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WoofWare.PawPrint.Domain/TypeConcretisation.fs

@@ -331,6 +331,13 @@ module ConcreteActivePatterns =
         | ConcreteTypeHandle.Pointer inner -> Some inner
         | _ -> None
 
+type IAssemblyLoad =
+    abstract LoadAssembly :
+        loadedAssemblies : ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> ->
+        referencedIn : AssemblyName ->
+        handle : AssemblyReferenceHandle ->
+            ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> * DumpedAssembly
+
 [<RequireQualifiedAccess>]
 module TypeConcretization =
 
@@ -406,8 +413,7 @@ module TypeConcretization =
 
     // Helper function for assembly loading with retry pattern
     let private loadAssemblyAndResolveTypeRef
-        (loadAssembly :
+        (loadAssembly : IAssemblyLoad)
-            AssemblyName -> AssemblyReferenceHandle -> ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> * DumpedAssembly)
         (ctx : ConcretizationContext<'corelib>)
         (currentAssembly : AssemblyName)
         (typeRef : TypeRef)
@@ -428,7 +434,8 @@ module TypeConcretization =
             // Need to load the assembly
             match typeRef.ResolutionScope with
             | TypeRefResolutionScope.Assembly assyRef ->
-                let newAssemblies, _ = loadAssembly currentAssembly assyRef
+                let newAssemblies, _ =
+                    loadAssembly.LoadAssembly ctx.LoadedAssemblies currentAssembly assyRef
 
                 let newCtx =
                     { ctx with
@@ -584,8 +591,7 @@ module TypeConcretization =
                 ImmutableArray.Empty // No generic parameters
 
     let private concretizeTypeReference
-        (loadAssembly :
+        (loadAssembly : IAssemblyLoad)
-            AssemblyName -> AssemblyReferenceHandle -> ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> * DumpedAssembly)
         (ctx : ConcretizationContext<'corelib>)
         (currentAssembly : AssemblyName)
         (typeRef : TypeRef)
@@ -609,8 +615,7 @@ module TypeConcretization =
     /// Concretize a type in a specific generic context
     let rec concretizeType
         (ctx : ConcretizationContext<DumpedAssembly>)
-        (loadAssembly :
+        (loadAssembly : IAssemblyLoad)
-            AssemblyName -> AssemblyReferenceHandle -> ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> * DumpedAssembly)
         (assembly : AssemblyName)
         (typeGenerics : ImmutableArray<ConcreteTypeHandle>)
         (methodGenerics : ImmutableArray<ConcreteTypeHandle>)
@@ -706,8 +711,7 @@ module TypeConcretization =
 
     and private concretizeGenericInstantiation
         (ctx : ConcretizationContext<DumpedAssembly>)
-        (loadAssembly :
+        (loadAssembly : IAssemblyLoad)
-            AssemblyName -> AssemblyReferenceHandle -> ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> * DumpedAssembly)
         (assembly : AssemblyName)
         (typeGenerics : ImmutableArray<ConcreteTypeHandle>)
         (methodGenerics : ImmutableArray<ConcreteTypeHandle>)
@@ -786,7 +790,8 @@ module TypeConcretization =
 
                     | false, _ ->
                         // Need to load the assembly
-                        let newAssemblies, loadedAssy = loadAssembly assembly assyRef
+                        let newAssemblies, loadedAssy =
+                            loadAssembly.LoadAssembly ctx.LoadedAssemblies assembly assyRef
 
                         let ctxWithNewAssy =
                             { ctxAfterArgs with
@@ -865,8 +870,7 @@ module Concretization =
     /// Helper to concretize an array of types
     let private concretizeTypeArray
         (ctx : TypeConcretization.ConcretizationContext<DumpedAssembly>)
-        (loadAssembly :
+        (loadAssembly : IAssemblyLoad)
-            AssemblyName -> AssemblyReferenceHandle -> ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> * DumpedAssembly)
         (assembly : AssemblyName)
         (typeArgs : ImmutableArray<ConcreteTypeHandle>)
         (methodArgs : ImmutableArray<ConcreteTypeHandle>)
@@ -889,8 +893,7 @@ module Concretization =
     /// Helper to concretize a method signature
     let private concretizeMethodSignature
         (ctx : TypeConcretization.ConcretizationContext<DumpedAssembly>)
-        (loadAssembly :
+        (loadAssembly : IAssemblyLoad)
-            AssemblyName -> AssemblyReferenceHandle -> ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> * DumpedAssembly)
         (assembly : AssemblyName)
         (typeArgs : ImmutableArray<ConcreteTypeHandle>)
         (methodArgs : ImmutableArray<ConcreteTypeHandle>)
@@ -926,8 +929,7 @@ module Concretization =
 
     /// Helper to ensure base type assembly is loaded
     let rec private ensureBaseTypeAssembliesLoaded
-        (loadAssembly :
+        (loadAssembly : IAssemblyLoad)
-            AssemblyName -> AssemblyReferenceHandle -> ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> * DumpedAssembly)
         (assemblies : ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly>)
         (assyName : AssemblyName)
         (baseTypeInfo : BaseTypeInfo option)
@@ -947,7 +949,7 @@ module Concretization =
                 | true, _ -> assemblies
                 | false, _ ->
                     // Need to load the assembly - pass the assembly that contains the reference
-                    let newAssemblies, _ = loadAssembly assy.Name assyRef
+                    let newAssemblies, _ = loadAssembly.LoadAssembly assemblies assy.Name assyRef
                     newAssemblies
             | _ -> assemblies
         | Some (BaseTypeInfo.TypeDef _)
@@ -957,8 +959,7 @@ module Concretization =
     /// Concretize a method's signature and body
     let concretizeMethod
         (ctx : AllConcreteTypes)
-        (loadAssembly :
+        (loadAssembly : IAssemblyLoad)
-            AssemblyName -> AssemblyReferenceHandle -> ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> * DumpedAssembly)
         (assemblies : ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly>)
         (baseTypes : BaseClassTypes<DumpedAssembly>)
         (method : WoofWare.PawPrint.MethodInfo<'ty, GenericParamFromMetadata, TypeDefn>)

