
-                       Report.Debug (64, "BLOCK RESOLVE META", this, Parent, toplevel);
-
-                       // If some parent block was unsafe, we remain unsafe even if this block
-                       // isn't explicitly marked as such.
-                       using (ec.With (EmitContext.Flags.InUnsafe, ec.InUnsafe | Unsafe)) {
-                               //
-                               // Compute the VariableMap's.
-                               //
-                               // Unfortunately, we don't know the type when adding variables with
-                               // AddVariable(), so we need to compute this info here.
-                               //
+                       if (constants == null)
+                               return;
 
-                               LocalInfo[] locals;
-                               if (variables != null) {
-                                       foreach (LocalInfo li in variables.Values)
-                                               li.Resolve (ec);
+                       if (variables == null)
+                               throw new InternalErrorException ("cannot happen");
 
-                                       locals = new LocalInfo [variables.Count];
-                                       variables.Values.CopyTo (locals, 0);
-                               } else
-                                       locals = new LocalInfo [0];
+                       foreach (DictionaryEntry de in variables) {
+                               string name = (string) de.Key;
+                               LocalInfo vi = (LocalInfo) de.Value;
+                               Type variable_type = vi.VariableType;
 
-                               if (Parent != null)
-                                       local_map = new VariableMap (Parent.LocalMap, locals);
-                               else
-                                       local_map = new VariableMap (locals);
+                               if (variable_type == null) {
+                                       if (vi.Type is VarExpr)
+                                               Report.Error (822, vi.Type.Location, "An implicitly typed local variable cannot be a constant");
 
-                               param_map = new VariableMap (ip);
-                               flags |= Flags.VariablesInitialized;
-
-                               //
-                               // Process this block variables
-                               //
-                               if (variables != null) {
-                                       foreach (DictionaryEntry de in variables) {
-                                               string name = (string) de.Key;
-                                               LocalInfo vi = (LocalInfo) de.Value;
-                                               Type variable_type = vi.VariableType;
+                                       continue;
+                               }
 
-                                               if (variable_type == null)
-                                                       continue;
+                               Expression cv = (Expression) constants [name];
+                               if (cv == null)
+                                       continue;
 
-                                               if (variable_type.IsPointer) {
-                                                       //
-                                                       // Am not really convinced that this test is required (Microsoft does it)
-                                                       // but the fact is that you would not be able to use the pointer variable
-                                                       // *anyways*
-                                                       //
-                                                       if (!TypeManager.VerifyUnManaged (TypeManager.GetElementType (variable_type),
-                                                                                         vi.Location))
-                                                               continue;
-                                               }
+                               // Don't let 'const int Foo = Foo;' succeed.
+                               // Removing the name from 'constants' ensures that we get a LocalVariableReference below,
+                               // which in turn causes the 'must be constant' error to be triggered.
+                               constants.Remove (name);
 
-                                               if (constants == null)
-                                                       continue;
+                               if (!Const.IsConstantTypeValid (variable_type)) {
+                                       Const.Error_InvalidConstantType (variable_type, loc);
+                                       continue;
+                               }
 
-                                               Expression cv = (Expression) constants [name];
-                                               if (cv == null)
-                                                       continue;
+                               ec.CurrentBlock = this;
+                               Expression e;
+                               using (ec.With (EmitContext.Flags.ConstantCheckState, (flags & Flags.Unchecked) == 0)) {
+                                       e = cv.Resolve (ec);
+                               }
+                               if (e == null)
+                                       continue;
 
-                                               // Don't let 'const int Foo = Foo;' succeed.
-                                               // Removing the name from 'constants' ensures that we get a LocalVariableReference below,
-                                               // which in turn causes the 'must be constant' error to be triggered.
-                                               constants.Remove (name);
+                               Constant ce = e as Constant;
+                               if (ce == null) {
+                                       Const.Error_ExpressionMustBeConstant (vi.Location, name);
+                                       continue;
+                               }
 
-                                               if (!Const.IsConstantTypeValid (variable_type)) {
-                                                       Const.Error_InvalidConstantType (variable_type, loc);
-                                                       continue;
-                                               }
+                               e = ce.ConvertImplicitly (variable_type);
+                               if (e == null) {
+                                       if (!variable_type.IsValueType && variable_type != TypeManager.string_type && !ce.IsDefaultValue)
+                                               Const.Error_ConstantCanBeInitializedWithNullOnly (vi.Location, vi.Name);
+                                       else
+                                               ce.Error_ValueCannotBeConverted (null, vi.Location, variable_type, false);
+                                       continue;
+                               }
 
-                                               using (ec.With (EmitContext.Flags.ConstantCheckState, (flags & Flags.Unchecked) == 0)) {
-                                                       ec.CurrentBlock = this;
-                                                       Expression e = cv.Resolve (ec);
-                                                       if (e == null)
-                                                               continue;
+                               constants.Add (name, e);
+                               vi.IsConstant = true;
+                       }
+               }
 
-                                                       Constant ce = e as Constant;
-                                                       if (ce == null) {
-                                                               Const.Error_ExpressionMustBeConstant (vi.Location, name);
-                                                               continue;
-                                                       }
+               protected void ResolveMeta (EmitContext ec, int offset)
+               {
+                       Report.Debug (64, "BLOCK RESOLVE META", this, Parent);
 
-                                                       e = ce.ConvertImplicitly (variable_type);
-                                                       if (e == null) {
-                                                               if (!variable_type.IsValueType && variable_type != TypeManager.string_type && !ce.IsDefaultValue)
-                                                                       Const.Error_ConstantCanBeInitializedWithNullOnly (vi.Location, vi.Name);
-                                                               else
-                                                                       ce.Error_ValueCannotBeConverted (null, vi.Location, variable_type, false);
-                                                               continue;
-                                                       }
+                       // If some parent block was unsafe, we remain unsafe even if this block
+                       // isn't explicitly marked as such.
+                       using (ec.With (EmitContext.Flags.InUnsafe, ec.InUnsafe | Unsafe)) {
+                               flags |= Flags.VariablesInitialized;
 
-                                                       constants.Add (name, e);
-                                                       vi.IsConstant = true;
-                                               }
+                               if (variables != null) {
+                                       foreach (LocalInfo li in variables.Values) {
+                                               if (!li.Resolve (ec))
+                                                       continue;
+                                               li.VariableInfo = new VariableInfo (li, offset);
+                                               offset += li.VariableInfo.Length;
                                        }
                                }
+                               assignable_slots = offset;
 
-                               //
-                               // Now, handle the children
-                               //
-                               if (children != null) {
-                                       foreach (Block b in children)
-                                               b.ResolveMeta (toplevel, ec, ip);
-                               }
+                               DoResolveConstants (ec);
+
+                               if (children == null)
+                                       return;
+                               foreach (Block b in children)
+                                       b.ResolveMeta (ec, offset);
                        }
                }
 
@@ -2180,13 +2120,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
 
                        if (temporary_variables != null) {
-                               foreach (LocalInfo vi in temporary_variables)
-                                       vi.ResolveVariable (ec);
+                               for (int i = 0; i < temporary_variables.Count; i++)
+                                       ((LocalInfo)temporary_variables[i]).ResolveVariable(ec);
                        }
 
                        if (children != null){
-                               foreach (Block b in children)
-                                       b.EmitMeta (ec);
+                               for (int i = 0; i < children.Count; i++)
+                                       ((Block)children[i]).EmitMeta(ec);
                        }
                }
 
@@ -2194,7 +2134,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
                        string name;
 
-                       if ((variables != null) && (RootContext.WarningLevel >= 3)) {
+                       if ((variables != null) && (Report.WarningLevel >= 3)) {
                                foreach (DictionaryEntry de in variables){
                                        LocalInfo vi = (LocalInfo) de.Value;
 
@@ -2213,9 +2153,6 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
                }
 
