ILSpy 10.0

[christophwille]

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This release is based on .NET 10.0. Please make sure that you have it installed on your machine beforehand.

New Language Features

• C# 13: allows ref struct constraint
• C# 14: extension members
• Part 1 of support for C# 12 InlineArray #3467: C# 12 InlineArrays
• Update pattern detection to Roslyn 5.0 RTM
• Upgrade dotnet target framework to net10 #3500: Added .NET 10 as test target

User Interface

• Dedicated UI and Decompiler APIs for C# 14 extensions Dedicated UI and Decompiler APIs for C# 14 extensions #3680
• Navigate visible history (see Navigate visible history #3591 by @miloush)
• Removed translations (see Remove Translations #3648)
• Highlight reference line #3521: Add API to set an initially highlighted entity after navigation
• Improve WordBreak in CustomDialog (see WordBreak #3535 by @CreateAndInject)
• Use AssemblyWarning when AssemblyReference load faulted (see feat(UI): Use AssemblyWarning when AssemblyReference load faulted #3013 by @workgroupengineering)
• Refactoring of EntityToString API (see Refactoring of EntityToString API #3635)

Enhancements

• CSharpConversions: General improvements, fixing various missing rules for C# up to version 9.
• OpCode not supported: Ckfinite #3344: Support ckfinite IL opcode in decompiler
• ILSpy Disassembler support for /caverbal format #3563: Disassembler: Add support for ildasm /caverbal format
• Detection of records and primary constructors: various bugfixes and improvements. (Special thanks to @sonyps5201314 and @mmusu3)
• Add CompareView and FrozenContent flag #3519: Add API diff feature. Please see the PR for how this feature works.
• ilspycmd: support ILSpy decompiler options, e.g. stable attributes ordering #3494: Add dynamic ILSpy settings options to ILSpyCmd
• Allow adding AstTransforms to WholeProjectDecompiler #3489: Make WholeProjectDecompiler.CreateDecompiler protected virtual to make the decompilation pipeline extensible.

Contributions

• Allow extracting multiple package entries (see Extract multiple package entries #3508 by @CreateAndInject)
• Render operating system name as well as architecture if present (see Render operating system name as well as architecture if present #3653 by @MatthewSteeples)
• Improve decompilation of unmanaged function pointers (see Improve decompilation of unmanaged function pointers #3620 by @ds5678)
• Improve decompilation of pre-increment operators (see Preincrement improvements #3472 by @ds5678)
• Support batch PDB generation (see Support batch PDB generation. #3619 by @sonyps5201314)
• TargetFramework and TargetServices APIs are now public (see Make TargetFramework and TargetServices public #3501 by @nikitalita)
• Allow creating a MetadataFile with a MetadataReader / MetadataStringDecoder (see Allow creating a MetadataFile with a MetadataReader / MetadataStringDecoder #3487 by @lordmilko)
• Add configuration option to check for overflow and underflow (see Add configuration option to check for overflow and underflow #3484 by @ds5678)
• Support disassembling single file bundle for ILSpy (see Support disassembling single file bundle for ILSpy #3398 by @cshung)
• Refactor for cross platform port (see #3641by @lextm)
• Fix in erroneously being applied to this (see Fix in erroneously being applied to this #3682 by @nikitalita)
• Update TransformCollectionAndObjectInitializers to check for init-only properties (see Update TransformCollectionAndObjectInitializers to check for init-only properties #3678 by @nikitalita)
• Fix PowerShell PostBuild failing when solution path contains spaces (see Fix PowerShell PostBuild failing when solution path contains spaces #3669 by @Myself-Bloons)
• Replace FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo with DecompilerVersionInfo.Version constant (see Replace FileVersionInfo.GetVersionInfo with DecompilerVersionInfo.Version constant #3667 by @MattParkerDev)
• Support allows ref struct constraint (see Update for .NET 10 Preview 7 packages #3537 by @jjonescz)
• Allow passing an IDecompilerTypeSystem rather than a DecompilerTypeSystem to CSharpDecompiler (see Allow specifying an IDecompilerTypeSystem rather than a DecompilerTypeSystem to CSharpDecompiler #3529 by @lordmilko)
• Add DecompilerSettings.ExpandParamsArguments (see Add ExpandParamsArguments DecompilerSettings #3534 by @MSchmoecker)
• Add DecompilerSettings.AlwaysMoveInitializer: Always move initializer from static constructor to field initializer (see Always move initializer decompilation setting #3540 by @miloush)
• Fix Scrolling with scroll wheel breaks after using file search #3462: Scrolling with scroll wheel breaks after using file search (see Update TomsToolbox to fix #3462 #3538 by @tom-englert)
• Fixes for primary constructors (see Fixes for primary constructors #3614 by @mmusu3)
• Improve inlining of boxed values (see Improve inlining of boxed values #3587 by @ds5678)
• List name first in ILSpy title for multiple instances (see List name first in ILSpy title for multiple instances #3589 by @miloush)
• Improve Framework Id detection (see Improve Framework Id detection #3581 by @ds5678)
• Enable detection of .NET version without TargetFrameworkAttribute (see Enable detection of .NET version without TargetFrameworkAttribute #3580 by @ds5678)
• Do not create object initializers for tuples (see Do not create object initializers for tuples #3579 by @ds5678)
• Fix lower case type name conflicting with variable name (see Fix lower case type name conflicting with variable name #3572 by @ds5678)
• Fix regression in decompiling local functions with default parameters (see Fix regression in decompiling local functions with default parameters #3560 by @ds5678)
• Copy-propagate the stack slot for collection initializers (see Copy-propagate the stack slot for collection initializers #3554 by @ds5678)
• Normalize UTF-8 BOM Marks and ps1 Indention (see Normalize UTF-8 BOM Marks and ps1 Indention #3546 by @petercrabtree)
• Minor Dev Environment Fixes (.editorconfig cleanup, typo fix, .gitignore tweak) (see Minor Dev Environment Fixes (.editorconfig cleanup, typo fix, .gitignore tweak) #3544 by @petercrabtree)
• Replace GeneratePdbForAssembly with GeneratePdbForAssemblies to improve user experience and remove redundant code. (see Replace GeneratePdbForAssembly with GeneratePdbForAssemblies to improve user experience and remove redundant code. #3630 by @sonyps5201314)
• Fix the issue where PDBs generated by ILSpy do not match (see Fix the issue where PDBs generated by ILSpy do not match certain asse… #3629 by @sonyps5201314)
• Do not use ObservableObject when ObservableObjectBase is sufficient. (see Do not use ObservableObject when ObservableObjectBase is sufficient. #3644 by @tom-englert)
• Add an option to not transform Activator.CreateInstance<T>() to new T() (see Add an option to not transform Activator.CreateInstance<T>() to new T() #3497 by @DoctorKrolic)
• Fix stack overflow exception in CSharpResolver (see Fix stack overflow exception in CSharpResolver #3471 by @ds5678)
• Handle explicit optional parameter after default parameter (see Handle explicit optional parameter after default parameter #3470 by @ds5678)
• Fix disassembler output, correcting flag(NUM) to flags(NUM) (see Correct flag to flags #3473 by @hez2010)
• Fix null reference exception when writing resource files (see Fix null reference exception when writing resource files #3474 by @ds5678)
• Fix SDK-style (modern) inter-project references (see Fix SDK-style (modern) inter-project references #3502 by @petercrabtree)
• Fix incorrect method match for static methods with instance signature (see Fix incorrect method match for static methods with instance signature #3504 by @MSchmoecker)

