public override MSAst.Expression /*!*/ GetConstant(object value)
{
// if we can emit the value and we won't be continiously boxing/unboxing
// then don't bother caching the value in a static field.
// TODO: Sometimes we don't want to pre-box the values, such as if it's an int
// going to a call site which can be strongly typed. We need to coordinate
// more with whoever consumes the values.
if (CompilerHelpers.CanEmitConstant(value, CompilerHelpers.GetType(value)) &&
!CompilerHelpers.GetType(value).IsValueType())
{
return(Utils.Constant(value));
}
ConstantInfo ci;
lock (_allConstants) {
if (!_allConstants.TryGetValue(value, out ci))
{
_allConstants[value] = ci = NextConstant(_allConstants.Count, value);
PublishConstant(value, ci);
}
}
return(ci.Expression);
}