WoofWare.PawPrint.Test/TestPureCases.fs

@@ -22,12 +22,17 @@ module TestPureCases =
                 NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
             }
             {
-                FileName = "InitializeArray.cs"
+                FileName = "OverlappingStructs.cs"
                 ExpectedReturnCode = 0
                 NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
             }
             {
-                FileName = "GenericEdgeCases.cs"
+                FileName = "AdvancedStructLayout.cs"
+                ExpectedReturnCode = 0
+                NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
+            }
+            {
+                FileName = "InitializeArray.cs"
                 ExpectedReturnCode = 0
                 NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
             }
@@ -56,21 +61,6 @@ module TestPureCases =
                 ExpectedReturnCode = 0
                 NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
             }
-            {
-                FileName = "AdvancedStructLayout.cs"
-                ExpectedReturnCode = 0
-                NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
-            }
-            {
-                FileName = "OverlappingStructs.cs"
-                ExpectedReturnCode = 0
-                NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
-            }
-            {
-                FileName = "UnsafeAs.cs"
-                ExpectedReturnCode = 0
-                NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
-            }
         ]
 
     let cases : EndToEndTestCase list =
@@ -80,6 +70,21 @@ module TestPureCases =
                 ExpectedReturnCode = 1
                 NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
             }
+            {
+                FileName = "UnsafeAs.cs"
+                ExpectedReturnCode = 0
+                NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
+            }
+            {
+                FileName = "Initobj.cs"
+                ExpectedReturnCode = 0
+                NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
+            }
+            {
+                FileName = "GenericEdgeCases.cs"
+                ExpectedReturnCode = 0
+                NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
+            }
             {
                 FileName = "TestShl.cs"
                 ExpectedReturnCode = 0
@@ -165,11 +170,6 @@ module TestPureCases =
                 ExpectedReturnCode = 0
                 NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
             }
-            {
-                FileName = "Initobj.cs"
-                ExpectedReturnCode = 0
-                NativeImpls = MockEnv.make ()
-            }
         ]
 
     let runTest (case : EndToEndTestCase) : unit =

WoofWare.PawPrint/AbstractMachine.fs

@@ -222,5 +222,5 @@ module AbstractMachine =
             |> ExecutionResult.Stepped
         | IlOp.Switch immutableArray -> failwith "TODO: Switch unimplemented"
         | IlOp.UnaryStringToken (unaryStringTokenIlOp, stringHandle) ->
-            UnaryStringTokenIlOp.execute baseClassTypes unaryStringTokenIlOp stringHandle state thread
+            UnaryStringTokenIlOp.execute loggerFactory baseClassTypes unaryStringTokenIlOp stringHandle state thread
             |> ExecutionResult.Stepped

WoofWare.PawPrint/BasicCliType.fs

@@ -460,20 +460,22 @@ module CliType =
         // The field type might reference generic parameters of the declaring type
         let methodGenerics = ImmutableArray.Empty // Fields don't have method generics
 
-        let loadAssembly
+        let loadAssembly =
-            (assyName : AssemblyName)
+            { new IAssemblyLoad with
-            (ref : AssemblyReferenceHandle)
+                member _.LoadAssembly loaded assyName ref =
-            : ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> * DumpedAssembly
+                    match loaded.TryGetValue assyName.FullName with
-            =
+                    | true, currentAssy ->
-            match assemblies.TryGetValue assyName.FullName with
+                        let targetAssyRef = currentAssy.AssemblyReferences.[ref]
-            | true, currentAssy ->
-                let targetAssyRef = currentAssy.AssemblyReferences.[ref]
 
-                match assemblies.TryGetValue targetAssyRef.Name.FullName with
+                        match loaded.TryGetValue targetAssyRef.Name.FullName with
-                | true, targetAssy -> assemblies, targetAssy
+                        | true, targetAssy -> loaded, targetAssy
-                | false, _ ->
+                        | false, _ ->
-                    failwithf "Assembly %s not loaded when trying to resolve reference" targetAssyRef.Name.FullName
+                            failwithf
-            | false, _ -> failwithf "Current assembly %s not loaded when trying to resolve reference" assyName.FullName
+                                "Assembly %s not loaded when trying to resolve reference"
+                                targetAssyRef.Name.FullName
+                    | false, _ ->
+                        failwithf "Current assembly %s not loaded when trying to resolve reference" assyName.FullName
+            }
 
         let handle, newCtx =
             TypeConcretization.concretizeType

WoofWare.PawPrint/IlMachineState.fs

@@ -149,7 +149,73 @@ type StateLoadResult =
 module IlMachineState =
     type private Dummy = class end
 
+    let private loadAssembly'
+        (loggerFactory : ILoggerFactory)
+        (dotnetRuntimeDirs : string seq)
+        (referencedInAssembly : DumpedAssembly)
+        (r : AssemblyReferenceHandle)
+        (assemblies : ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly>)
+        =
+        let assemblyRef = referencedInAssembly.AssemblyReferences.[r]
+        let assemblyName = assemblyRef.Name
+
+        match assemblies.TryGetValue assemblyName.FullName with
+        | true, v -> v, assemblyName
+        | false, _ ->
+            let logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger typeof<Dummy>.DeclaringType
+
+            let assy =
+                dotnetRuntimeDirs
+                |> Seq.choose (fun dir ->
+                    let file = Path.Combine (dir, assemblyName.Name + ".dll")
+
+                    try
+                        use f = File.OpenRead file
+                        logger.LogInformation ("Loading assembly from file {AssemblyFileLoadPath}", file)
+                        Assembly.read loggerFactory (Some file) f |> Some
+                    with :? FileNotFoundException ->
+                        None
+                )
+                |> Seq.toList
+
+            match assy |> List.tryHead with
+            | None -> failwith $"Could not find a readable DLL in any runtime dir with name %s{assemblyName.Name}.dll"
+            | Some assy -> assy, assemblyName
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Create a new IlMachineState which has loaded the given assembly.
+    /// This involves reading assemblies from the disk and doing a complete parse of them, so it might be quite slow!
+    ///
+    /// This function doesn't do anything if the referenced assembly has already been loaded.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="loggerFactory">LoggerFactory into which to emit logs.</param>
+    /// <param name="referencedInAssembly">The assembly which contains an AssemblyReference which causes us to want to load a new assembly.</param>
+    /// <param name="r">The AssemblyReferenceHandle pointing at an assembly we want to load. *Important*: this is an AssemblyReferenceHandle from <c>referencedInAssembly</c>; in general, AssemblyReferenceHandles are only well-defined if you know what assembly they were defined in.</param>
+    /// <param name="state">The immutable state to augment with the new assembly.</param>
+    let loadAssembly
+        (loggerFactory : ILoggerFactory)
+        (referencedInAssembly : DumpedAssembly)
+        (r : AssemblyReferenceHandle)
+        (state : IlMachineState)
+        : IlMachineState * DumpedAssembly * AssemblyName
+        =
+        let dumped, assy =
+            loadAssembly' loggerFactory state.DotnetRuntimeDirs referencedInAssembly r state._LoadedAssemblies
+
+        state.WithLoadedAssembly assy dumped, dumped, assy
+
+    let private loader (loggerFactory : ILoggerFactory) (state : IlMachineState) : IAssemblyLoad =
+        { new IAssemblyLoad with
+            member _.LoadAssembly loaded assyName ref =
+                let targetAssy, name =
+                    loadAssembly' loggerFactory state.DotnetRuntimeDirs loaded.[assyName.FullName] ref loaded
+
+                let newAssys = loaded.SetItem (name.FullName, targetAssy)
+                newAssys, targetAssy
+        }
+
     let concretizeType
+        (loggerFactory : ILoggerFactory)
         (baseClassTypes : BaseClassTypes<DumpedAssembly>)
         (state : IlMachineState)
         (declaringAssembly : AssemblyName)
@@ -169,14 +235,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
         let handle, ctx =
             TypeConcretization.concretizeType
                 ctx
-                (fun assyName ref ->
+                (loader loggerFactory state)
-                    let currentAssy = state.LoadedAssembly assyName |> Option.get
-
-                    let targetAssy =
-                        currentAssy.AssemblyReferences.[ref].Name |> state.LoadedAssembly |> Option.get
-
-                    state._LoadedAssemblies, targetAssy
-                )
                 declaringAssembly
                 typeGenerics
                 methodGenerics
@@ -190,51 +249,6 @@ module IlMachineState =
 
