/// <summary>
/// Bind the given Python instance and arguments to a particular method
/// overload in <see cref="list"/> and return a structure that contains the converted Python
/// instance, converted arguments and the correct method to call.
/// If unsuccessful, may set a Python error.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="inst">The Python target of the method invocation.</param>
/// <param name="args">The Python arguments.</param>
/// <param name="kw">The Python keyword arguments.</param>
/// <param name="info">If not null, only bind to that method.</param>
/// <param name="methodinfo">If not null, additionally attempt to bind to the generic methods in this array by inferring generic type parameters.</param>
/// <returns>A Binding if successful. Otherwise null.</returns>
internal Binding?Bind(BorrowedReference inst, BorrowedReference args, BorrowedReference kw, MethodBase?info, MethodBase[]?methodinfo)
{
// loop to find match, return invoker w/ or w/o error
var kwargDict = new Dictionary <string, PyObject>();
if (kw != null)
{
nint pynkwargs = Runtime.PyDict_Size(kw);
using var keylist = Runtime.PyDict_Keys(kw);
using var valueList = Runtime.PyDict_Values(kw);
for (int i = 0; i < pynkwargs; ++i)
{
var keyStr = Runtime.GetManagedString(Runtime.PyList_GetItem(keylist.Borrow(), i));
BorrowedReference value = Runtime.PyList_GetItem(valueList.Borrow(), i);
kwargDict[keyStr !] = new PyObject(value);
/// <summary>
/// Bind the given Python instance and arguments to a particular method
/// overload in <see cref="list"/> and return a structure that contains the converted Python
/// instance, converted arguments and the correct method to call.
/// If unsuccessful, may set a Python error.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="inst">The Python target of the method invocation.</param>
/// <param name="args">The Python arguments.</param>
/// <param name="kw">The Python keyword arguments.</param>
/// <param name="info">If not null, only bind to that method.</param>
/// <param name="methodinfo">If not null, additionally attempt to bind to the generic methods in this array by inferring generic type parameters.</param>
/// <returns>A Binding if successful. Otherwise null.</returns>
internal Binding Bind(IntPtr inst, IntPtr args, IntPtr kw, MethodBase info, MethodInfo[] methodinfo)
{
// loop to find match, return invoker w/ or w/o error
MethodBase[] _methods = null;
var kwargDict = new Dictionary <string, IntPtr>();
if (kw != IntPtr.Zero)
{
var pynkwargs = (int)Runtime.PyDict_Size(kw);
IntPtr keylist = Runtime.PyDict_Keys(kw);
IntPtr valueList = Runtime.PyDict_Values(kw);
for (int i = 0; i < pynkwargs; ++i)
{
var keyStr = Runtime.GetManagedString(Runtime.PyList_GetItem(new BorrowedReference(keylist), i));
kwargDict[keyStr] = Runtime.PyList_GetItem(new BorrowedReference(valueList), i).DangerousGetAddress();
}
Runtime.XDecref(keylist);
Runtime.XDecref(valueList);
}
var pynargs = (int)Runtime.PyTuple_Size(args);
var isGeneric = false;
if (info != null)
{
_methods = new MethodBase[1];
_methods.SetValue(info, 0);
}
else
{
_methods = GetMethods();
}
var argMatchedMethods = new List <MatchedMethod>(_methods.Length);
var mismatchedMethods = new List <MismatchedMethod>();
// TODO: Clean up
foreach (MethodBase mi in _methods)
{
if (mi.IsGenericMethod)
{
isGeneric = true;
}
ParameterInfo[] pi = mi.GetParameters();
ArrayList defaultArgList;
bool paramsArray;
int kwargsMatched;
int defaultsNeeded;
bool isOperator = OperatorMethod.IsOperatorMethod(mi);
// Binary operator methods will have 2 CLR args but only one Python arg
// (unary operators will have 1 less each), since Python operator methods are bound.
isOperator = isOperator && pynargs == pi.Length - 1;
bool isReverse = isOperator && OperatorMethod.IsReverse((MethodInfo)mi); // Only cast if isOperator.
if (isReverse && OperatorMethod.IsComparisonOp((MethodInfo)mi))
{
continue; // Comparison operators in Python have no reverse mode.