-               bool unreachable_shown;
-               bool unreachable;
-
                private void CheckPossibleMistakenEmptyStatement (Statement s)
                {
                        Statement body;
@@ -2268,7 +2205,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        for (int ix = 0; ix < statement_count; ix++){
                                Statement s = (Statement) statements [ix];
                                // Check possible empty statement (CS0642)
-                               if (RootContext.WarningLevel >= 3 &&
+                               if (Report.WarningLevel >= 3 &&
                                        ix + 1 < statement_count &&
                                                statements [ix + 1] is Block)
                                        CheckPossibleMistakenEmptyStatement (s);
@@ -2299,6 +2236,9 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                                if (!s.Resolve (ec)) {
                                        ok = false;
+                                       if (ec.IsInProbingMode)
+                                               break;
+
                                        statements [ix] = EmptyStatement.Value;
                                        continue;
                                }
@@ -2316,9 +2256,6 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Report.Debug (4, "RESOLVE BLOCK DONE", StartLocation,
                                      ec.CurrentBranching, statement_count, num_statements);
 
-                       if (!ok)
-                               return false;
-
                        while (ec.CurrentBranching is FlowBranchingLabeled)
                                ec.EndFlowBranching ();
 
@@ -2328,12 +2265,10 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        // If we're a non-static `struct' constructor which doesn't have an
                        // initializer, then we must initialize all of the struct's fields.
-                       if ((flags & Flags.IsToplevel) != 0 && 
-                           !Toplevel.IsThisAssigned (ec) &&
-                           !vector.IsUnreachable)
+                       if (this == Toplevel && !Toplevel.IsThisAssigned (ec) && !vector.IsUnreachable)
                                ok = false;
 
-                       if ((labels != null) && (RootContext.WarningLevel >= 2)) {
+                       if ((labels != null) && (Report.WarningLevel >= 2)) {
                                foreach (LabeledStatement label in labels.Values)
                                        if (!label.HasBeenReferenced)
                                                Report.Warning (164, 2, label.loc,
@@ -2346,8 +2281,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                flags |= Flags.HasRet;
 
                        if (ok && (errors == Report.Errors)) {
-                               if (RootContext.WarningLevel >= 3)
-                                       UsageWarning (vector);
+                               UsageWarning (vector);
                        }
 
                        return ok;
@@ -2372,15 +2306,6 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
                        for (int ix = 0; ix < num_statements; ix++){
                                Statement s = (Statement) statements [ix];
-
-                               // Check whether we are the last statement in a
-                               // top-level block.
-
-                               if (((Parent == null) || Implicit) && (ix+1 == num_statements) && !(s is Block))
-                                       ec.IsLastStatement = true;
-                               else
-                                       ec.IsLastStatement = false;
-
                                s.Emit (ec);
                        }
                }
@@ -2391,49 +2316,58 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        ec.CurrentBlock = this;
 
-                       bool emit_debug_info = (CodeGen.SymbolWriter != null);
-                       bool is_lexical_block = !Implicit && (Parent != null);
+                       bool emit_debug_info = SymbolWriter.HasSymbolWriter;
+                       bool is_lexical_block = (this == Explicit) && (Parent != null) &&
+                               ((flags & Flags.IsIterator) == 0);
+
+                       bool omit_debug_info = ec.OmitDebuggingInfo;
 
                        if (emit_debug_info) {
                                if (is_lexical_block)
                                        ec.BeginScope ();
                        }
-                       ec.Mark (StartLocation, true);
-                       if (scope_init != null)
+
+                       if ((scope_init != null) || (scope_initializers != null))
+                               SymbolWriter.OpenCompilerGeneratedBlock (ec.ig);
+
+                       if (scope_init != null) {
+                               ec.OmitDebuggingInfo = true;
                                scope_init.EmitStatement (ec);
+                               ec.OmitDebuggingInfo = omit_debug_info;
+                       }
+                       if (scope_initializers != null) {
+                               ec.OmitDebuggingInfo = true;
+                               foreach (StatementExpression s in scope_initializers)
+                                       s.Emit (ec);
+                               ec.OmitDebuggingInfo = omit_debug_info;
+                       }
+
+                       if ((scope_init != null) || (scope_initializers != null))
+                               SymbolWriter.CloseCompilerGeneratedBlock (ec.ig);
+
+                       ec.Mark (StartLocation, true);
                        DoEmit (ec);
-                       ec.Mark (EndLocation, true); 
 
                        if (emit_debug_info) {
-                               if (is_lexical_block)
-                                       ec.EndScope ();
+                               EmitSymbolInfo (ec);
 
-                               if (variables != null) {
-                                       foreach (DictionaryEntry de in variables) {
-                                               string name = (string) de.Key;
-                                               LocalInfo vi = (LocalInfo) de.Value;
-
-                                               vi.EmitSymbolInfo (ec, name);
-                                       }
-                               }
+                               if (is_lexical_block)
+                                       ec.EndScope ();
                        }
 
                        ec.CurrentBlock = prev_block;
                }
 
-               //
-               // Returns true if we ar ea child of `b'.
-               //
-               public bool IsChildOf (Block b)
+               protected virtual void EmitSymbolInfo (EmitContext ec)
                {
-                       Block current = this;
-                       
-                       do {
-                               if (current.Parent == b)
-                                       return true;
-                               current = current.Parent;
-                       } while (current != null);
-                       return false;
+                       if (variables != null) {
+                               foreach (DictionaryEntry de in variables) {
+                                       string name = (string) de.Key;
+                                       LocalInfo vi = (LocalInfo) de.Value;
+
+                                       vi.EmitSymbolInfo (ec, name);
+                               }
+                       }
                }
 
                public override string ToString ()
@@ -2445,22 +2379,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
                        Block target = (Block) t;
 
-                       if (Parent != null)
-                               target.Parent = clonectx.LookupBlock (Parent);
-                       
-                       target.statements = new ArrayList ();
-                       if (target.children != null){
-                               target.children = new ArrayList ();
-                               foreach (Block b in children){
-                                       Block newblock = (Block) b.Clone (clonectx);
-
-                                       target.children.Add (newblock);
-                               }
-                               
-                       }
+                       clonectx.AddBlockMap (this, target);
 
-                       foreach (Statement s in statements)
-                               target.statements.Add (s.Clone (clonectx));
+                       //target.Toplevel = (ToplevelBlock) clonectx.LookupBlock (Toplevel);
+                       target.Explicit = (ExplicitBlock) clonectx.LookupBlock (Explicit);
+                       if (Parent != null)
+                               target.Parent = clonectx.RemapBlockCopy (Parent);
 
                        if (variables != null){
                                target.variables = new Hashtable ();
@@ -2472,12 +2396,92 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                }
                        }
 
+                       target.statements = new ArrayList (statements.Count);
+                       foreach (Statement s in statements)
+                               target.statements.Add (s.Clone (clonectx));
+
+                       if (target.children != null){
+                               target.children = new ArrayList (children.Count);
+                               foreach (Block b in children){
+                                       target.children.Add (clonectx.LookupBlock (b));
+                               }
+                       }
+
                        //
                        // TODO: labels, switch_block, constants (?), anonymous_children
                        //
                }
        }
 