         state, handle
 
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Create a new IlMachineState which has loaded the given assembly.
-    /// This involves reading assemblies from the disk and doing a complete parse of them, so it might be quite slow!
-    ///
-    /// This function doesn't do anything if the referenced assembly has already been loaded.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="loggerFactory">LoggerFactory into which to emit logs.</param>
-    /// <param name="referencedInAssembly">The assembly which contains an AssemblyReference which causes us to want to load a new assembly.</param>
-    /// <param name="r">The AssemblyReferenceHandle pointing at an assembly we want to load. *Important*: this is an AssemblyReferenceHandle from <c>referencedInAssembly</c>; in general, AssemblyReferenceHandles are only well-defined if you know what assembly they were defined in.</param>
-    /// <param name="state">The immutable state to augment with the new assembly.</param>
-    let loadAssembly
-        (loggerFactory : ILoggerFactory)
-        (referencedInAssembly : DumpedAssembly)
-        (r : AssemblyReferenceHandle)
-        (state : IlMachineState)
-        : IlMachineState * DumpedAssembly * AssemblyName
-        =
-        let assemblyRef = referencedInAssembly.AssemblyReferences.[r]
-        let assemblyName = assemblyRef.Name
-
-        match state.LoadedAssembly assemblyName with
-        | Some v -> state, v, assemblyName
-        | None ->
-            let logger = loggerFactory.CreateLogger typeof<Dummy>.DeclaringType
-
-            let assy =
-                state.DotnetRuntimeDirs
-                |> Seq.choose (fun dir ->
-                    let file = Path.Combine (dir, assemblyName.Name + ".dll")
-
-                    try
-                        use f = File.OpenRead file
-                        logger.LogInformation ("Loading assembly from file {AssemblyFileLoadPath}", file)
-                        Assembly.read loggerFactory (Some file) f |> Some
-                    with :? FileNotFoundException ->
-                        None
-                )
-                |> Seq.toList
-
-            match assy |> List.tryHead with
-            | None -> failwith $"Could not find a readable DLL in any runtime dir with name %s{assemblyName.Name}.dll"
-            | Some assy ->
-
-            state.WithLoadedAssembly assemblyName assy, assy, assemblyName
-
     let rec internal resolveTypeFromName
         (loggerFactory : ILoggerFactory)
         (ns : string option)
@@ -440,6 +454,54 @@ module IlMachineState =
 
         resolveTypeFromDefn loggerFactory baseClassTypes sign typeGenericArgsAsDefn methodGenericArgsAsDefn assy state
 
+    /// Resolve a TypeDefinition using concrete type handles from execution context
+    let resolveTypeFromDefnConcrete
+        (loggerFactory : ILoggerFactory)
+        (baseClassTypes : BaseClassTypes<DumpedAssembly>)
+        (ty : TypeDefinitionHandle)
+        (assy : DumpedAssembly)
+        (typeGenericArgs : ConcreteTypeHandle ImmutableArray)
+        (methodGenericArgs : ConcreteTypeHandle ImmutableArray)
+        (state : IlMachineState)
+        : IlMachineState * DumpedAssembly * WoofWare.PawPrint.TypeInfo<TypeDefn, TypeDefn>
+        =
+        let typeDef = assy.TypeDefs.[ty]
+
+        // Convert ConcreteTypeHandle to TypeDefn for the generics
+        let typeGenericArgsAsDefn =
+            typeGenericArgs
+            |> Seq.map (fun handle ->
+                Concretization.concreteHandleToTypeDefn
+                    baseClassTypes
+                    handle
+                    state.ConcreteTypes
+                    state._LoadedAssemblies
+            )
+            |> ImmutableArray.CreateRange
+
+        let methodGenericArgsAsDefn =
+            methodGenericArgs
+            |> Seq.map (fun handle ->
+                Concretization.concreteHandleToTypeDefn
+                    baseClassTypes
+                    handle
+                    state.ConcreteTypes
+                    state._LoadedAssemblies
+            )
+            |> ImmutableArray.CreateRange
+
+        // Map the type definition's generics using the provided type generic arguments
+        let resolvedTypeDef =
+            typeDef
+            |> TypeInfo.mapGeneric (fun (param, _) ->
+                if param.SequenceNumber < typeGenericArgsAsDefn.Length then
+                    typeGenericArgsAsDefn.[param.SequenceNumber]
+                else
+                    failwithf "Generic type parameter %d out of range" param.SequenceNumber
+            )
+
+        state, assy, resolvedTypeDef
+
     /// Get zero value for a type that's already been concretized
     let cliTypeZeroOfHandle
         (state : IlMachineState)
@@ -482,26 +544,6 @@ module IlMachineState =
                 BaseTypes = baseClassTypes
             }
 