}
if (!MatchesArgumentCount(pynargs, pi, kwargDict, out paramsArray, out defaultArgList, out kwargsMatched, out defaultsNeeded) && !isOperator)
{
continue;
}
// Preprocessing pi to remove either the first or second argument.
if (isOperator && !isReverse)
{
// The first Python arg is the right operand, while the bound instance is the left.
// We need to skip the first (left operand) CLR argument.
pi = pi.Skip(1).ToArray();
}
else if (isOperator && isReverse)
{
// The first Python arg is the left operand.
// We need to take the first CLR argument.
pi = pi.Take(1).ToArray();
}
int outs;
var margs = TryConvertArguments(pi, paramsArray, args, pynargs, kwargDict, defaultArgList, outs: out outs);
if (margs == null)
{
var mismatchCause = PythonException.FetchCurrent();
mismatchedMethods.Add(new MismatchedMethod(mismatchCause, mi));
continue;
}
if (isOperator)
{
if (inst != IntPtr.Zero)
{
if (ManagedType.GetManagedObject(inst) is CLRObject co)
{
bool isUnary = pynargs == 0;
// Postprocessing to extend margs.
var margsTemp = isUnary ? new object[1] : new object[2];
// If reverse, the bound instance is the right operand.
int boundOperandIndex = isReverse ? 1 : 0;
// If reverse, the passed instance is the left operand.
int passedOperandIndex = isReverse ? 0 : 1;
margsTemp[boundOperandIndex] = co.inst;
if (!isUnary)
{
margsTemp[passedOperandIndex] = margs[0];
}
margs = margsTemp;
}
else
{
continue;
}
}
}
var matchedMethod = new MatchedMethod(kwargsMatched, defaultsNeeded, margs, outs, mi);
argMatchedMethods.Add(matchedMethod);
}
if (argMatchedMethods.Count > 0)
{
var bestKwargMatchCount = argMatchedMethods.Max(x => x.KwargsMatched);
var fewestDefaultsRequired = argMatchedMethods.Where(x => x.KwargsMatched == bestKwargMatchCount).Min(x => x.DefaultsNeeded);
int bestCount = 0;
int bestMatchIndex = -1;
for (int index = 0; index < argMatchedMethods.Count; index++)
{
var testMatch = argMatchedMethods[index];
if (testMatch.DefaultsNeeded == fewestDefaultsRequired && testMatch.KwargsMatched == bestKwargMatchCount)
{
bestCount++;
if (bestMatchIndex == -1)
{
bestMatchIndex = index;
}
}
}
if (bestCount > 1 && fewestDefaultsRequired > 0)
{
// Best effort for determining method to match on gives multiple possible
// matches and we need at least one default argument - bail from this point
StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder("Not enough arguments provided to disambiguate the method. Found:");
foreach (var matchedMethod in argMatchedMethods)
{
stringBuilder.AppendLine();
stringBuilder.Append(matchedMethod.Method.ToString());
}
Exceptions.SetError(Exceptions.TypeError, stringBuilder.ToString());
return(null);
}
// If we're here either:
// (a) There is only one best match
// (b) There are multiple best matches but none of them require
// default arguments
// in the case of (a) we're done by default. For (b) regardless of which
// method we choose, all arguments are specified _and_ can be converted
// from python to C# so picking any will suffice
MatchedMethod bestMatch = argMatchedMethods[bestMatchIndex];
var margs = bestMatch.ManagedArgs;
var outs = bestMatch.Outs;
var mi = bestMatch.Method;
object target = null;
if (!mi.IsStatic && inst != IntPtr.Zero)
{
//CLRObject co = (CLRObject)ManagedType.GetManagedObject(inst);
// InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type
// 'Python.Runtime.ClassObject' to type 'Python.Runtime.CLRObject'
var co = ManagedType.GetManagedObject(inst) as CLRObject;
// Sanity check: this ensures a graceful exit if someone does
// something intentionally wrong like call a non-static method
// on the class rather than on an instance of the class.
// XXX maybe better to do this before all the other rigmarole.
if (co == null)
{
Exceptions.SetError(Exceptions.TypeError, "Invoked a non-static method with an invalid instance");
return(null);
}
target = co.inst;
}
return(new Binding(mi, target, margs, outs));
}
else if (isGeneric && info == null && methodinfo != null)
{
// We weren't able to find a matching method but at least one
// is a generic method and info is null. That happens when a generic
// method was not called using the [] syntax. Let's introspect the
// type of the arguments and use it to construct the correct method.