+       public class ExplicitBlock : Block {
+               public ExplicitBlock (Block parent, Location start, Location end)
+                       : this (parent, (Flags) 0, start, end)
+               {
+               }
+
+               public ExplicitBlock (Block parent, Flags flags, Location start, Location end)
+                       : base (parent, flags, start, end)
+               {
+                       this.Explicit = this;
+               }
+
+               public bool IsIterator {
+                       get { return (flags & Flags.IsIterator) != 0; }
+               }
+
+               HybridDictionary known_variables;
+
+               // <summary>
+               //   Marks a variable with name @name as being used in this or a child block.
+               //   If a variable name has been used in a child block, it's illegal to
+               //   declare a variable with the same name in the current block.
+               // </summary>
+               internal void AddKnownVariable (string name, IKnownVariable info)
+               {
+                       if (known_variables == null)
+                               known_variables = new HybridDictionary();
+
+                       known_variables [name] = info;
+
+                       if (Parent != null)
+                               Parent.Explicit.AddKnownVariable (name, info);
+               }
+
+               internal IKnownVariable GetKnownVariable (string name)
+               {
+                       return known_variables == null ? null : (IKnownVariable) known_variables [name];
+               }
+
+               protected override void CloneTo (CloneContext clonectx, Statement t)
+               {
+                       ExplicitBlock target = (ExplicitBlock) t;
+                       target.known_variables = null;
+                       base.CloneTo (clonectx, t);
+               }
+       }
+
+       public class ToplevelParameterInfo : IKnownVariable {
+               public readonly ToplevelBlock Block;
+               public readonly int Index;
+               public VariableInfo VariableInfo;
+
+               Block IKnownVariable.Block {
+                       get { return Block; }
+               }
+               public Parameter Parameter {
+                       get { return Block.Parameters [Index]; }
+               }
+               public Location Location {
+                       get { return Parameter.Location; }
+               }
+
+               public ToplevelParameterInfo (ToplevelBlock block, int idx)
+               {
+                       this.Block = block;
+                       this.Index = idx;
+               }
+       }
+
        //
        // A toplevel block contains extra information, the split is done
        // only to separate information that would otherwise bloat the more
@@ -2486,46 +2490,35 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
        // In particular, this was introduced when the support for Anonymous
        // Methods was implemented. 
        // 
-       public class ToplevelBlock : Block {
-               //
-               // Pointer to the host of this anonymous method, or null
-               // if we are the topmost block
-               //
-               Block container;
-               ToplevelBlock child;    
+       public class ToplevelBlock : ExplicitBlock {
                GenericMethod generic;
                FlowBranchingToplevel top_level_branching;
                AnonymousContainer anonymous_container;
                RootScopeInfo root_scope;
+               Parameters parameters;
+               ToplevelParameterInfo[] parameter_info;
 
                public bool HasVarargs {
                        get { return (flags & Flags.HasVarargs) != 0; }
                        set { flags |= Flags.HasVarargs; }
                }
 
-               public bool IsIterator {
-                       get { return (flags & Flags.IsIterator) != 0; }
-               }
-
                //
                // The parameters for the block.
                //
-               Parameters parameters;
                public Parameters Parameters {
                        get { return parameters; }
                }
 
                public bool CompleteContexts (EmitContext ec)
                {
-                       Report.Debug (64, "TOPLEVEL COMPLETE CONTEXTS", this,
-                                     container, root_scope);
+                       Report.Debug (64, "TOPLEVEL COMPLETE CONTEXTS", this, Parent, root_scope);
 
                        if (root_scope != null)
                                root_scope.LinkScopes ();
 
-                       if ((container == null) && (root_scope != null)) {
-                               Report.Debug (64, "TOPLEVEL COMPLETE CONTEXTS #1", this,
-                                             root_scope);
+                       if (Parent == null && root_scope != null) {
+                               Report.Debug (64, "TOPLEVEL COMPLETE CONTEXTS #1", this, root_scope);
 
                                if (root_scope.DefineType () == null)
                                        return false;
@@ -2545,11 +2538,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                }
 
                public ToplevelBlock Container {
-                       get { return container != null ? container.Toplevel : null; }
-               }
-
-               public Block ContainerBlock {
-                       get { return container; }
+                       get { return Parent == null ? null : Parent.Toplevel; }
                }
 
                public AnonymousContainer AnonymousContainer {
@@ -2557,18 +2546,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        set { anonymous_container = value; }
                }
 
-               //
-               // Parent is only used by anonymous blocks to link back to their
-               // parents
-               //
-               public ToplevelBlock (Block container, Parameters parameters, Location start) :
-                       this (container, (Flags) 0, parameters, start)
+               public ToplevelBlock (Block parent, Parameters parameters, Location start) :
+                       this (parent, (Flags) 0, parameters, start)
                {
                }
 
-               public ToplevelBlock (Block container, Parameters parameters, GenericMethod generic,
-                                     Location start) :
-                       this (container, parameters, start)
+               public ToplevelBlock (Block parent, Parameters parameters, GenericMethod generic, Location start) :
+                       this (parent, parameters, start)
                {
                        this.generic = generic;
                }
@@ -2583,17 +2567,37 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
                }
 
-               public ToplevelBlock (Block container, Flags flags, Parameters parameters, Location start) :
-                       base (null, flags | Flags.IsToplevel, start, Location.Null)
+               // We use 'Parent' to hook up to the containing block, but don't want to register the current block as a child.
+               // So, we use a two-stage setup -- first pass a null parent to the base constructor, and then override 'Parent'.
+               public ToplevelBlock (Block parent, Flags flags, Parameters parameters, Location start) :
+                       base (null, flags, start, Location.Null)
                {
+                       this.Toplevel = this;
+
                        this.parameters = parameters == null ? Parameters.EmptyReadOnlyParameters : parameters;
-                       this.container = container;
+                       this.Parent = parent;
+                       if (parent != null)
+                               parent.AddAnonymousChild (this);
+
+                       if (this.parameters.Count != 0)
+                               ProcessParameters ();
                }
 
                public ToplevelBlock (Location loc) : this (null, (Flags) 0, null, loc)
                {
                }
 
+               protected override void CloneTo (CloneContext clonectx, Statement t)
+               {
+                       ToplevelBlock target = (ToplevelBlock) t;
+                       base.CloneTo (clonectx, t);
+
+                       if (parameters.Count != 0)
+                               target.parameter_info = new ToplevelParameterInfo [parameters.Count];
+                       for (int i = 0; i < parameters.Count; ++i)
+                               target.parameter_info [i] = new ToplevelParameterInfo (target, i);
+               }
+
                public bool CheckError158 (string name, Location loc)
                {
                        if (AnonymousChildren != null) {
@@ -2611,10 +2615,50 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return true;
                }
 
+               public virtual Expression GetTransparentIdentifier (string name)
+               {
+                       return null;
+               }
+
+               void ProcessParameters ()
+               {
+                       int n = parameters.Count;
+                       parameter_info = new ToplevelParameterInfo [n];
+                       for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+                               parameter_info [i] = new ToplevelParameterInfo (this, i);
+
+                               Parameter p = parameters [i];
+                               if (p == null)
+                                       continue;
+
+                               string name = p.Name;
+                               LocalInfo vi = GetLocalInfo (name);
+                               if (vi != null) {
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (vi.Location, name);
+                                       Error_AlreadyDeclared (loc, name, "parent or current");
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+
+                               ToplevelParameterInfo pi = Parent == null ? null : Parent.Toplevel.GetParameterInfo (name);
+                               if (pi != null) {
+                                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (pi.Location, name);
+                                       Error_AlreadyDeclared (loc, name, "parent or current");
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+
+                               AddKnownVariable (name, parameter_info [i]);
+                       }
+
+                       // mark this block as "used" so that we create local declarations in a sub-block
+                       // FIXME: This appears to uncover a lot of bugs
+                       //this.Use ();
+               }
+
                bool DoCheckError158 (string name, Location loc)
                {
                        LabeledStatement s = LookupLabel (name);
                        if (s != null) {
+                               Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (s.loc, s.Name);
                                Error_158 (name, loc);
                                return false;
                        }
@@ -2638,12 +2682,16 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return root_scope;
                }
 
+               public override Expression CreateExpressionTree (EmitContext ec)
+               {
+                       return ((Statement) statements [0]).CreateExpressionTree (ec);
+               }
+
                public void CreateIteratorHost (RootScopeInfo root)
                {
-                       Report.Debug (64, "CREATE ITERATOR HOST", this, root,
-                                     container, root_scope);
+                       Report.Debug (64, "CREATE ITERATOR HOST", this, root, Parent, root_scope);
 
-                       if ((container != null) || (root_scope != null))
+                       if (Parent != null || root_scope != null)
                                throw new InternalErrorException ();
 
                        scope_info = root_scope = root;
@@ -2675,9 +2723,10 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                //
                public void ReParent (ToplevelBlock new_parent)
                {
-                       container = new_parent;
+                       if ((flags & Flags.VariablesInitialized) != 0)
+                               throw new InternalErrorException ("block has already been resolved");
+
                        Parent = new_parent;
-                       new_parent.child = this;
                }
 