API Clean-up

• Removed legacy UnresolvedUsingScope
• Renamed ResolvedUsingScope to UsingScope
• Removed legacy ToTypeReference
• Removed ITypeReference and implementations

Performance

• UI Performance Issue #3486: Remove XML serialization from DecompilerSettings in ILSpy

Bug fixes

• Fix Lots of folders are opened #3655: ExtractPackageEntryContextMenuEntry
• Fix Compiler-generated accessor methods not being removed #3684: Hide compiler-generated base-class forwarding accessor methods
• Fix Incorrect derived types shown, when generic type inherit from non-generic type with the same name. #3674: Incorrect derived types shown, when generic type inherit from non-generic type with the same name.
• Fix C#6 lose something #3671: TransformCollectionAndObjectInitializers mistakenly included trailing variable initialization.
• Fix Unbacked property has an initializer #3524: Property without backing field cannot have an initializer.
• Fix Local function name collides with local variable name #3512: Local function name collides with local variable name
• Fix Callsite out variable declarations are no longer typed in ILSpy 6.2p2 #2165: DeclareVariables step must update ResolveResult annotation when using out var.
• Fix is instance of enum /*isinst with value type is only supported in some contexts*/ #3518 by replacing FixLoneIsInst with an inlining restriction.
• Fix error CS0019: Operator '>' cannot be applied to operands of type 'Image' and 'Image' #3465: Operator '>' cannot be applied to operands of type 'X' and 'X'
• Fix Ref locals before C# 7 #3468: Try harder to avoid ref locals if UseRefLocalsForAccurateOrderOfEvaluation is not enabled.
• Fix ICSharpCode.ILSpy.AssertionFailedException: Container should not have any unreachable blocks #3323: Simplify cleanup in AwaitInFinallyTransform, ensuring that we do not miss any containers.
• Fix CopyPropagation.DoPropagate shouldn't reuse the ILRange from copiedExpr? #1873: Clear ILRange in CopyPropagation
• Fix Missing type info for method group conversions? #1789: missing hyperlink for MethodGroupResolveResult.
• Fix Scroll position not restored when navigating back #3476: Scroll position not restored when navigating back
• Fix Covariant return not detected for abstract override property #3545: Covariant return not detected for abstract override property
• Fix Decompiling error with deobfuscated file #3549: Do not crash on encountering nil tokens.
• Fix Missing parentheses around field assignment expression in list initializers #3543: Missing parentheses around field assignment expression in list initializers
• DebugDirectoryTreeNode: AddressOfRawData and PointerToRawData columns should use hex display.
• DebugDirectoryTreeNode: PointerToRawData was always showing 0 and AddressOfRawData was showing the wrong value.
• Fix Casts in switch statements are not preserved #3577: Properly infer the switch governing type and preserve conversions
• Fix Decomilation compilation error: Call is Ambiguous between multiple methods due to named parameters #3626: Do not emit named arguments for bool constants, if it causes the call to become ambiguous.
• Fix System.IO.PathTooLongException on Linux because limit is 255 UTF-8 bytes #3612: WholeProjectDecompiler.CleanUpName does not count bytes on Unix.
• Fix Missing cast in string interpolation #3464: Missing cast in interpolated string
• Fix Drag and Drop is no longer working in the Assemblies tree view. #3482: Drag and Drop is no longer working in the Assemblies tree view.
• Fix Issues decompiling fields and methods/ (rva=0xYYYY) could not be foundin any section! #3492: Do not crash, if field used by RuntimeHelpers.InitializeArray is malformed.

And many other fixes, for a full list click here.

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