Type[] types = Runtime.PythonArgsToTypeArray(args, true);
MethodInfo mi = MatchParameters(methodinfo, types);
if (mi != null)
{
return(Bind(inst, args, kw, mi, null));
}
}
if (mismatchedMethods.Count > 0)
{
var aggregateException = GetAggregateException(mismatchedMethods);
Exceptions.SetError(aggregateException);
}
return(null);
}
internal Binding Bind(IntPtr inst, IntPtr args, IntPtr kw, MethodBase info, MethodInfo[] methodinfo)
{
// loop to find match, return invoker w/ or /wo error
MethodBase[] _methods = null;
var kwargDict = new Dictionary <string, IntPtr>();
if (kw != IntPtr.Zero)
{
var pynkwargs = (int)Runtime.PyDict_Size(kw);
IntPtr keylist = Runtime.PyDict_Keys(kw);
IntPtr valueList = Runtime.PyDict_Values(kw);
for (int i = 0; i < pynkwargs; ++i)
{
var keyStr = Runtime.GetManagedString(Runtime.PyList_GetItem(new BorrowedReference(keylist), i));
kwargDict[keyStr] = Runtime.PyList_GetItem(new BorrowedReference(valueList), i).DangerousGetAddress();
}
Runtime.XDecref(keylist);
Runtime.XDecref(valueList);
}
var pynargs = (int)Runtime.PyTuple_Size(args);
var isGeneric = false;
if (info != null)
{
_methods = new MethodBase[1];
_methods.SetValue(info, 0);
}
else
{
_methods = GetMethods();
}
// TODO: Clean up
foreach (MethodBase mi in _methods)
{
if (mi.IsGenericMethod)
{
isGeneric = true;
}
ParameterInfo[] pi = mi.GetParameters();
ArrayList defaultArgList;
bool paramsArray;
if (!MatchesArgumentCount(pynargs, pi, kwargDict, out paramsArray, out defaultArgList))
{
continue;
}
var outs = 0;
var margs = TryConvertArguments(pi, paramsArray, args, pynargs, kwargDict, defaultArgList,
needsResolution: _methods.Length > 1,
outs: out outs);
if (margs == null)
{
continue;
}
object target = null;
if (!mi.IsStatic && inst != IntPtr.Zero)
{
//CLRObject co = (CLRObject)ManagedType.GetManagedObject(inst);
// InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type
// 'Python.Runtime.ClassObject' to type 'Python.Runtime.CLRObject'
var co = ManagedType.GetManagedObject(inst) as CLRObject;
// Sanity check: this ensures a graceful exit if someone does
// something intentionally wrong like call a non-static method
// on the class rather than on an instance of the class.
// XXX maybe better to do this before all the other rigmarole.
if (co == null)
{
return(null);
}
target = co.inst;
}
return(new Binding(mi, target, margs, outs));
}
// We weren't able to find a matching method but at least one
// is a generic method and info is null. That happens when a generic
// method was not called using the [] syntax. Let's introspect the
// type of the arguments and use it to construct the correct method.