                //
@@ -2686,37 +2735,19 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                //
                public ParameterReference GetParameterReference (string name, Location loc)
                {
-                       Parameter par;
-                       int idx;
-
-                       for (ToplevelBlock t = this; t != null; t = t.Container) {
-                               Parameters pars = t.Parameters;
-                               par = pars.GetParameterByName (name, out idx);
-                               if (par != null)
-                                       return new ParameterReference (par, this, idx, loc);
-                       }
-                       return null;
+                       ToplevelParameterInfo p = GetParameterInfo (name);
+                       return p == null ? null : new ParameterReference (this, p, loc);
                }
 
-               //
-               // Whether the parameter named `name' is local to this block, 
-               // or false, if the parameter belongs to an encompassing block.
-               //
-               public bool IsLocalParameter (string name)
-               {
-                       return Parameters.GetParameterByName (name) != null;
-               }
-               
-               //
-               // Whether the `name' is a parameter reference
-               //
-               public bool IsParameterReference (string name)
+               public ToplevelParameterInfo GetParameterInfo (string name)
                {
+                       int idx;
                        for (ToplevelBlock t = this; t != null; t = t.Container) {
-                               if (t.IsLocalParameter (name))
-                                       return true;
+                               Parameter par = t.Parameters.GetParameterByName (name, out idx);
+                               if (par != null)
+                                       return t.parameter_info [idx];
                        }
-                       return false;
+                       return null;
                }
 
                LocalInfo this_variable = null;
@@ -2758,6 +2789,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                public bool ResolveMeta (EmitContext ec, Parameters ip)
                {
                        int errors = Report.Errors;
+                       int orig_count = parameters.Count;
 
                        if (top_level_branching != null)
                                return true;
@@ -2765,37 +2797,80 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (ip != null)
                                parameters = ip;
 
-                       if (!IsIterator && (container != null) && (parameters != null)) {
-                               foreach (Parameter p in parameters.FixedParameters) {
-                                       if (!CheckError136_InParents (p.Name, loc))
-                                               return false;
-                               }
-                       }
+                       // Assert: orig_count != parameter.Count => orig_count == 0
+                       if (orig_count != 0 && orig_count != parameters.Count)
+                               throw new InternalErrorException ("parameter information mismatch");
+
+                       int offset = Parent == null ? 0 : Parent.AssignableSlots;
+
+                       for (int i = 0; i < orig_count; ++i) {
+                               Parameter.Modifier mod = parameters.ParameterModifier (i);
 
-                       ResolveMeta (this, ec, ip);
+                               if ((mod & Parameter.Modifier.OUT) != Parameter.Modifier.OUT)
+                                       continue;
+
+                               VariableInfo vi = new VariableInfo (ip, i, offset);
+                               parameter_info [i].VariableInfo = vi;
+                               offset += vi.Length;
+                       }
 
-                       if (child != null)
-                               child.ResolveMeta (this, ec, ip);
+                       ResolveMeta (ec, offset);
 
                        top_level_branching = ec.StartFlowBranching (this);
 
                        return Report.Errors == errors;
                }
 
+               // <summary>
+               //   Check whether all `out' parameters have been assigned.
+               // </summary>
+               public void CheckOutParameters (FlowBranching.UsageVector vector, Location loc)
+               {
+                       if (vector.IsUnreachable)
+                               return;
+
+                       int n = parameter_info == null ? 0 : parameter_info.Length;
+
+                       for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+                               VariableInfo var = parameter_info [i].VariableInfo;
+
+                               if (var == null)
+                                       continue;
+
+                               if (vector.IsAssigned (var, false))
+                                       continue;
+
+                               Report.Error (177, loc, "The out parameter `{0}' must be assigned to before control leaves the current method",
+                                       var.Name);
+                       }
+               }
+
                public override void EmitMeta (EmitContext ec)
                {
+                       // Avoid declaring an IL variable for this_variable since it is not accessed
+                       // from the generated IL
+                       if (this_variable != null)
+                               Variables.Remove ("this");
                        base.EmitMeta (ec);
                        parameters.ResolveVariable (this);
                }
 
+               protected override void EmitSymbolInfo (EmitContext ec)
+               {
+                       if ((AnonymousContainer != null) && (AnonymousContainer.Scope != null))
+                               SymbolWriter.DefineScopeVariable (AnonymousContainer.Scope.ID);
+
+                       base.EmitSymbolInfo (ec);
+               }
+
                public void MakeIterator (Iterator iterator)
                {
                        flags |= Flags.IsIterator;
 
-                       Block block = new Block (this);
+                       Block block = new ExplicitBlock (this, flags, StartLocation, EndLocation);
                        foreach (Statement stmt in statements)
                                block.AddStatement (stmt);
-                       statements = new ArrayList ();
+                       statements.Clear ();
                        statements.Add (new MoveNextStatement (iterator, block));
                }
 
@@ -2906,7 +2981,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                converted = NullStringCase;
                                return true;
                        }
-
+                       
                        c = c.ImplicitConversionRequired (required_type, loc);
                        if (c == null)
                                return false;
@@ -2915,19 +2990,19 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        return true;
                }
 
-               public void Erorr_AlreadyOccurs (Type switchType, SwitchLabel collisionWith)
+               public void Error_AlreadyOccurs (Type switch_type, SwitchLabel collision_with)
                {
                        string label;
                        if (converted == null)
                                label = "default";
                        else if (converted == NullStringCase)
                                label = "null";
-                       else if (TypeManager.IsEnumType (switchType)) 
-                               label = TypeManager.CSharpEnumValue (switchType, converted);
+                       else if (TypeManager.IsEnumType (switch_type)) 
+                               label = TypeManager.CSharpEnumValue (switch_type, converted);
                        else
                                label = converted.ToString ();
                        
-                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (collisionWith.loc, null);
+                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (collision_with.loc, null);
                        Report.Error (152, loc, "The label `case {0}:' already occurs in this switch statement", label);
                }
 
@@ -3031,7 +3106,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                //
                Expression SwitchGoverningType (EmitContext ec, Expression expr)
                {
-                       Type t = TypeManager.DropGenericTypeArguments (expr.Type);
+                       Type t = expr.Type;
 
                        if (t == TypeManager.byte_type ||
                            t == TypeManager.sbyte_type ||
@@ -3044,7 +3119,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                            t == TypeManager.char_type ||
                            t == TypeManager.string_type ||
                            t == TypeManager.bool_type ||
-                           t.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.enum_type))
+                           TypeManager.IsEnumType (t))
                                return expr;
 
                        if (allowed_types == null){
@@ -3115,7 +3190,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                foreach (SwitchLabel sl in ss.Labels){
                                        if (sl.Label == null){
                                                if (default_section != null){
-                                                       sl.Erorr_AlreadyOccurs (SwitchType, (SwitchLabel)default_section.Labels [0]);
+                                                       sl.Error_AlreadyOccurs (SwitchType, (SwitchLabel)default_section.Labels [0]);
                                                        error = true;
                                                }
                                                default_section = ss;
@@ -3131,7 +3206,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        try {
                                                Elements.Add (key, sl);
                                        } catch (ArgumentException) {
-                                               sl.Erorr_AlreadyOccurs (SwitchType, (SwitchLabel)Elements [key]);
+                                               sl.Error_AlreadyOccurs (SwitchType, (SwitchLabel)Elements [key]);
                                                error = true;
                                        }
                                }
@@ -3190,22 +3265,22 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                // structure used to hold blocks of keys while calculating table switch
                class KeyBlock : IComparable
                {
-                       public KeyBlock (long _nFirst)
+                       public KeyBlock (long _first)
                        {
-                               nFirst = nLast = _nFirst;
+                               first = last = _first;
                        }
-                       public long nFirst;
-                       public long nLast;
-                       public ArrayList rgKeys = null;
+                       public long first;
+                       public long last;
+                       public ArrayList element_keys = null;
                        // how many items are in the bucket
                        public int Size = 1;
                        public int Length
                        {
-                               get { return (int) (nLast - nFirst + 1); }
+                               get { return (int) (last - first + 1); }
                        }
-                       public static long TotalLength (KeyBlock kbFirst, KeyBlock kbLast)
+                       public static long TotalLength (KeyBlock kb_first, KeyBlock kb_last)
                        {
-                               return kbLast.nLast - kbFirst.nFirst + 1;
+                               return kb_last.last - kb_first.first + 1;
                        }
                        public int CompareTo (object obj)
                        {
@@ -3213,7 +3288,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                int nLength = Length;
                                int nLengthOther = kb.Length;
                                if (nLengthOther == nLength)
-                                       return (int) (kb.nFirst - nFirst);
+                                       return (int) (kb.first - first);
                                return nLength - nLengthOther;
                        }
                }
@@ -3230,89 +3305,89 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                /// <returns></returns>
                void TableSwitchEmit (EmitContext ec, LocalBuilder val)
                {
-                       int cElements = Elements.Count;
-                       object [] rgKeys = new object [cElements];
-                       Elements.Keys.CopyTo (rgKeys, 0);
-                       Array.Sort (rgKeys);
+                       int element_count = Elements.Count;
+                       object [] element_keys = new object [element_count];
+                       Elements.Keys.CopyTo (element_keys, 0);
+                       Array.Sort (element_keys);
 
