[Mono-dev] [PATCH] Refactor some uses of MonoGenericContext

[Raja R Harinath]

Hi,

I'm working on removing the need for MonoGenericContext.  As a
preliminary, I've refactored some uses of MonoGenericContext and
create it on demand, and also to clarify some invariants.  This will
be followed by a few patches to cleanup the existing implementation of
the current generics API, and to document some of the invariants.

Once we have a clear understanding of where we really need to use
MonoGenericContext, we can start thinking about putting it into a more
palatable form.

Insofar as the current usage of MonoGenericContext in the JIT, I think
we could get away with APIs like

  MonoClass *mono_method_get_class (MonoMethod *m, gint32 token);
  MonoMethod *mono_method_get_method (MonoMethod *m, gint32 token);

and remove all knowledge of MonoGenericContext from the JIT.  But,
this won't suffice for open generic types.

So, here's the first step.  Ok to apply?

- Hari
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