what are <-Cannon> .ctor etc means when I get result

hyang

Hi,
When I run performance profiler and output data to csv or excel. I saw some very weird words added into method names such as

<Startup>b__3<__Canon>()
Startup()
It<__Canon>(Func<T>)
ResolveAll<__Canon>()
<ResolveAll>b__9<__Canon>()
ResolveAllServices()
<Initialize>b__2<__Canon>()
Initialize()
TryResolveAll<__Canon>()
CreateShell(bool isVisible)
.ctor(IContainer container)


what does ".cctor()", or <_Canon> or b_numbers means
does any body know? or where i can find reference for these? is that possible to show as my normal methods names?

Thanks

Jessica R

Hello and thank you for your post!

When you see cctor() method in the results, it essentially means that the method is a constructor

I'm not so sure about <_Canon> or b_numbers -- did these methods come from an assembly that you do not have source for and used the integrated "decompile" option on?

dene.boulton

System.__Canon is an internal mscorlib type used to make the canonical instantiation of a generic type.

b_ is a compiler generated backing field.
Simple example:

Public string MyString { get; set; }

so becomes something like:

private string b_MyString;
public string get_MyString() { return b_MyString; }
public void set_MyString(string value) { b_MyString = value; }

hyang

Thanks a lot for reply.

what about these in the "class"

ConfigService+<>c__DisplayClass10
ConfigService+<>c__DisplayClass16
ConfigService+<>c__DisplayClass5<T>
ConfigService+<>c__DisplayClassd


what do these mean? thanks a lot

dene.boulton

Those are also compiler generated classes; for certain code the compiler needs to introduce actual constructs for things like classes, backing fields, variables etc.
Examples of when this is done are: lamba functions, anonymous functions, for keywords like Async and yield.

<> is used at the start of the generated construct names to avoid any collisions with "defined" code; <> is reserved for the compiler for this very purpose.