                        // initialize the block list with one element per key
-                       ArrayList rgKeyBlocks = new ArrayList ();
-                       foreach (object key in rgKeys)
-                               rgKeyBlocks.Add (new KeyBlock (System.Convert.ToInt64 (key)));
+                       ArrayList key_blocks = new ArrayList ();
+                       foreach (object key in element_keys)
+                               key_blocks.Add (new KeyBlock (System.Convert.ToInt64 (key)));
 
-                       KeyBlock kbCurr;
+                       KeyBlock current_kb;
                        // iteratively merge the blocks while they are at least half full
                        // there's probably a really cool way to do this with a tree...
-                       while (rgKeyBlocks.Count > 1)
+                       while (key_blocks.Count > 1)
                        {
-                               ArrayList rgKeyBlocksNew = new ArrayList ();
-                               kbCurr = (KeyBlock) rgKeyBlocks [0];
-                               for (int ikb = 1; ikb < rgKeyBlocks.Count; ikb++)
+                               ArrayList key_blocks_new = new ArrayList ();
+                               current_kb = (KeyBlock) key_blocks [0];
+                               for (int ikb = 1; ikb < key_blocks.Count; ikb++)
                                {
-                                       KeyBlock kb = (KeyBlock) rgKeyBlocks [ikb];
-                                       if ((kbCurr.Size + kb.Size) * 2 >=  KeyBlock.TotalLength (kbCurr, kb))
+                                       KeyBlock kb = (KeyBlock) key_blocks [ikb];
+                                       if ((current_kb.Size + kb.Size) * 2 >=  KeyBlock.TotalLength (current_kb, kb))
                                        {
                                                // merge blocks
-                                               kbCurr.nLast = kb.nLast;
-                                               kbCurr.Size += kb.Size;
+                                               current_kb.last = kb.last;
+                                               current_kb.Size += kb.Size;
                                        }
                                        else
                                        {
                                                // start a new block
-                                               rgKeyBlocksNew.Add (kbCurr);
-                                               kbCurr = kb;
+                                               key_blocks_new.Add (current_kb);
+                                               current_kb = kb;
                                        }
                                }
-                               rgKeyBlocksNew.Add (kbCurr);
-                               if (rgKeyBlocks.Count == rgKeyBlocksNew.Count)
+                               key_blocks_new.Add (current_kb);
+                               if (key_blocks.Count == key_blocks_new.Count)
                                        break;
-                               rgKeyBlocks = rgKeyBlocksNew;
+                               key_blocks = key_blocks_new;
                        }
 
                        // initialize the key lists
-                       foreach (KeyBlock kb in rgKeyBlocks)
-                               kb.rgKeys = new ArrayList ();
+                       foreach (KeyBlock kb in key_blocks)
+                               kb.element_keys = new ArrayList ();
 
                        // fill the key lists
                        int iBlockCurr = 0;
-                       if (rgKeyBlocks.Count > 0) {
-                               kbCurr = (KeyBlock) rgKeyBlocks [0];
-                               foreach (object key in rgKeys)
+                       if (key_blocks.Count > 0) {
+                               current_kb = (KeyBlock) key_blocks [0];
+                               foreach (object key in element_keys)
                                {
-                                       bool fNextBlock = (key is UInt64) ? (ulong) key > (ulong) kbCurr.nLast :
-                                               System.Convert.ToInt64 (key) > kbCurr.nLast;
-                                       if (fNextBlock)
-                                               kbCurr = (KeyBlock) rgKeyBlocks [++iBlockCurr];
-                                       kbCurr.rgKeys.Add (key);
+                                       bool next_block = (key is UInt64) ? (ulong) key > (ulong) current_kb.last :
+                                               System.Convert.ToInt64 (key) > current_kb.last;
+                                       if (next_block)
+                                               current_kb = (KeyBlock) key_blocks [++iBlockCurr];
+                                       current_kb.element_keys.Add (key);
                                }
                        }
 
                        // sort the blocks so we can tackle the largest ones first
-                       rgKeyBlocks.Sort ();
+                       key_blocks.Sort ();
 
                        // okay now we can start...
                        ILGenerator ig = ec.ig;
-                       Label lblEnd = ig.DefineLabel ();       // at the end ;-)
-                       Label lblDefault = ig.DefineLabel ();
+                       Label lbl_end = ig.DefineLabel ();      // at the end ;-)
+                       Label lbl_default = ig.DefineLabel ();
 
-                       Type typeKeys = null;
-                       if (rgKeys.Length > 0)
-                               typeKeys = rgKeys [0].GetType ();       // used for conversions
+                       Type type_keys = null;
+                       if (element_keys.Length > 0)
+                               type_keys = element_keys [0].GetType ();        // used for conversions
 
                        Type compare_type;
                        
                        if (TypeManager.IsEnumType (SwitchType))
-                               compare_type = TypeManager.EnumToUnderlying (SwitchType);
+                               compare_type = TypeManager.GetEnumUnderlyingType (SwitchType);
                        else
                                compare_type = SwitchType;
                        
-                       for (int iBlock = rgKeyBlocks.Count - 1; iBlock >= 0; --iBlock)
+                       for (int iBlock = key_blocks.Count - 1; iBlock >= 0; --iBlock)
                        {
-                               KeyBlock kb = ((KeyBlock) rgKeyBlocks [iBlock]);
-                               lblDefault = (iBlock == 0) ? DefaultTarget : ig.DefineLabel ();
+                               KeyBlock kb = ((KeyBlock) key_blocks [iBlock]);
+                               lbl_default = (iBlock == 0) ? DefaultTarget : ig.DefineLabel ();
                                if (kb.Length <= 2)
                                {
-                                       foreach (object key in kb.rgKeys)
+                                       foreach (object key in kb.element_keys)
                                        {
                                                ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldloc, val);
                                                EmitObjectInteger (ig, key);
@@ -3331,17 +3406,17 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                                                // check block range (could be > 2^31)
                                                ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldloc, val);
-                                               EmitObjectInteger (ig, System.Convert.ChangeType (kb.nFirst, typeKeys));
-                                               ig.Emit (OpCodes.Blt, lblDefault);
+                                               EmitObjectInteger (ig, System.Convert.ChangeType (kb.first, type_keys));
+                                               ig.Emit (OpCodes.Blt, lbl_default);
                                                ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldloc, val);
-                                               EmitObjectInteger (ig, System.Convert.ChangeType (kb.nLast, typeKeys));
-                                               ig.Emit (OpCodes.Bgt, lblDefault);
+                                               EmitObjectInteger (ig, System.Convert.ChangeType (kb.last, type_keys));
+                                               ig.Emit (OpCodes.Bgt, lbl_default);
 