-        // Helper function to get assembly from reference
-        let loadAssembly
-            (currentAssembly : AssemblyName)
-            (assyRef : AssemblyReferenceHandle)
-            : ImmutableDictionary<string, DumpedAssembly> * DumpedAssembly
-            =
-            let assyToLoad =
-                match state.LoadedAssembly currentAssembly with
-                | Some assy -> assy
-                | None -> failwithf "Assembly %s not loaded" currentAssembly.FullName
-
-            let referencedAssy = assyToLoad.AssemblyReferences.[assyRef]
-
-            match state.LoadedAssembly referencedAssy.Name with
-            | Some assy -> state._LoadedAssemblies, assy
-            | None ->
-                // Need to load the assembly
-                let newState, loadedAssy, _ = loadAssembly loggerFactory assyToLoad assyRef state
-                newState._LoadedAssemblies, loadedAssy
-
         // Concretize each generic argument first
         let mutable currentCtx = ctx
         let genericHandles = ImmutableArray.CreateBuilder declaringType.Generics.Length
@@ -510,7 +552,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
             let handle, newCtx =
                 TypeConcretization.concretizeType
                     currentCtx
-                    loadAssembly
+                    (loader loggerFactory state)
                     declaringType.Assembly
                     ImmutableArray.Empty // No type generics in this context
                     ImmutableArray.Empty // No method generics in this context
@@ -522,12 +564,13 @@ module IlMachineState =
         // Now we need to concretize the type definition itself
         // If it's a non-generic type, we can use concretizeTypeDefinition directly
         if declaringType.Generics.IsEmpty then
-            let handle, newCtx =
+            let handle, currentCtx =
                 TypeConcretization.concretizeTypeDefinition currentCtx declaringType.Assembly declaringType.Definition
 
             let newState =
                 { state with
-                    ConcreteTypes = newCtx.ConcreteTypes
+                    ConcreteTypes = currentCtx.ConcreteTypes
+                    _LoadedAssemblies = currentCtx.LoadedAssemblies
                 }
 
             handle, newState
@@ -583,7 +626,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
                 state.WithLoadedAssembly assy.Name assy
 
         let state, handle =
-            concretizeType baseClassTypes state assy.Name typeGenerics methodGenerics ty
+            concretizeType loggerFactory baseClassTypes state assy.Name typeGenerics methodGenerics ty
 
         // Now get the zero value
         let zero, state = cliTypeZeroOfHandle state baseClassTypes handle
@@ -759,22 +802,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
         let concretizedMethod, newConcreteTypes, newAssemblies =
             Concretization.concretizeMethod
                 state.ConcreteTypes
-                (fun assyName ref ->
+                (loader loggerFactory state)
-                    match state.LoadedAssembly assyName with
-                    | Some currentAssy ->
-                        let targetAssyRef = currentAssy.AssemblyReferences.[ref]
-
-                        match state.LoadedAssembly targetAssyRef.Name with
-                        | Some _ ->
-                            // Assembly already loaded, return existing state
-                            state._LoadedAssemblies, state._LoadedAssemblies.[targetAssyRef.Name.FullName]
-                        | None ->
-                            // Need to load the assembly
-                            let newState, loadedAssy, _ = loadAssembly loggerFactory currentAssy ref state
-                            newState._LoadedAssemblies, loadedAssy
-                    | None ->
-                        failwithf "Current assembly %s not loaded when trying to resolve reference" assyName.FullName
-                )
                 state._LoadedAssemblies
                 baseClassTypes
                 methodToCall
@@ -820,6 +848,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
                 for i = 0 to generics.Length - 1 do
                     let state2, handle =
                         concretizeType
+                            loggerFactory
                             baseClassTypes
                             state
                             callingAssembly
@@ -875,14 +904,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
                     let handle, newCtx =
                         TypeConcretization.concretizeType
                             ctx
-                            (fun assyName ref ->
+                            (loader loggerFactory state)
-                                let currentAssy = state.LoadedAssembly assyName |> Option.get
-
-                                let targetAssy =
-                                    currentAssy.AssemblyReferences.[ref].Name |> state.LoadedAssembly |> Option.get
-
-                                state._LoadedAssemblies, targetAssy
-                            )
                             (state.ActiveAssembly thread).Name
                             ImmutableArray.Empty // No type generics for the concretization context
                             ImmutableArray.Empty // No method generics for the concretization context
@@ -893,6 +915,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
                     state <-
                         { state with
                             ConcreteTypes = newCtx.ConcreteTypes
+                            _LoadedAssemblies = newCtx.LoadedAssemblies
                         }
 
                 handles.ToImmutable (), state
@@ -997,14 +1020,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
         let declaringHandle, newCtx =
             TypeConcretization.concretizeType
                 ctx
-                (fun assyName ref ->
+                (loader loggerFactory state)
-                    let currentAssy = state.LoadedAssembly assyName |> Option.get
-
-                    let targetAssy =
-                        currentAssy.AssemblyReferences.[ref].Name |> state.LoadedAssembly |> Option.get
-
-                    state._LoadedAssemblies, targetAssy
-                )
                 field.DeclaringType.Assembly
                 contextTypeGenerics
                 contextMethodGenerics
@@ -1190,6 +1206,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
         (baseClassTypes : BaseClassTypes<DumpedAssembly>)
         (currentThread : ThreadId)
         (assy : DumpedAssembly)
+        (genericMethodTypeArgs : ImmutableArray<ConcreteTypeHandle>)
         (m : MemberReferenceHandle)
         (state : IlMachineState)
         : IlMachineState *
@@ -1253,6 +1270,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
                 // TODO: generics?
                 let state, t =
                     concretizeType
+                        loggerFactory
                         baseClassTypes
                         state
                         targetType.Assembly
@@ -1270,6 +1288,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
             // Concretize the field signature from the member reference
             let state, concreteFieldSig =
                 concretizeType
+                    loggerFactory
                     baseClassTypes
                     state
                     (state.ActiveAssembly(currentThread).Name)
@@ -1287,6 +1306,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
                         // Concretize the field's signature for comparison
                         let state, fieldSigConcrete =
                             concretizeType
+                                loggerFactory
                                 baseClassTypes
                                 state
                                 assy.Name
@@ -1324,11 +1344,12 @@ module IlMachineState =
                     state
                     (fun state ty ->
                         concretizeType
+                            loggerFactory
                             baseClassTypes
                             state
                             (state.ActiveAssembly(currentThread).Name)
                             concreteExtractedTypeArgs
-                            ImmutableArray.Empty
+                            genericMethodTypeArgs
                             ty
                     )
 
