[Mono-bugs] [Bug 675755] New: Enable explicitly typed expression evaluation in the C# Evaluator

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           Summary: Enable explicitly typed expression evaluation in the
                    C# Evaluator
    Classification: Mono
           Product: Mono: Compilers
           Version: 2.8.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: C#
        AssignedTo: msafar at novell.com
        ReportedBy: kramieb at gmail.com
         QAContact: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
          Found By: ---
           Blocker: ---


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Allow generic type parameters for the `Evaluator.Compile()` and
`Evaluator.Evaluate()` methods to allow more flexible input expressions, e.g.
lambda's.

Consider the following use case:

    var code = "x => x * x" // can be from any input;
    var lambda = Evaluator.Evaluate<Func<float, float>>(lambda);
    Plot(lambda);

Currently this has to be done using:

    var lambda = (Func<float, float>)Evaluator.Evaluate("Func<float, float> f =
" + lambda + "; f;");

This is unwanted for at least two reasons:
 - Extra variable introduced, this could infer with the input.
 - The expression (here `code`) must be rhs valid;

This feature would consist of the addition of the following four methods and
one delegate:

    public static T Evaluate<T>(string input);
    public static string Evaluate<T>(string input, out T result, bool
result_set);
    public static CompiledMethod<T> Compile<T>(string input);
    public static string Compile<T>(string input, out CompiledMethod<T>
compiled);
    public sealed delegate void CompiledMethod<T>(ref T retvalue);

Reproducible: Always

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