[Mono-dev] Mono.Cecil: Full names of generic types

[Miguel de Icaza]

> 1. All generic types have such a string appended to their full name: 
> "`#" - where # represents the number of generic parameters. Is this a 
> standard way of decorating generic names? If it is, can you point me to 
> a document that specifies this? (I need it mostly because I'm 
> interested, but I also expect to be using it when extracting undecorated 
> names for code completion in monodevelop.)

The complete specification for this syntax is available on the ECMA 335
specification:

http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-334.htm