@@ -1341,11 +1362,12 @@ module IlMachineState =
                             state
                             (fun state ty ->
                                 concretizeType
+                                    loggerFactory
                                     baseClassTypes
                                     state
                                     assy.Name
                                     concreteExtractedTypeArgs
-                                    ImmutableArray.Empty
+                                    genericMethodTypeArgs
                                     ty
                             )
 
@@ -1507,6 +1529,7 @@ module IlMachineState =
 
     /// Returns the type handle and an allocated System.RuntimeType.
     let getOrAllocateType
+        (loggerFactory : ILoggerFactory)
         (baseClassTypes : BaseClassTypes<DumpedAssembly>)
         (defn : ConcreteTypeHandle)
         (state : IlMachineState)
@@ -1518,7 +1541,13 @@ module IlMachineState =
                 baseClassTypes.Corelib.Name.FullName,
                 SignatureTypeKind.Class
             )
-            |> concretizeType baseClassTypes state baseClassTypes.Corelib.Name ImmutableArray.Empty ImmutableArray.Empty
+            |> concretizeType
+                loggerFactory
+                baseClassTypes
+                state
+                baseClassTypes.Corelib.Name
+                ImmutableArray.Empty
+                ImmutableArray.Empty
 
         let result, reg, state =
             TypeHandleRegistry.getOrAllocate
@@ -1562,7 +1591,13 @@ module IlMachineState =
                 baseClassTypes.Corelib.Name.FullName,
                 SignatureTypeKind.Class
             )
-            |> concretizeType baseClassTypes state baseClassTypes.Corelib.Name ImmutableArray.Empty ImmutableArray.Empty
+            |> concretizeType
+                loggerFactory
+                baseClassTypes
+                state
+                baseClassTypes.Corelib.Name
+                ImmutableArray.Empty
+                ImmutableArray.Empty
 
         let result, reg, state =
             FieldHandleRegistry.getOrAllocate

WoofWare.PawPrint/IlMachineStateExecution.fs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ open Microsoft.Extensions.Logging
 [<RequireQualifiedAccess>]
 module IlMachineStateExecution =
     let getTypeOfObj
+        (loggerFactory : ILoggerFactory)
         (baseClassTypes : BaseClassTypes<DumpedAssembly>)
         (state : IlMachineState)
         (esv : EvalStackValue)
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ module IlMachineStateExecution =
         | EvalStackValue.Int32 _ ->
             DumpedAssembly.typeInfoToTypeDefn' baseClassTypes state._LoadedAssemblies baseClassTypes.Int32
             |> IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                loggerFactory
                 baseClassTypes
                 state
                 baseClassTypes.Corelib.Name
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ module IlMachineStateExecution =
         | EvalStackValue.Int64 _ ->
             DumpedAssembly.typeInfoToTypeDefn' baseClassTypes state._LoadedAssemblies baseClassTypes.Int64
             |> IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                loggerFactory
                 baseClassTypes
                 state
                 baseClassTypes.Corelib.Name
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ module IlMachineStateExecution =
         | EvalStackValue.Float _ ->
             DumpedAssembly.typeInfoToTypeDefn' baseClassTypes state._LoadedAssemblies baseClassTypes.Double
             |> IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                loggerFactory
                 baseClassTypes
                 state
                 baseClassTypes.Corelib.Name
@@ -156,7 +160,8 @@ module IlMachineStateExecution =
                     | None -> failwith "unexpectedly no `this` on the eval stack of instance method"
                     | Some this -> this
 
-                let state, callingObjTyHandle = getTypeOfObj baseClassTypes state callingObj
+                let state, callingObjTyHandle =
+                    getTypeOfObj loggerFactory baseClassTypes state callingObj
 
                 let callingObjTy =
                     let ty =
@@ -200,6 +205,7 @@ module IlMachineStateExecution =
                         let state, retType =
                             meth.Signature.ReturnType
                             |> IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                                loggerFactory
                                 baseClassTypes
                                 state
                                 meth.DeclaringType.Assembly
@@ -211,6 +217,7 @@ module IlMachineStateExecution =
                             ||> Seq.mapFold (fun state ty ->
                                 ty
                                 |> IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                                    loggerFactory
                                     baseClassTypes
                                     state
                                     meth.DeclaringType.Assembly
@@ -573,6 +580,7 @@ module IlMachineStateExecution =
                         // Concretize the base type
                         let state, baseTypeHandle =
                             IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                                loggerFactory
                                 baseClassTypes
                                 state
                                 sourceAssembly.Name
@@ -612,6 +620,7 @@ module IlMachineStateExecution =
                         // Concretize the base type
                         let state, baseTypeHandle =
                             IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                                loggerFactory
                                 baseClassTypes
                                 state
                                 sourceAssembly.Name
@@ -663,6 +672,7 @@ module IlMachineStateExecution =
                         state
                         (fun state typeDefn ->
                             IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                                loggerFactory
                                 baseClassTypes
                                 state
                                 concreteType.Assembly
@@ -687,6 +697,7 @@ module IlMachineStateExecution =
                                     ||> Seq.fold (fun (state, acc) typeDefn ->
                                         let state, handle =
                                             IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                                                loggerFactory
                                                 baseClassTypes
                                                 state
                                                 concreteType.Assembly

WoofWare.PawPrint/Intrinsics.fs

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ module Intrinsics =
             "System.Private.CoreLib", "ArgumentNullException", "ThrowIfNull"
             // https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/ec11903827fc28847d775ba17e0cd1ff56cfbc2e/src/coreclr/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Type.CoreCLR.cs#L82
             "System.Private.CoreLib", "Type", "GetTypeFromHandle"
+            // https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/108fa7856efcfd39bc991c2d849eabbf7ba5989c/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/ReadOnlySpan.cs#L161
+            "System.Private.CoreLib", "ReadOnlySpan`1", "get_Length"
+            // https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/9e5e6aa7bc36aeb2a154709a9d1192030c30a2ef/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Runtime/CompilerServices/RuntimeHelpers.cs#L153
+            "System.Private.CoreLib", "RuntimeHelpers", "CreateSpan"
         ]
         |> Set.ofList
 
