internal virtual LambdaForm CollectArgumentsForm(int pos, MethodType collectorType)
        {
            int  collectorArity = collectorType.ParameterCount();
            bool dropResult     = (collectorType.ReturnType() == typeof(void));

            if (collectorArity == 1 && !dropResult)
            {
                return(FilterArgumentForm(pos, basicType(collectorType.ParameterType(0))));
            }
            BasicType[]    newTypes = BasicType.basicTypes(collectorType.ParameterList());
            Transform.Kind kind     = (dropResult ? Transform.Kind.COLLECT_ARGS_TO_VOID : Transform.Kind.COLLECT_ARGS);
            if (dropResult && collectorArity == 0)             // pure side effect
            {
                pos = 1;
            }
            Transform  key  = Transform.Of(kind, pos, collectorArity, BasicType.basicTypesOrd(newTypes));
            LambdaForm form = GetInCache(key);

            if (form != null)
            {
                assert(form.Arity_Renamed == LambdaForm.Arity_Renamed - (dropResult ? 0 : 1) + collectorArity);
                return(form);
            }
            form = MakeArgumentCombinationForm(pos, collectorType, false, dropResult);
            return(PutInCache(key, form));
        }
        private LambdaForm MakeArgumentCombinationForm(int pos, MethodType combinerType, bool keepArguments, bool dropResult)
        {
            LambdaFormBuffer buf = Buffer();

            buf.StartEdit();
            int combinerArity = combinerType.ParameterCount();
            int resultArity   = (dropResult ? 0 : 1);

            assert(pos <= MethodType.MAX_JVM_ARITY);
            assert(pos + resultArity + (keepArguments ? combinerArity : 0) <= LambdaForm.Arity_Renamed);
            assert(pos > 0);             // cannot filter the MH arg itself
            assert(combinerType == combinerType.BasicType());
            assert(combinerType.ReturnType() != typeof(void) || dropResult);

            BoundMethodHandle.SpeciesData oldData = OldSpeciesData();
            BoundMethodHandle.SpeciesData newData = NewSpeciesData(L_TYPE);

            // The newly created LF will run with a different BMH.
            // Switch over any pre-existing BMH field references to the new BMH class.
            Name oldBaseAddress = LambdaForm.Parameter(0);             // BMH holding the values

            buf.ReplaceFunctions(oldData.GetterFunctions(), newData.GetterFunctions(), oldBaseAddress);
            Name newBaseAddress = oldBaseAddress.withConstraint(newData);

            buf.RenameParameter(0, newBaseAddress);

            Name getCombiner = new Name(newData.GetterFunction(oldData.FieldCount()), newBaseAddress);

            Object[] combinerArgs = new Object[1 + combinerArity];
            combinerArgs[0] = getCombiner;
            Name[] newParams;
            if (keepArguments)
            {
                newParams = new Name[0];
                System.Array.Copy(LambdaForm.Names, pos + resultArity, combinerArgs, 1, combinerArity);
            }
            else
            {
                newParams = new Name[combinerArity];
                BasicType[] newTypes = basicTypes(combinerType.ParameterList());
                for (int i = 0; i < newTypes.Length; i++)
                {
                    newParams[i] = new Name(pos + i, newTypes[i]);
                }
                System.Array.Copy(newParams, 0, combinerArgs, 1, combinerArity);
            }
            Name callCombiner = new Name(combinerType, combinerArgs);

            // insert the two new expressions
            int exprPos = LambdaForm.Arity();

            buf.InsertExpression(exprPos + 0, getCombiner);
            buf.InsertExpression(exprPos + 1, callCombiner);

            // insert new arguments, if needed
            int argPos = pos + resultArity;             // skip result parameter

            foreach (Name newParam in newParams)
            {
                buf.InsertParameter(argPos++, newParam);
            }
            assert(buf.LastIndexOf(callCombiner) == exprPos + 1 + newParams.Length);
            if (!dropResult)
            {
                buf.ReplaceParameterByCopy(pos, exprPos + 1 + newParams.Length);
            }

            return(buf.EndEdit());
        }
        internal virtual LambdaForm CollectArgumentArrayForm(int pos, MethodHandle arrayCollector)
        {
            MethodType collectorType  = arrayCollector.Type();
            int        collectorArity = collectorType.ParameterCount();

            assert(arrayCollector.IntrinsicName() == Intrinsic.NEW_ARRAY);
            Class     arrayType   = collectorType.ReturnType();
            Class     elementType = arrayType.ComponentType;
            BasicType argType     = basicType(elementType);
            int       argTypeKey  = argType.ordinal();

            if (argType.basicTypeClass() != elementType)
            {
                // return null if it requires more metadata (like String[].class)
                if (!elementType.Primitive)
                {
                    return(null);
                }
                argTypeKey = TYPE_LIMIT + Wrapper.forPrimitiveType(elementType).ordinal();
            }
            assert(collectorType.ParameterList().Equals(Collections.NCopies(collectorArity, elementType)));
            Transform.Kind kind = Transform.Kind.COLLECT_ARGS_TO_ARRAY;
            Transform      key  = Transform.Of(kind, pos, collectorArity, argTypeKey);
            LambdaForm     form = GetInCache(key);

            if (form != null)
            {
                assert(form.Arity_Renamed == LambdaForm.Arity_Renamed - 1 + collectorArity);
                return(form);
            }
            LambdaFormBuffer buf = Buffer();

            buf.StartEdit();

            assert(pos + 1 <= LambdaForm.Arity_Renamed);
            assert(pos > 0);             // cannot filter the MH arg itself

            Name[] newParams = new Name[collectorArity];
            for (int i = 0; i < collectorArity; i++)
            {
                newParams[i] = new Name(pos + i, argType);
            }
            Name callCombiner = new Name(arrayCollector, (Object[])newParams);              //...

            // insert the new expression
            int exprPos = LambdaForm.Arity();

            buf.InsertExpression(exprPos, callCombiner);

            // insert new arguments
            int argPos = pos + 1;             // skip result parameter

            foreach (Name newParam in newParams)
            {
                buf.InsertParameter(argPos++, newParam);
            }
            assert(buf.LastIndexOf(callCombiner) == exprPos + newParams.Length);
            buf.ReplaceParameterByCopy(pos, exprPos + newParams.Length);

            form = buf.EndEdit();
            return(PutInCache(key, form));
        }