/// <summary>
/// Returns the result of canonicalizing this method over the given kind of Canon
/// </summary>
public override MethodDesc GetCanonMethodTarget(CanonicalFormKind kind)
{
InstantiatedMethod canonicalMethodResult = GetCachedCanonValue(kind);
if (canonicalMethodResult == null)
{
bool instantiationChanged;
Instantiation canonInstantiation = Context.ConvertInstantiationToCanonForm(Instantiation, kind, out instantiationChanged);
MethodDesc openMethodOnCanonicalizedType = _methodDef.GetCanonMethodTarget(kind);
if (instantiationChanged || (openMethodOnCanonicalizedType != _methodDef))
{
canonicalMethodResult = Context.GetInstantiatedMethod(openMethodOnCanonicalizedType, canonInstantiation);
}
else
{
canonicalMethodResult = this;
}
// If the method instantiation is universal, we use a __UniversalCanon for all instantiation arguments for simplicity.
// This is to not end up having method instantiations like Foo<__UniversalCanon>.Method<int> or Foo<__UniversalCanon>.Method<string>
// or Foo<__UniversalCanon>.Method<__Canon> or Foo<int>.Method<__UniversalCanon>
// It should just be Foo<__UniversalCanon>.Method<__UniversalCanon>
if (canonicalMethodResult.IsCanonicalMethod(CanonicalFormKind.Universal) &&
canonicalMethodResult.IsCanonicalMethod(CanonicalFormKind.Specific))
{
canonicalMethodResult = (InstantiatedMethod)canonicalMethodResult.GetCanonMethodTarget(CanonicalFormKind.Universal);
}
SetCachedCanonValue(kind, canonicalMethodResult);
}
return(canonicalMethodResult);
}