@@ -299,15 +303,47 @@ module Intrinsics =
             | [], ConcreteBool state.ConcreteTypes -> ()
             | _ -> failwith "bad signature for System.Private.CoreLib.RuntimeHelpers.IsReferenceOrContainsReference"
 
-            let generic =
+            let arg = Seq.exactlyOne methodToCall.Generics
-                AllConcreteTypes.lookup (Seq.exactlyOne methodToCall.Generics) state.ConcreteTypes
 
-            let generic =
+            let result =
-                match generic with
+                // Some types appear circular, because they're hardcoded in the runtime. We have to special-case them.
-                | None -> failwith "somehow have not already concretised type in IsReferenceOrContainsReferences"
+                match arg with
-                | Some generic -> generic
+                | ConcreteChar state.ConcreteTypes -> false
+                | _ ->
 
-            failwith $"TODO: do the thing on %O{generic}"
+                let generic = AllConcreteTypes.lookup arg state.ConcreteTypes
+
+                let generic =
+                    match generic with
+                    | None -> failwith "somehow have not already concretised type in IsReferenceOrContainsReferences"
+                    | Some generic -> generic
+
+                let td =
+                    state.LoadedAssembly (generic.Assembly)
+                    |> Option.get
+                    |> fun a -> a.TypeDefs.[generic.Definition.Get]
+
+                let baseType =
+                    td.BaseType
+                    |> DumpedAssembly.resolveBaseType baseClassTypes state._LoadedAssemblies generic.Assembly
+
+                match baseType with
+                | ResolvedBaseType.Enum -> false
+                | ResolvedBaseType.ValueType ->
+                    let nonStaticFields =
+                        td.Fields
+                        |> List.choose (fun field -> if field.IsStatic then None else Some field.Signature)
+
+                    failwith $"TODO: search the fields on {td.Namespace}.{td.Name}: {nonStaticFields}"
+                | ResolvedBaseType.Object
+                | ResolvedBaseType.Delegate -> true
+
+            let state =
+                state
+                |> IlMachineState.pushToEvalStack (CliType.ofBool result) currentThread
+                |> IlMachineState.advanceProgramCounter currentThread
+
+            Some state
         | "System.Private.CoreLib", "RuntimeHelpers", "InitializeArray" ->
             // https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/9e5e6aa7bc36aeb2a154709a9d1192030c30a2ef/src/coreclr/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Runtime/CompilerServices/RuntimeHelpers.CoreCLR.cs#L18
             match methodToCall.Signature.ParameterTypes, methodToCall.Signature.ReturnType with
@@ -319,6 +355,57 @@ module Intrinsics =
             failwith "TODO: if arg1 contains null handle, throw ArgumentException"
 
             failwith "TODO: array initialization"
+        | "System.Private.CoreLib", "Unsafe", "As" ->
+            // https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/721fdf6dcb032da1f883d30884e222e35e3d3c99/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Runtime/CompilerServices/Unsafe.cs#L64
+            let inputType, retType =
+                match methodToCall.Signature.ParameterTypes, methodToCall.Signature.ReturnType with
+                | [ input ], ret -> input, ret
+                | _ -> failwith "bad signature Unsafe.As"
+
+            let from, to_ =
+                match Seq.toList methodToCall.Generics with
+                | [ from ; to_ ] -> from, to_
+                | _ -> failwith "bad generics"
+
+            if ConcreteTypeHandle.Byref to_ <> retType then
+                failwith "bad return type"
+
+            if ConcreteTypeHandle.Byref from <> inputType then
+                failwith "bad input type"
+
+            let from =
+                match AllConcreteTypes.lookup from state.ConcreteTypes with
+                | None -> failwith "somehow have not concretised input type"
+                | Some t -> t
+
+            let to_ =
+                match AllConcreteTypes.lookup to_ state.ConcreteTypes with
+                | None -> failwith "somehow have not concretised ret type"
+                | Some t -> t
+
+            failwith "TODO: transmute fields etc"
+            let state = state |> IlMachineState.advanceProgramCounter currentThread
+
+            Some state
+        | "System.Private.CoreLib", "Unsafe", "SizeOf" ->
+            // https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/721fdf6dcb032da1f883d30884e222e35e3d3c99/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Runtime/CompilerServices/Unsafe.cs#L51
+            match methodToCall.Signature.ParameterTypes, methodToCall.Signature.ReturnType with
+            | [], ConcreteInt32 state.ConcreteTypes -> ()
+            | _ -> failwith "bad signature Unsafe.SizeOf"
+
+            let ty =
+                match Seq.toList methodToCall.Generics with
+                | [ ty ] -> ty
+                | _ -> failwith "bad generics"
+
+            let zero, state = IlMachineState.cliTypeZeroOfHandle state baseClassTypes ty
+
+            let size = CliType.sizeOf zero
+
+            state
+            |> IlMachineState.pushToEvalStack (CliType.Numeric (CliNumericType.Int32 size)) currentThread
+            |> IlMachineState.advanceProgramCounter currentThread
+            |> Some
         | "System.Private.CoreLib", "RuntimeHelpers", "CreateSpan" ->
             // https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/9e5e6aa7bc36aeb2a154709a9d1192030c30a2ef/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Runtime/CompilerServices/RuntimeHelpers.cs#L153
             None

WoofWare.PawPrint/NullaryIlOp.fs

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ module NullaryIlOp =
             | EvalStackValue.NativeInt nativeIntSource ->
                 failwith $"TODO: Native int pointer dereferencing not implemented for {targetType}"
             | EvalStackValue.ObjectRef managedHeapAddress ->
-                failwith "TODO: Object reference dereferencing not implemented"
+                IlMachineState.dereferencePointer state (ManagedPointerSource.Heap managedHeapAddress)
             | other -> failwith $"Unexpected eval stack value for Ldind operation: {other}"
 
         let loadedValue = loadedValue |> EvalStackValue.ofCliType

WoofWare.PawPrint/Program.fs

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ open Microsoft.Extensions.Logging
 module Program =
     /// Returns the pointer to the resulting array on the heap.
     let allocateArgs
+        (loggerFactory : ILoggerFactory)
         (args : string list)
         (corelib : BaseClassTypes<DumpedAssembly>)
         (state : IlMachineState)
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ module Program =
         let state, stringType =
             DumpedAssembly.typeInfoToTypeDefn' corelib state._LoadedAssemblies corelib.String
             |> IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                loggerFactory
                 corelib
                 state
                 corelib.Corelib.Name
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ module Program =
         let arrayAllocation, state =
             match mainMethodFromMetadata.Signature.ParameterTypes |> Seq.toList with
             | [ TypeDefn.OneDimensionalArrayLowerBoundZero (TypeDefn.PrimitiveType PrimitiveType.String) ] ->
-                allocateArgs argv baseClassTypes state
+                allocateArgs loggerFactory argv baseClassTypes state
             | _ -> failwith "Main method must take an array of strings; other signatures not yet implemented"
 
         match mainMethodFromMetadata.Signature.ReturnType with

WoofWare.PawPrint/UnaryMetadataIlOp.fs

@@ -28,6 +28,24 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                 | MetadataToken.MethodSpecification h ->
                     let spec = activeAssy.MethodSpecs.[h]
 