if (isGeneric && info == null && methodinfo != null)
{
Type[] types = Runtime.PythonArgsToTypeArray(args, true);
MethodInfo mi = MatchParameters(methodinfo, types);
return(Bind(inst, args, kw, mi, null));
}
return(null);
}
internal Binding Bind(IntPtr inst, IntPtr args, IntPtr kw, MethodBase info, MethodInfo[] methodinfo)
{
// loop to find match, return invoker w/ or /wo error
MethodBase[] _methods = null;
var kwargDict = new Dictionary <string, IntPtr>();
if (kw != IntPtr.Zero)
{
var pynkwargs = (int)Runtime.PyDict_Size(kw);
IntPtr keylist = Runtime.PyDict_Keys(kw);
IntPtr valueList = Runtime.PyDict_Values(kw);
for (int i = 0; i < pynkwargs; ++i)
{
var keyStr = Runtime.GetManagedString(Runtime.PyList_GetItem(new BorrowedReference(keylist), i));
kwargDict[keyStr] = Runtime.PyList_GetItem(new BorrowedReference(valueList), i).DangerousGetAddress();
}
Runtime.XDecref(keylist);
Runtime.XDecref(valueList);
}
var pynargs = (int)Runtime.PyTuple_Size(args);
var isGeneric = false;
if (info != null)
{
_methods = new MethodBase[1];
_methods.SetValue(info, 0);
}
else
{
_methods = GetMethods();
}
var argMatchedMethods = new List <MatchedMethod>(_methods.Length);
// TODO: Clean up
foreach (MethodBase mi in _methods)
{
if (mi.IsGenericMethod)
{
isGeneric = true;
}
ParameterInfo[] pi = mi.GetParameters();
ArrayList defaultArgList;
bool paramsArray;
int kwargsMatched;
int defaultsNeeded;
if (!MatchesArgumentCount(pynargs, pi, kwargDict, out paramsArray, out defaultArgList, out kwargsMatched, out defaultsNeeded))
{
continue;
}
var outs = 0;
var margs = TryConvertArguments(pi, paramsArray, args, pynargs, kwargDict, defaultArgList,
needsResolution: _methods.Length > 1,
outs: out outs);
if (margs == null)
{
continue;
}
var matchedMethod = new MatchedMethod(kwargsMatched, defaultsNeeded, margs, outs, mi);
argMatchedMethods.Add(matchedMethod);
}
if (argMatchedMethods.Count > 0)
{
var bestKwargMatchCount = argMatchedMethods.Max(x => x.KwargsMatched);
var fewestDefaultsRequired = argMatchedMethods.Where(x => x.KwargsMatched == bestKwargMatchCount).Min(x => x.DefaultsNeeded);
int bestCount = 0;
int bestMatchIndex = -1;
for (int index = 0; index < argMatchedMethods.Count; index++)
{
var testMatch = argMatchedMethods[index];
if (testMatch.DefaultsNeeded == fewestDefaultsRequired && testMatch.KwargsMatched == bestKwargMatchCount)
{
bestCount++;
if (bestMatchIndex == -1)
{
bestMatchIndex = index;
}
}
}
if (bestCount > 1 && fewestDefaultsRequired > 0)
{
// Best effort for determining method to match on gives multiple possible
// matches and we need at least one default argument - bail from this point
return(null);
}
// If we're here either:
// (a) There is only one best match
// (b) There are multiple best matches but none of them require
// default arguments
// in the case of (a) we're done by default. For (b) regardless of which
// method we choose, all arguments are specified _and_ can be converted
// from python to C# so picking any will suffice
MatchedMethod bestMatch = argMatchedMethods[bestMatchIndex];
var margs = bestMatch.ManagedArgs;
var outs = bestMatch.Outs;
var mi = bestMatch.Method;
object target = null;
if (!mi.IsStatic && inst != IntPtr.Zero)
{
//CLRObject co = (CLRObject)ManagedType.GetManagedObject(inst);
// InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type
// 'Python.Runtime.ClassObject' to type 'Python.Runtime.CLRObject'
var co = ManagedType.GetManagedObject(inst) as CLRObject;
// Sanity check: this ensures a graceful exit if someone does
// something intentionally wrong like call a non-static method
// on the class rather than on an instance of the class.
// XXX maybe better to do this before all the other rigmarole.
if (co == null)
{
return(null);
}
target = co.inst;
}
return(new Binding(mi, target, margs, outs));
}
// We weren't able to find a matching method but at least one
// is a generic method and info is null. That happens when a generic
// method was not called using the [] syntax. Let's introspect the
// type of the arguments and use it to construct the correct method.
if (isGeneric && info == null && methodinfo != null)
{
Type[] types = Runtime.PythonArgsToTypeArray(args, true);
MethodInfo mi = MatchParameters(methodinfo, types);
return(Bind(inst, args, kw, mi, null));
}
return(null);
}
internal Binding Bind(IntPtr inst, IntPtr args, IntPtr kw, MethodBase info, MethodInfo[] methodinfo)
{
// Relevant function variables used post conversion
var isGeneric = false;
Binding bindingUsingImplicitConversion = null;
// If we have KWArgs create dictionary and collect them
Dictionary <string, IntPtr> kwArgDict = null;
if (kw != IntPtr.Zero)
{
var pyKwArgsCount = (int)Runtime.PyDict_Size(kw);
kwArgDict = new Dictionary <string, IntPtr>(pyKwArgsCount);
IntPtr keylist = Runtime.PyDict_Keys(kw);
IntPtr valueList = Runtime.PyDict_Values(kw);
for (int i = 0; i < pyKwArgsCount; ++i)
{
var keyStr = Runtime.GetManagedString(Runtime.PyList_GetItem(new BorrowedReference(keylist), i));
kwArgDict[keyStr] = Runtime.PyList_GetItem(new BorrowedReference(valueList), i).DangerousGetAddress();
}
Runtime.XDecref(keylist);
Runtime.XDecref(valueList);
}
// Fetch our methods we are going to attempt to match and bind too.