                                                // normalize range
                                                ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldloc, val);
-                                               if (kb.nFirst != 0)
+                                               if (kb.first != 0)
                                                {
-                                                       EmitObjectInteger (ig, System.Convert.ChangeType (kb.nFirst, typeKeys));
+                                                       EmitObjectInteger (ig, System.Convert.ChangeType (kb.first, type_keys));
                                                        ig.Emit (OpCodes.Sub);
                                                }
                                                ig.Emit (OpCodes.Conv_I4);      // assumes < 2^31 labels!
@@ -3350,15 +3425,15 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        {
                                                // normalize range
                                                ig.Emit (OpCodes.Ldloc, val);
-                                               int nFirst = (int) kb.nFirst;
-                                               if (nFirst > 0)
+                                               int first = (int) kb.first;
+                                               if (first > 0)
                                                {
-                                                       IntConstant.EmitInt (ig, nFirst);
+                                                       IntConstant.EmitInt (ig, first);
                                                        ig.Emit (OpCodes.Sub);
                                                }
-                                               else if (nFirst < 0)
+                                               else if (first < 0)
                                                {
-                                                       IntConstant.EmitInt (ig, -nFirst);
+                                                       IntConstant.EmitInt (ig, -first);
                                                        ig.Emit (OpCodes.Add);
                                                }
                                        }
@@ -3366,26 +3441,26 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        // first, build the list of labels for the switch
                                        int iKey = 0;
                                        int cJumps = kb.Length;
-                                       Label [] rgLabels = new Label [cJumps];
+                                       Label [] switch_labels = new Label [cJumps];
                                        for (int iJump = 0; iJump < cJumps; iJump++)
                                        {
-                                               object key = kb.rgKeys [iKey];
-                                               if (System.Convert.ToInt64 (key) == kb.nFirst + iJump)
+                                               object key = kb.element_keys [iKey];
+                                               if (System.Convert.ToInt64 (key) == kb.first + iJump)
                                                {
                                                        SwitchLabel sl = (SwitchLabel) Elements [key];
-                                                       rgLabels [iJump] = sl.GetILLabel (ec);
+                                                       switch_labels [iJump] = sl.GetILLabel (ec);
                                                        iKey++;
                                                }
                                                else
-                                                       rgLabels [iJump] = lblDefault;
+                                                       switch_labels [iJump] = lbl_default;
                                        }
                                        // emit the switch opcode
-                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Switch, rgLabels);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Switch, switch_labels);
                                }
 
                                // mark the default for this block
                                if (iBlock != 0)
-                                       ig.MarkLabel (lblDefault);
+                                       ig.MarkLabel (lbl_default);
                        }
 
                        // TODO: find the default case and emit it here,
@@ -3393,16 +3468,16 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        //       make sure to mark other labels in the default section
 
                        // the last default just goes to the end
-                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Br, lblDefault);
+                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Br, lbl_default);
 
                        // now emit the code for the sections
-                       bool fFoundDefault = false;
-                       bool fFoundNull = false;
+                       bool found_default = false;
+                       bool found_null = false;
                        foreach (SwitchSection ss in Sections)
                        {
                                foreach (SwitchLabel sl in ss.Labels)
                                        if (sl.Converted == SwitchLabel.NullStringCase)
-                                               fFoundNull = true;
+                                               found_null = true;
                        }
 
                        foreach (SwitchSection ss in Sections)
@@ -3414,19 +3489,23 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        if (sl.Converted == SwitchLabel.NullStringCase)
                                                ig.MarkLabel (null_target);
                                        else if (sl.Label == null) {
-                                               ig.MarkLabel (lblDefault);
-                                               fFoundDefault = true;
-                                               if (!fFoundNull)
+                                               ig.MarkLabel (lbl_default);
+                                               found_default = true;
+                                               if (!found_null)
                                                        ig.MarkLabel (null_target);
                                        }
                                }
                                ss.Block.Emit (ec);
                        }
                        
-                       if (!fFoundDefault) {
-                               ig.MarkLabel (lblDefault);
+                       if (!found_default) {
+                               ig.MarkLabel (lbl_default);
+                               if (HaveUnwrap && !found_null) {
+                                       ig.MarkLabel (null_target);
+                               }
                        }
-                       ig.MarkLabel (lblEnd);
+                       
+                       ig.MarkLabel (lbl_end);
                }
                //
                // This simple emit switch works, but does not take advantage of the
@@ -3568,7 +3647,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        SwitchType = new_expr.Type;
 
                        if (RootContext.Version == LanguageVersion.ISO_1 && SwitchType == TypeManager.bool_type) {
-                               Report.FeatureIsNotISO1 (loc, "switch expression of boolean type");
+                               Report.FeatureIsNotAvailable (loc, "switch expression of boolean type");
                                return false;
                        }
 
@@ -3596,6 +3675,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
 
                        bool first = true;
+                       bool ok = true;
                        foreach (SwitchSection ss in Sections){
                                if (!first)
                                        ec.CurrentBranching.CreateSibling (
@@ -3608,11 +3688,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        // one single section - mark all the others as
                                        // unreachable.
                                        ec.CurrentBranching.CurrentUsageVector.Goto ();
-                                       if (!ss.Block.ResolveUnreachable (ec, true))
-                                               return false;
+                                       if (!ss.Block.ResolveUnreachable (ec, true)) {
+                                               ok = false;
+                                       }
                                } else {
                                        if (!ss.Block.Resolve (ec))
-                                               return false;
+                                               ok = false;
                                }
                        }
 
@@ -3625,7 +3706,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        Report.Debug (1, "END OF SWITCH BLOCK", loc, ec.CurrentBranching);
 
-                       return true;
+                       if (TypeManager.string_isinterned_string == null) {
+                               TypeManager.string_isinterned_string = TypeManager.GetPredefinedMethod (TypeManager.string_type,
+                                       "IsInterned", loc, TypeManager.string_type);
+                       }
+
+                       return ok;
                }
                
                protected override void DoEmit (EmitContext ec)
@@ -3760,6 +3846,14 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        
                        temp = new TemporaryVariable (t, loc);
                        temp.Resolve (ec);
+
+                       if (TypeManager.void_monitor_enter_object == null || TypeManager.void_monitor_exit_object == null) {
+                               Type monitor_type = TypeManager.CoreLookupType ("System.Threading", "Monitor", Kind.Class, true);
+                               TypeManager.void_monitor_enter_object = TypeManager.GetPredefinedMethod (
+                                       monitor_type, "Enter", loc, TypeManager.object_type);
+                               TypeManager.void_monitor_exit_object = TypeManager.GetPredefinedMethod (
+                                       monitor_type, "Exit", loc, TypeManager.object_type);
+                       }
                        
                        return ok;
                }
@@ -3987,9 +4081,13 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                return false;
                        }
                        
-                       TypeExpr texpr = type.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (ec, false);
-                       if (texpr == null)
+                       TypeExpr texpr = type.ResolveAsContextualType (ec, false);
+                       if (texpr == null) {
+                               if (type is VarExpr)
+                                       Report.Error (821, type.Location, "A fixed statement cannot use an implicitly typed local variable");
+
                                return false;
+                       }
 
                        expr_type = texpr.Type;
 
@@ -4004,7 +4102,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        foreach (Pair p in declarators){
                                LocalInfo vi = (LocalInfo) p.First;
                                Expression e = (Expression) p.Second;
-
+                               
                                vi.VariableInfo.SetAssigned (ec);
                                vi.SetReadOnlyContext (LocalInfo.ReadOnlyContext.Fixed);
 
@@ -4089,6 +4187,17 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                                ec, array_ptr, vi.VariableType, loc);
                                        if (converted == null)
                                                return false;
+                                       
+                                       //
+                                       // fixed (T* e_ptr = (e == null || e.Length == 0) ? null : converted [0])
+                                       //
+                                       converted = new Conditional (new Binary (Binary.Operator.LogicalOr,
+                                               new Binary (Binary.Operator.Equality, e, new NullLiteral (loc)),
+                                               new Binary (Binary.Operator.Equality, new MemberAccess (e, "Length"), new IntConstant (0, loc))),
+                                                       NullPointer.Null,
+                                                       converted);
+
+                                       converted = converted.Resolve (ec);                                     
 
                                        data [i] = new ExpressionEmitter (converted, vi);
                                        i++;
@@ -4106,22 +4215,10 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                }
 
