public void EmitRead(Compiler.CompilerContext ctx, Compiler.Local incoming)
        {
            using (ctx.StartDebugBlockAuto(this))
            {
                var g = ctx.G;

                using (Compiler.Local objValue = ctx.GetLocalWithValueForEmitRead(this, incoming))
                    using (Compiler.Local reservedTrap = new Local(ctx, ctx.MapType(typeof(int))))
                        using (Compiler.Local token = new Local(ctx, ctx.MapType(typeof(SubItemToken))))
                            using (Compiler.Local refLocalToNoteObject = new Local(ctx, ctx.MapType(typeof(object))))
                            {
                                ctx.EmitCallReserveNoteObject();
                                ctx.StoreValue(reservedTrap);

                                Compiler.Local[] locals = new Compiler.Local[_members.Length];
                                try
                                {
                                    g.Assign(token, g.ReaderFunc.StartSubItem());

                                    for (int i = 0; i < locals.Length; i++)
                                    {
                                        Type type  = GetMemberType(i);
                                        bool store = true;
                                        locals[i] = new Compiler.Local(ctx, type);
                                        if (!ExpectedType.IsValueType)
                                        {
                                            // value-types always read the old value
                                            if (type.IsValueType)
                                            {
                                                switch (Helpers.GetTypeCode(type))
                                                {
                                                case ProtoTypeCode.Boolean:
                                                case ProtoTypeCode.Byte:
                                                case ProtoTypeCode.Int16:
                                                case ProtoTypeCode.Int32:
                                                case ProtoTypeCode.SByte:
                                                case ProtoTypeCode.UInt16:
                                                case ProtoTypeCode.UInt32:
                                                    ctx.LoadValue(0);
                                                    break;

                                                case ProtoTypeCode.Int64:
                                                case ProtoTypeCode.UInt64:
                                                    ctx.LoadValue(0L);
                                                    break;

                                                case ProtoTypeCode.Single:
                                                    ctx.LoadValue(0.0F);
                                                    break;

                                                case ProtoTypeCode.Double:
                                                    ctx.LoadValue(0.0D);
                                                    break;

                                                case ProtoTypeCode.Decimal:
                                                    ctx.LoadValue(0M);
                                                    break;

                                                case ProtoTypeCode.Guid:
                                                    ctx.LoadValue(Guid.Empty);
                                                    break;

                                                default:
                                                    ctx.LoadAddress(locals[i], type);
                                                    ctx.EmitCtor(type);
                                                    store = false;
                                                    break;
                                                }
                                            }
                                            else
                                            {
                                                ctx.LoadNullRef();
                                            }
                                            if (store)
                                            {
                                                ctx.StoreValue(locals[i]);
                                            }
                                        }
                                    }

                                    Compiler.CodeLabel skipOld = ExpectedType.IsValueType
                                                         ? new Compiler.CodeLabel()
                                                         : ctx.DefineLabel();
                                    if (!ExpectedType.IsValueType)
                                    {
                                        ctx.LoadAddress(objValue, ExpectedType);
                                        ctx.BranchIfFalse(skipOld, false);
                                    }
                                    for (int i = 0; i < _members.Length; i++)
                                    {
                                        ctx.LoadAddress(objValue, ExpectedType);
                                        switch (_members[i].Member.MemberType)
                                        {
                                        case MemberTypes.Field:
                                            ctx.LoadValue((FieldInfo)_members[i].Member);
                                            break;

                                        case MemberTypes.Property:
                                            ctx.LoadValue((PropertyInfo)_members[i].Member);
                                            break;
                                        }
                                        ctx.StoreValue(locals[i]);
                                    }

                                    if (!ExpectedType.IsValueType)
                                    {
                                        ctx.MarkLabel(skipOld);
                                    }

                                    using (Compiler.Local fieldNumber = new Compiler.Local(ctx, ctx.MapType(typeof(int))))
                                    {
                                        Compiler.CodeLabel @continue     = ctx.DefineLabel(),
                                                           processField  = ctx.DefineLabel(),
                                                           notRecognised = ctx.DefineLabel();
                                        ctx.Branch(@continue, false);

                                        Compiler.CodeLabel[] handlers = new Compiler.CodeLabel[_members.Length];
                                        for (int i = 0; i < _members.Length; i++)
                                        {
                                            handlers[i] = ctx.DefineLabel();
                                        }

                                        ctx.MarkLabel(processField);

                                        ctx.LoadValue(fieldNumber);
                                        ctx.LoadValue(1);
                                        ctx.Subtract(); // jump-table is zero-based
                                        ctx.Switch(handlers);

                                        // and the default:
                                        ctx.Branch(notRecognised, false);
                                        for (int i = 0; i < handlers.Length; i++)
                                        {
                                            ctx.MarkLabel(handlers[i]);
                                            IProtoSerializer tail           = _tails[i];
                                            Compiler.Local   oldValIfNeeded = tail.RequiresOldValue ? locals[i] : null;
                                            ctx.ReadNullCheckedTail(locals[i].Type, tail, oldValIfNeeded);
                                            if (tail.EmitReadReturnsValue)
                                            {
                                                if (locals[i].Type.IsValueType)
                                                {
                                                    ctx.StoreValue(locals[i]);
                                                }
                                                else
                                                {
                                                    Compiler.CodeLabel hasValue = ctx.DefineLabel(), allDone = ctx.DefineLabel();

                                                    ctx.CopyValue();
                                                    ctx.BranchIfTrue(hasValue, true); // interpret null as "don't assign"
                                                    ctx.DiscardValue();
                                                    ctx.Branch(allDone, true);
                                                    ctx.MarkLabel(hasValue);
                                                    ctx.StoreValue(locals[i]);
                                                    ctx.MarkLabel(allDone);
                                                }
                                            }
                                            ctx.Branch(@continue, false);
                                        }

                                        ctx.MarkLabel(notRecognised);
                                        ctx.LoadReaderWriter();
                                        ctx.EmitCall(ctx.MapType(typeof(ProtoReader)).GetMethod("SkipField"));

                                        ctx.MarkLabel(@continue);
                                        ctx.EmitBasicRead("ReadFieldHeader", ctx.MapType(typeof(int)));
                                        ctx.CopyValue();
                                        ctx.StoreValue(fieldNumber);
                                        ctx.LoadValue(0);
                                        ctx.BranchIfGreater(processField, false);
                                    }

                                    g.Reader.EndSubItem(token);

                                    for (int i = 0; i < locals.Length; i++)
                                    {
                                        ctx.LoadValue(locals[i]);
                                    }
                                    ctx.EmitCtor(_ctor);
                                    ctx.StoreValue(objValue);

                                    ctx.LoadValue(objValue);
                                    ctx.CastToObject(ctx.MapType(_ctor.DeclaringType));
                                    ctx.StoreValue(refLocalToNoteObject);

                                    ctx.LoadValue(reservedTrap);
                                    ctx.LoadAddress(refLocalToNoteObject, refLocalToNoteObject.Type);
                                    ctx.EmitCallNoteReservedTrappedObject();

                                    if (EmitReadReturnsValue)
                                    {
                                        ctx.LoadValue(objValue);
                                    }
                                }
                                finally
                                {
                                    for (int i = 0; i < locals.Length; i++)
                                    {
                                        if (!locals[i].IsNullRef())
                                        {
                                            locals[i].Dispose(); // release for re-use
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                            }
            }
        }