var methods = info == null?GetMethods()
: new List <MethodInformation>(1)
{
new MethodInformation(info, info.GetParameters())
};
foreach (var methodInformation in methods)
{
// Relevant method variables
var mi = methodInformation.MethodBase;
var pi = methodInformation.ParameterInfo;
isGeneric = mi.IsGenericMethod;
int pyArgCount = (int)Runtime.PyTuple_Size(args);
// Special case for operators
bool isOperator = OperatorMethod.IsOperatorMethod(mi);
// Binary operator methods will have 2 CLR args but only one Python arg
// (unary operators will have 1 less each), since Python operator methods are bound.
isOperator = isOperator && pyArgCount == pi.Length - 1;
bool isReverse = isOperator && OperatorMethod.IsReverse((MethodInfo)mi); // Only cast if isOperator.
if (isReverse && OperatorMethod.IsComparisonOp((MethodInfo)mi))
{
continue; // Comparison operators in Python have no reverse mode.
}
// Preprocessing pi to remove either the first or second argument.
if (isOperator && !isReverse)
{
// The first Python arg is the right operand, while the bound instance is the left.
// We need to skip the first (left operand) CLR argument.
pi = pi.Skip(1).ToArray();
}
else if (isOperator && isReverse)
{
// The first Python arg is the left operand.
// We need to take the first CLR argument.
pi = pi.Take(1).ToArray();
}
// Must be done after IsOperator section
int clrArgCount = pi.Length;
if (CheckMethodArgumentsMatch(clrArgCount,
pyArgCount,
kwArgDict,
pi,
out bool paramsArray,
out ArrayList defaultArgList))
{
var outs = 0;
var margs = new object[clrArgCount];
int paramsArrayIndex = paramsArray ? pi.Length - 1 : -1; // -1 indicates no paramsArray
var usedImplicitConversion = false;
// Conversion loop for each parameter
for (int paramIndex = 0; paramIndex < clrArgCount; paramIndex++)
{
IntPtr op = IntPtr.Zero; // Python object to be converted; not yet set
var parameter = pi[paramIndex]; // Clr parameter we are targeting
object arg; // Python -> Clr argument
// Check our KWargs for this parameter
bool hasNamedParam = kwArgDict == null ? false : kwArgDict.TryGetValue(parameter.Name, out op);
bool isNewReference = false;
// Check if we are going to use default
if (paramIndex >= pyArgCount && !(hasNamedParam || (paramsArray && paramIndex == paramsArrayIndex)))
{
if (defaultArgList != null)
{
margs[paramIndex] = defaultArgList[paramIndex - pyArgCount];
}
continue;
}
// At this point, if op is IntPtr.Zero we don't have a KWArg and are not using default
if (op == IntPtr.Zero)
{
// If we have reached the paramIndex
if (paramsArrayIndex == paramIndex)
{
op = HandleParamsArray(args, paramsArrayIndex, pyArgCount, out isNewReference);
}
else
{
op = Runtime.PyTuple_GetItem(args, paramIndex);
}
}
// this logic below handles cases when multiple overloading methods
// are ambiguous, hence comparison between Python and CLR types
// is necessary
Type clrtype = null;
IntPtr pyoptype;
if (methods.Count > 1)
{
pyoptype = IntPtr.Zero;
pyoptype = Runtime.PyObject_Type(op);
Exceptions.Clear();
if (pyoptype != IntPtr.Zero)
{
clrtype = Converter.GetTypeByAlias(pyoptype);
}
Runtime.XDecref(pyoptype);
}
if (clrtype != null)
{
var typematch = false;
if ((parameter.ParameterType != typeof(object)) && (parameter.ParameterType != clrtype))
{
IntPtr pytype = Converter.GetPythonTypeByAlias(parameter.ParameterType);
pyoptype = Runtime.PyObject_Type(op);
Exceptions.Clear();
if (pyoptype != IntPtr.Zero)
{
if (pytype != pyoptype)
{
typematch = false;
}
else
{
typematch = true;
clrtype = parameter.ParameterType;
}
}
if (!typematch)
{
// this takes care of nullables
var underlyingType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(parameter.ParameterType);