                                // Case 4: fixed buffer
-                               FieldExpr fe = e as FieldExpr;
-                               if (fe != null) {
-                                       IFixedBuffer ff = AttributeTester.GetFixedBuffer (fe.FieldInfo);
-                                       if (ff != null) {
-                                               Expression fixed_buffer_ptr = new FixedBufferPtr (fe, ff.ElementType, loc);
-                                       
-                                               Expression converted = Convert.ImplicitConversionRequired (
-                                                       ec, fixed_buffer_ptr, vi.VariableType, loc);
-                                               if (converted == null)
-                                                       return false;
-
-                                               data [i] = new ExpressionEmitter (converted, vi);
-                                               i++;
-
-                                               continue;
-                                       }
+                               FixedBufferPtr fixed_buffer_ptr = e as FixedBufferPtr;
+                               if (fixed_buffer_ptr != null) {
+                                       data [i++] = new ExpressionEmitter (fixed_buffer_ptr, vi);
+                                       continue;
                                }
 
                                //
@@ -4170,9 +4267,15 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Fixed target = (Fixed) t;
 
                        target.type = type.Clone (clonectx);
-                       target.declarators = new ArrayList ();
-                       foreach (LocalInfo var in declarators)
-                               target.declarators.Add (clonectx.LookupVariable (var));
+                       target.declarators = new ArrayList (declarators.Count);
+                       foreach (Pair p in declarators) {
+                               LocalInfo vi = (LocalInfo) p.First;
+                               Expression e = (Expression) p.Second;
+
+                               target.declarators.Add (
+                                       new Pair (clonectx.LookupVariable (vi), e.Clone (clonectx)));                           
+                       }
+                       
                        target.statement = statement.Clone (clonectx);
                }
        }
@@ -4248,7 +4351,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                                        type = te.Type;
 
-                                       if (type != TypeManager.exception_type && !type.IsSubclassOf (TypeManager.exception_type)){
+                                       if (type != TypeManager.exception_type && !TypeManager.IsSubclassOf (type, TypeManager.exception_type)){
                                                Error (155, "The type caught or thrown must be derived from System.Exception");
                                                return false;
                                        }
@@ -4271,9 +4374,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
                        Catch target = (Catch) t;
 
-                       target.type_expr = type_expr.Clone (clonectx);
+                       if (type_expr != null)
+                               target.type_expr = type_expr.Clone (clonectx);
+                       if (VarBlock != null)
+                               target.VarBlock = clonectx.LookupBlock (VarBlock);                      
                        target.Block = clonectx.LookupBlock (Block);
-                       target.VarBlock = clonectx.LookupBlock (VarBlock);
                }
        }
 
@@ -4315,7 +4420,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
 
                        Report.Debug (1, "START OF CATCH BLOCKS", vector);
 
-                       Type[] prevCatches = new Type [Specific.Count];
+                       Type[] prev_catches = new Type [Specific.Count];
                        int last_index = 0;
                        foreach (Catch c in Specific){
                                ec.CurrentBranching.CreateSibling (
@@ -4334,15 +4439,15 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                if (!c.Resolve (ec))
                                        return false;
 
-                               Type resolvedType = c.CatchType;
+                               Type resolved_type = c.CatchType;
                                for (int ii = 0; ii < last_index; ++ii) {
-                                       if (resolvedType == prevCatches [ii] || resolvedType.IsSubclassOf (prevCatches [ii])) {
-                                               Report.Error (160, c.loc, "A previous catch clause already catches all exceptions of this or a super type `{0}'", prevCatches [ii].FullName);
+                                       if (resolved_type == prev_catches [ii] || TypeManager.IsSubclassOf (resolved_type, prev_catches [ii])) {
+                                               Report.Error (160, c.loc, "A previous catch clause already catches all exceptions of this or a super type `{0}'", prev_catches [ii].FullName);
                                                return false;
                                        }
                                }
 
-                               prevCatches [last_index++] = resolvedType;
+                               prev_catches [last_index++] = resolved_type;
                                need_exc_block = true;
                        }
 
@@ -4460,7 +4565,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                Type expr_type;
                Expression [] resolved_vars;
                Expression [] converted_vars;
-               ExpressionStatement [] assign;
+               Expression [] assign;
                TemporaryVariable local_copy;
                
                public Using (object expression_or_block, Statement stmt, Location l)
@@ -4475,81 +4580,52 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                //
                bool ResolveLocalVariableDecls (EmitContext ec)
                {
-                       int i = 0;
-
-                       TypeExpr texpr = expr.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (ec, false);
-                       if (texpr == null)
-                               return false;
-
-                       expr_type = texpr.Type;
-
-                       //
-                       // The type must be an IDisposable or an implicit conversion
-                       // must exist.
-                       //
-                       converted_vars = new Expression [var_list.Count];
-                       resolved_vars = new Expression [var_list.Count];
-                       assign = new ExpressionStatement [var_list.Count];
+                       resolved_vars = new Expression[var_list.Count];
+                       assign = new Expression [var_list.Count];
+                       converted_vars = new Expression[var_list.Count];
 
-                       bool need_conv = !TypeManager.ImplementsInterface (
-                               expr_type, TypeManager.idisposable_type);
-
-                       foreach (DictionaryEntry e in var_list){
+                       for (int i = 0; i < assign.Length; ++i) {
+                               DictionaryEntry e = (DictionaryEntry) var_list [i];
                                Expression var = (Expression) e.Key;
+                               Expression new_expr = (Expression) e.Value;
 
-                               var = var.ResolveLValue (ec, new EmptyExpression (), loc);
-                               if (var == null)
+                               Expression a = new Assign (var, new_expr, loc);
+                               a = a.Resolve (ec);
+                               if (a == null)
                                        return false;
 
                                resolved_vars [i] = var;
+                               assign [i] = a;
 
-                               if (!need_conv) {
-                                       i++;
+                               if (TypeManager.ImplementsInterface (a.Type, TypeManager.idisposable_type)) {
+                                       converted_vars [i] = var;
                                        continue;
                                }
 
-                               converted_vars [i] = Convert.ImplicitConversion (
-                                       ec, var, TypeManager.idisposable_type, loc);
-
-                               if (converted_vars [i] == null) {
-                                       Error_IsNotConvertibleToIDisposable ();
+                               a = Convert.ImplicitConversionStandard (ec, a, TypeManager.idisposable_type, var.Location);
+                               if (a == null) {
+                                       Error_IsNotConvertibleToIDisposable (var);
                                        return false;
                                }
 
-                               i++;
-                       }
-
-                       i = 0;
-                       foreach (DictionaryEntry e in var_list){
-                               Expression var = resolved_vars [i];
-                               Expression new_expr = (Expression) e.Value;
-                               Expression a;
-
-                               a = new Assign (var, new_expr, loc);
-                               a = a.Resolve (ec);
-                               if (a == null)
-                                       return false;
-
-                               if (!need_conv)
-                                       converted_vars [i] = var;
-                               assign [i] = (ExpressionStatement) a;
-                               i++;
+                               converted_vars [i] = a;
                        }
 
                        return true;
                }
 
-               void Error_IsNotConvertibleToIDisposable ()
+               static void Error_IsNotConvertibleToIDisposable (Expression expr)
                {
-                       Report.Error (1674, loc, "`{0}': type used in a using statement must be implicitly convertible to `System.IDisposable'",
-                               TypeManager.CSharpName (expr_type));
+                       Report.SymbolRelatedToPreviousError (expr.Type);
+                       Report.Error (1674, expr.Location, "`{0}': type used in a using statement must be implicitly convertible to `System.IDisposable'",
+                               expr.GetSignatureForError ());
                }
 
                bool ResolveExpression (EmitContext ec)
                {
                        if (!TypeManager.ImplementsInterface (expr_type, TypeManager.idisposable_type)){
                                if (Convert.ImplicitConversion (ec, expr, TypeManager.idisposable_type, loc) == null) {
-                                       Error_IsNotConvertibleToIDisposable ();
+                                       Error_IsNotConvertibleToIDisposable (expr);
                                        return false;
                                }
                        }
@@ -4569,7 +4645,14 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        int i = 0;
 
                        for (i = 0; i < assign.Length; i++) {
-                               assign [i].EmitStatement (ec);
+                               ExpressionStatement es = assign [i] as ExpressionStatement;
+
+                               if (es != null)
+                                       es.EmitStatement (ec);
+                               else {
+                                       assign [i].Emit (ec);
+                                       ig.Emit (OpCodes.Pop);
+                               }
 
