private static bool CanCastArrayTo(this ArrayType thisType, TypeDesc otherType, StackOverflowProtect protect)
{
// Casting the array to one of the base types or interfaces?
if (otherType.IsDefType)
{
return(thisType.CanCastToClassOrInterface(otherType, protect));
}
// Casting array to something else (between SzArray and Array, for example)?
if (thisType.Category != otherType.Category)
{
// An SzArray is castable to MdArray rank 1. We follow the same casting rules as SzArray to SzArray.
if (thisType.Category == TypeFlags.SzArray &&
otherType.Category == TypeFlags.Array &&
((ArrayType)otherType).Rank == 1)
{
return(thisType.CanCastParamTo(((ArrayType)otherType).ParameterType, protect));
}
return(false);
}
ArrayType otherArrayType = (ArrayType)otherType;
// Check ranks if we're casting multidim arrays
if (!thisType.IsSzArray && thisType.Rank != otherArrayType.Rank)
{
return(false);
}
return(thisType.CanCastParamTo(otherArrayType.ParameterType, protect));
}