if (underlyingType == null)
{
underlyingType = parameter.ParameterType;
}
// this takes care of enum values
TypeCode argtypecode = Type.GetTypeCode(underlyingType);
TypeCode paramtypecode = Type.GetTypeCode(clrtype);
if (argtypecode == paramtypecode)
{
typematch = true;
clrtype = parameter.ParameterType;
}
// accepts non-decimal numbers in decimal parameters
if (underlyingType == typeof(decimal))
{
clrtype = parameter.ParameterType;
typematch = Converter.ToManaged(op, clrtype, out arg, false);
}
// this takes care of implicit conversions
var opImplicit = parameter.ParameterType.GetMethod("op_Implicit", new[] { clrtype });
if (opImplicit != null)
{
usedImplicitConversion = typematch = opImplicit.ReturnType == parameter.ParameterType;
clrtype = parameter.ParameterType;
}
}
Runtime.XDecref(pyoptype);
if (!typematch)
{
margs = null;
break;
}
}
else
{
clrtype = parameter.ParameterType;
}
}
else
{
clrtype = parameter.ParameterType;
}
if (parameter.IsOut || clrtype.IsByRef)
{
outs++;
}
if (!Converter.ToManaged(op, clrtype, out arg, false))
{
Exceptions.Clear();
margs = null;
break;
}
if (isNewReference)
{
// TODO: is this a bug? Should this happen even if the conversion fails?
// GetSlice() creates a new reference but GetItem()
// returns only a borrow reference.
Runtime.XDecref(op);
}
margs[paramIndex] = arg;
}
if (margs == null)
{
continue;
}
if (isOperator)
{
if (inst != IntPtr.Zero)
{
if (ManagedType.GetManagedObject(inst) is CLRObject co)
{
bool isUnary = pyArgCount == 0;
// Postprocessing to extend margs.
var margsTemp = isUnary ? new object[1] : new object[2];
// If reverse, the bound instance is the right operand.
int boundOperandIndex = isReverse ? 1 : 0;
// If reverse, the passed instance is the left operand.
int passedOperandIndex = isReverse ? 0 : 1;
margsTemp[boundOperandIndex] = co.inst;
if (!isUnary)
{
margsTemp[passedOperandIndex] = margs[0];
}
margs = margsTemp;
}
else
{
continue;
}
}
}
object target = null;
if (!mi.IsStatic && inst != IntPtr.Zero)
{
//CLRObject co = (CLRObject)ManagedType.GetManagedObject(inst);
// InvalidCastException: Unable to cast object of type
// 'Python.Runtime.ClassObject' to type 'Python.Runtime.CLRObject'
var co = ManagedType.GetManagedObject(inst) as CLRObject;
// Sanity check: this ensures a graceful exit if someone does
// something intentionally wrong like call a non-static method
// on the class rather than on an instance of the class.
// XXX maybe better to do this before all the other rigmarole.
if (co == null)
{
return(null);
}
target = co.inst;
}
var binding = new Binding(mi, target, margs, outs);
if (usedImplicitConversion)
{
// lets just keep the first binding using implicit conversion
// this is to respect method order/precedence
if (bindingUsingImplicitConversion == null)
{
// in this case we will not return the binding yet in case there is a match
// which does not use implicit conversions, which will return directly
bindingUsingImplicitConversion = binding;
}
}
else
{
return(binding);
}
}
}
// if we generated a binding using implicit conversion return it
if (bindingUsingImplicitConversion != null)
{
return(bindingUsingImplicitConversion);
}
// We weren't able to find a matching method but at least one
// is a generic method and info is null. That happens when a generic
// method was not called using the [] syntax. Let's introspect the
// type of the arguments and use it to construct the correct method.
if (isGeneric && info == null && methodinfo != null)
{
Type[] types = Runtime.PythonArgsToTypeArray(args, true);
MethodInfo mi = MatchParameters(methodinfo, types);
return(Bind(inst, args, kw, mi, null));
}
return(null);
}