+                    let state, methodGenerics =
+                        ((state, []), spec.Signature)
+                        ||> Seq.fold (fun (state, acc) typeDefn ->
+                            let state, concreteType =
+                                IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                                    loggerFactory
+                                    baseClassTypes
+                                    state
+                                    (state.ActiveAssembly thread).Name
+                                    currentMethod.DeclaringType.Generics
+                                    currentMethod.Generics
+                                    typeDefn
+
+                            state, concreteType :: acc
+                        )
+
+                    let methodGenerics = List.rev methodGenerics |> ImmutableArray.CreateRange
+
                     match spec.Method with
                     | MetadataToken.MethodDef token ->
                         let method =
@@ -44,6 +62,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                                 baseClassTypes
                                 thread
                                 (state.ActiveAssembly thread)
+                                methodGenerics
                                 ref
                                 state
 
@@ -58,6 +77,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                             baseClassTypes
                             thread
                             (state.ActiveAssembly thread)
+                            currentMethod.DeclaringType.Generics
                             h
                             state
 
@@ -114,6 +134,24 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                 | MetadataToken.MethodSpecification h ->
                     let spec = activeAssy.MethodSpecs.[h]
 
+                    let state, methodGenerics =
+                        ((state, []), spec.Signature)
+                        ||> Seq.fold (fun (state, acc) typeDefn ->
+                            let state, concreteType =
+                                IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                                    loggerFactory
+                                    baseClassTypes
+                                    state
+                                    (state.ActiveAssembly thread).Name
+                                    currentMethod.DeclaringType.Generics
+                                    ImmutableArray.Empty
+                                    typeDefn
+
+                            state, concreteType :: acc
+                        )
+
+                    let methodGenerics = List.rev methodGenerics |> ImmutableArray.CreateRange
+
                     match spec.Method with
                     | MetadataToken.MethodDef token ->
                         let method =
@@ -128,6 +166,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                                 baseClassTypes
                                 thread
                                 (state.ActiveAssembly thread)
+                                methodGenerics
                                 ref
                                 state
 
@@ -142,6 +181,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                             baseClassTypes
                             thread
                             (state.ActiveAssembly thread)
+                            ImmutableArray.Empty
                             h
                             state
 
@@ -203,6 +243,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                             baseClassTypes
                             thread
                             (state.ActiveAssembly thread)
+                            ImmutableArray.Empty
                             mr
                             state
 
@@ -436,6 +477,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
 
             let state, targetConcreteType =
                 IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                    loggerFactory
                     baseClassTypes
                     state
                     activeAssy.Name
@@ -481,7 +523,14 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                     state, field
                 | MetadataToken.MemberReference mr ->
                     let state, _, field, _ =
-                        IlMachineState.resolveMember loggerFactory baseClassTypes thread activeAssy mr state
+                        IlMachineState.resolveMember
+                            loggerFactory
+                            baseClassTypes
+                            thread
+                            activeAssy
+                            ImmutableArray.Empty
+                            mr
+                            state
 
                     match field with
                     | Choice1Of2 _method -> failwith "member reference was unexpectedly a method"
@@ -498,6 +547,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                 )
 
             let valueToStore, state = IlMachineState.popEvalStack thread state
+            let currentObj, state = IlMachineState.popEvalStack thread state
 
             let state, declaringTypeHandle, typeGenerics =
                 IlMachineState.concretizeFieldForExecution loggerFactory baseClassTypes thread field state
@@ -514,8 +564,6 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
 
             let valueToStore = EvalStackValue.toCliTypeCoerced zero valueToStore
 
-            let currentObj, state = IlMachineState.popEvalStack thread state
-
             if field.Attributes.HasFlag FieldAttributes.Static then
                 let state =
                     IlMachineState.setStatic declaringTypeHandle field.Name valueToStore state
@@ -601,6 +649,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                             baseClassTypes
                             thread
                             (state.ActiveAssembly thread)
+                            ImmutableArray.Empty
                             mr
                             state
 
@@ -660,7 +709,14 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                     state, field
                 | MetadataToken.MemberReference mr ->
                     let state, assyName, field, _ =
-                        IlMachineState.resolveMember loggerFactory baseClassTypes thread activeAssy mr state
+                        IlMachineState.resolveMember
+                            loggerFactory
+                            baseClassTypes
+                            thread
+                            activeAssy
+                            ImmutableArray.Empty
+                            mr
+                            state
 
                     match field with
                     | Choice1Of2 _method -> failwith "member reference was unexpectedly a method"
@@ -750,6 +806,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                     IlMachineState.pushToEvalStack currentValue thread state
                 | EvalStackValue.UserDefinedValueType vt ->
                     let result = vt |> EvalStackValueUserType.DereferenceField field.Name
+
                     IlMachineState.pushToEvalStack' result thread state
 
             state
@@ -779,7 +836,15 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                     state, field
                 | MetadataToken.MemberReference mr ->
                     let state, assyName, field, _ =
-                        IlMachineState.resolveMember loggerFactory baseClassTypes thread activeAssy mr state
+                        // TODO: generics
+                        IlMachineState.resolveMember
+                            loggerFactory
+                            baseClassTypes
+                            thread
+                            activeAssy
+                            ImmutableArray.Empty
+                            mr
+                            state
 