                                if (emit_finally)
                                        ig.BeginExceptionBlock ();
@@ -4730,6 +4813,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        // So, ensure there's some IL code after the finally block.
                        ec.NeedReturnLabel ();
 
+                       if (TypeManager.void_dispose_void == null) {
+                               TypeManager.void_dispose_void = TypeManager.GetPredefinedMethod (
+                                       TypeManager.idisposable_type, "Dispose", loc, Type.EmptyTypes);
+                       }
+
                        return ok;
                }
                
@@ -4753,10 +4841,22 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                {
                        Using target = (Using) t;
 
-                       if (expression_or_block is Expression)
+                       if (expression_or_block is Expression) {
                                target.expression_or_block = ((Expression) expression_or_block).Clone (clonectx);
-                       else
-                               target.expression_or_block = ((Statement) expression_or_block).Clone (clonectx);
+                       } else {
+                               DictionaryEntry de = (DictionaryEntry) expression_or_block;
+                               ArrayList var_list = (ArrayList) de.Value;
+                               ArrayList target_var_list = new ArrayList (var_list.Count);
+
+                               foreach (DictionaryEntry de_variable in var_list)
+                                       target_var_list.Add (new DictionaryEntry (
+                                               ((Expression) de_variable.Key).Clone (clonectx),
+                                               ((Expression) de_variable.Value).Clone (clonectx)));
+
+                               target.expression_or_block = new DictionaryEntry (
+                                       ((Expression) de.Key).Clone (clonectx),
+                                       target_var_list);
+                       }
                        
                        target.Statement = Statement.Clone (clonectx);
                }
@@ -4793,18 +4893,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        if (expr == null)
                                return false;
 
-                       Constant c = expr as Constant;
-                       if (c != null && c.GetValue () == null) {
+                       if (expr.IsNull) {
                                Report.Error (186, loc, "Use of null is not valid in this context");
                                return false;
                        }
 
-                       TypeExpr texpr = type.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (ec, false);
-                       if (texpr == null)
-                               return false;
-
-                       Type var_type = texpr.Type;
-
                        if (expr.eclass == ExprClass.MethodGroup || expr is AnonymousMethodExpression) {
                                Report.Error (446, expr.Location, "Foreach statement cannot operate on a `{0}'",
                                        expr.ExprClassName);
@@ -4825,13 +4918,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        }
 
                        if (expr.Type.IsArray) {
-                               array = new ArrayForeach (var_type, variable, expr, statement, loc);
+                               array = new ArrayForeach (type, variable, expr, statement, loc);
                                return array.Resolve (ec);
-                       } else {
-                               collection = new CollectionForeach (
-                                       var_type, variable, expr, statement, loc);
-                               return collection.Resolve (ec);
                        }
+                       
+                       collection = new CollectionForeach (type, variable, expr, statement, loc);
+                       return collection.Resolve (ec);
                }
 
                protected override void DoEmit (EmitContext ec)
@@ -4879,7 +4971,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        Expression variable, expr, conv;
                        Statement statement;
                        Type array_type;
-                       Type var_type;
+                       Expression var_type;
                        TemporaryVariable[] lengths;
                        ArrayCounter[] counter;
                        int rank;
@@ -4887,7 +4979,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        TemporaryVariable copy;
                        Expression access;
 
-                       public ArrayForeach (Type var_type, Expression var,
+                       public ArrayForeach (Expression var_type, Expression var,
                                             Expression expr, Statement stmt, Location l)
                        {
                                this.var_type = var_type;
@@ -4923,7 +5015,17 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                if (access == null)
                                        return false;
 
-                               conv = Convert.ExplicitConversion (ec, access, var_type, loc);
+                               VarExpr ve = var_type as VarExpr;
+                               if (ve != null) {
+                                       // Infer implicitly typed local variable from foreach array type
+                                       var_type = new TypeExpression (access.Type, ve.Location);
+                               }
+
+                               var_type = var_type.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (ec, false);
+                               if (var_type == null)
+                                       return false;
+
+                               conv = Convert.ExplicitConversion (ec, access, var_type.Type, loc);
                                if (conv == null)
                                        return false;
 
@@ -5005,11 +5107,12 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                        MethodGroupExpr get_enumerator;
                        PropertyExpr get_current;
                        MethodInfo move_next;
-                       Type var_type, enumerator_type;
+                       Expression var_type;
+                       Type enumerator_type;
                        bool is_disposable;
                        bool enumerator_found;
 
-                       public CollectionForeach (Type var_type, Expression var,
+                       public CollectionForeach (Expression var_type, Expression var,
                                                  Expression expr, Statement stmt, Location l)
                        {
                                this.var_type = var_type;
@@ -5054,6 +5157,16 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        // way I could do this without a goto
                                        //
 
+                                       if (TypeManager.bool_movenext_void == null) {
+                                               TypeManager.bool_movenext_void = TypeManager.GetPredefinedMethod (
+                                                       TypeManager.ienumerator_type, "MoveNext", loc, Type.EmptyTypes);
+                                       }
+
+                                       if (TypeManager.ienumerator_getcurrent == null) {
+                                               TypeManager.ienumerator_getcurrent = TypeManager.GetPredefinedProperty (
+                                                       TypeManager.ienumerator_type, "Current", loc, TypeManager.object_type);
+                                       }
+
 #if GMCS_SOURCE
                                        //
                                        // Prefer a generic enumerator over a non-generic one.
@@ -5257,7 +5370,7 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        get_current = tmp_get_cur;
                                        enumerator_type = tmp_enumerator_type;
                                        MethodInfo[] mi = new MethodInfo[] { (MethodInfo) result };
-                                       get_enumerator = new MethodGroupExpr (mi, loc);
+                                       get_enumerator = new MethodGroupExpr (mi, enumerator_type, loc);
 
                                        if (t != expr.Type) {
                                                expr = Convert.ExplicitConversion (
@@ -5309,10 +5422,20 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                        return false;
                                }
 
+                               VarExpr ve = var_type as VarExpr;
+                               if (ve != null) {
+                                       // Infer implicitly typed local variable from foreach enumerable type
+                                       var_type = new TypeExpression (get_current.PropertyInfo.PropertyType, var_type.Location);
+                               }
+
+                               var_type = var_type.ResolveAsTypeTerminal (ec, false);
+                               if (var_type == null)
+                                       return false;
+                                                               
                                enumerator = new TemporaryVariable (enumerator_type, loc);
                                enumerator.Resolve (ec);
 
-                               init = new Invocation (get_enumerator, new ArrayList ());
+                               init = new Invocation (get_enumerator, null);
                                init = init.Resolve (ec);
                                if (init == null)
                                        return false;
@@ -5320,16 +5443,16 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                Expression move_next_expr;
                                {
                                        MemberInfo[] mi = new MemberInfo[] { move_next };
-                                       MethodGroupExpr mg = new MethodGroupExpr (mi, loc);
+                                       MethodGroupExpr mg = new MethodGroupExpr (mi, var_type.Type, loc);
                                        mg.InstanceExpression = enumerator;
 
-                                       move_next_expr = new Invocation (mg, new ArrayList ());
+                                       move_next_expr = new Invocation (mg, null);
                                }
 
                                get_current.InstanceExpression = enumerator;
 
                                Statement block = new CollectionForeachStatement (
-                                       var_type, variable, get_current, statement, loc);
+                                       var_type.Type, variable, get_current, statement, loc);
 
                                loop = new While (move_next_expr, block, loc);
 
@@ -5345,6 +5468,11 @@ namespace Mono.CSharp {
                                if (is_disposable) {
                                        ResolveFinally (branching);
                                        ec.EndFlowBranching ();
+
+                                       if (TypeManager.void_dispose_void == null) {
+                                               TypeManager.void_dispose_void = TypeManager.GetPredefinedMethod (
+                                                       TypeManager.idisposable_type, "Dispose", loc, Type.EmptyTypes);
+                                       }
                                } else
                                        emit_finally = true;