                     match field with
                     | Choice1Of2 _method -> failwith "member reference was unexpectedly a method"
@@ -793,6 +858,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
             |> IlMachineState.pushToEvalStack' result thread
             |> IlMachineState.advanceProgramCounter thread
             |> Tuple.withRight WhatWeDid.Executed
+
         | Ldsfld ->
             let state, field =
                 match metadataToken with
@@ -807,7 +873,14 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                         state, field
                 | MetadataToken.MemberReference mr ->
                     let state, _, field, _ =
-                        IlMachineState.resolveMember loggerFactory baseClassTypes thread activeAssy mr state
+                        IlMachineState.resolveMember
+                            loggerFactory
+                            baseClassTypes
+                            thread
+                            activeAssy
+                            ImmutableArray.Empty
+                            mr
+                            state
 
                     match field with
                     | Choice1Of2 _method -> failwith "member reference was unexpectedly a method"
@@ -983,6 +1056,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
             IlMachineState.pushToEvalStack toPush thread state
             |> IlMachineState.advanceProgramCounter thread
             |> Tuple.withRight WhatWeDid.Executed
+
         | Initobj ->
             let popped, state = IlMachineState.popEvalStack thread state
             let declaringTypeGenerics = currentMethod.DeclaringType.Generics
@@ -1046,6 +1120,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
             state
             |> IlMachineState.advanceProgramCounter thread
             |> Tuple.withRight WhatWeDid.Executed
+
         | Ldsflda ->
 
             // TODO: check whether we should throw FieldAccessException
@@ -1142,6 +1217,42 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
         | Stobj -> failwith "TODO: Stobj unimplemented"
         | Constrained -> failwith "TODO: Constrained unimplemented"
         | Ldtoken ->
+            // Helper function to handle type tokens and create RuntimeTypeHandle
+            let handleTypeToken (typeDefn : TypeDefn) (state : IlMachineState) : IlMachineState =
+                let ty = baseClassTypes.RuntimeTypeHandle
+                let field = ty.Fields |> List.exactlyOne
+
+                if field.Name <> "m_type" then
+                    failwith $"unexpected field name ${field.Name} for BCL type RuntimeTypeHandle"
+
+                let methodGenerics = currentMethod.Generics
+                let typeGenerics = currentMethod.DeclaringType.Generics
+
+                let state, handle =
+                    IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                        loggerFactory
+                        baseClassTypes
+                        state
+                        activeAssy.Name
+                        typeGenerics
+                        methodGenerics
+                        typeDefn
+
+                let alloc, state =
+                    IlMachineState.getOrAllocateType loggerFactory baseClassTypes handle state
+
+                let vt =
+                    // https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/2b21c73fa2c32fa0195e4a411a435dda185efd08/src/coreclr/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/RuntimeHandles.cs#L92
+                    {
+                        Name = "m_type"
+                        Contents = CliType.ObjectRef (Some alloc)
+                        Offset = None
+                    }
+                    |> List.singleton
+                    |> CliValueType.OfFields
+
+                IlMachineState.pushToEvalStack (CliType.ValueType vt) thread state
+
             let state =
                 match metadataToken with
                 | MetadataToken.FieldDefinition h ->
@@ -1179,6 +1290,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
 
                     let state, handle =
                         IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                            loggerFactory
                             baseClassTypes
                             state
                             assy.Name
@@ -1186,7 +1298,8 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                             methodGenerics
                             typeDefn
 
-                    let alloc, state = IlMachineState.getOrAllocateType baseClassTypes handle state
+                    let alloc, state =
+                        IlMachineState.getOrAllocateType loggerFactory baseClassTypes handle state
 
                     let vt =
                         {
@@ -1214,6 +1327,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
 
                     let state, handle =
                         IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                            loggerFactory
                             baseClassTypes
                             state
                             assy.Name
@@ -1221,7 +1335,8 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
                             methodGenerics
                             typeDefn
 
-                    let alloc, state = IlMachineState.getOrAllocateType baseClassTypes handle state
+                    let alloc, state =
+                        IlMachineState.getOrAllocateType loggerFactory baseClassTypes handle state
 
                     let vt =
                         {
@@ -1234,40 +1349,10 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
 
                     IlMachineState.pushToEvalStack (CliType.ValueType vt) thread state
                 | MetadataToken.TypeDefinition h ->
-                    let ty = baseClassTypes.RuntimeTypeHandle
-                    let field = ty.Fields |> List.exactlyOne
-
-                    if field.Name <> "m_type" then
-                        failwith $"unexpected field name ${field.Name} for BCL type RuntimeTypeHandle"
-
-                    let methodGenerics = currentMethod.Generics
-
-                    let typeGenerics = currentMethod.DeclaringType.Generics
-
                     let state, typeDefn =
                         IlMachineState.lookupTypeDefn baseClassTypes state activeAssy h
 
-                    let state, handle =
+                    handleTypeToken typeDefn state
-                        IlMachineState.concretizeType
-                            baseClassTypes
-                            state
-                            activeAssy.Name
-                            typeGenerics
-                            methodGenerics
-                            typeDefn
-
-                    let alloc, state = IlMachineState.getOrAllocateType baseClassTypes handle state
-
-                    let vt =
-                        {
-                            Name = "m_type"
-                            Contents = CliType.ObjectRef (Some alloc)
-                            Offset = None
-                        }
-                        |> List.singleton
-                        |> CliValueType.OfFields
-
-                    IlMachineState.pushToEvalStack (CliType.ValueType vt) thread state
                 | _ -> failwith $"Unexpected metadata token %O{metadataToken} in LdToken"
 
             state
@@ -1293,6 +1378,7 @@ module internal UnaryMetadataIlOp =
 
             let state, typeHandle =
                 IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                    loggerFactory
                     baseClassTypes
                     state
                     assy.Name

WoofWare.PawPrint/UnaryStringTokenIlOp.fs

@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ namespace WoofWare.PawPrint
 
 open System.Collections.Immutable
 open System.Reflection
-open System.Reflection.Metadata
+open Microsoft.Extensions.Logging
 
 [<RequireQualifiedAccess>]
 [<CompilationRepresentation(CompilationRepresentationFlags.ModuleSuffix)>]
 module internal UnaryStringTokenIlOp =
     let execute
+        (loggerFactory : ILoggerFactory)
         (baseClassTypes : BaseClassTypes<DumpedAssembly>)
         (op : UnaryStringTokenIlOp)
         (sh : StringToken)
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ module internal UnaryStringTokenIlOp =
                     let state, stringType =
                         DumpedAssembly.typeInfoToTypeDefn' baseClassTypes state._LoadedAssemblies baseClassTypes.String
                         |> IlMachineState.concretizeType
+                            loggerFactory
                             baseClassTypes
                             state
                             baseClassTypes.Corelib.Name