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What does this compiler-generated enumerator mean?


I wrote a fairly complex method that yield-returns IEnumerable<string>, but when I inspected the compiler output in Reflector, I didn't understand a specific part of the compiler-generated implementation of IEnumerator:

void IDisposable.Dispose()
{
    switch (this.<>1__state)
    {
        case 1:
        case 2:
        case 3:
            switch (this.<>1__state) // empty switch! why?!
            {
            }
            break;

        default:
            return;
            try   // What?! AFTER return?!
            {
            }
            finally // is the try-finally block anyhow relevant?
            {
                this.<>m__Finallya();
            }
            break;
    }
    this.<>m__Finally7();
}

I'm guessing (or hoping) that Reflector misplaced the closing brace of the outer switch, and that it should be directly after the return. Still, I don't understand why there is an empty switch in case 3, or why m__Finallya is being called in a finally block. (Is there a semantic difference between running normally and inside a finally block? Other than CER's, which I don't have in my code.)

For reference, here is the IL:

.method private hidebysig newslot virtual final 
        instance void  System.IDisposable.Dispose() cil managed
{
  .override [mscorlib]System.IDisposable::Dispose
  // Code size       69 (0x45)
  .maxstack  2
  .locals init ([0] int32 CS$0$0000,
           [1] int32 CS$0$0001)
  IL_0000:  ldarg.0
  IL_0001:  ldfld      int32 FBD.TIP.Reader.MissingMessagesReader/'<GetMissingMessages>d__0'::'<>1__state'
  IL_0006:  stloc.0
  IL_0007:  ldloc.0
  IL_0008:  ldc.i4.1
  IL_0009:  sub
  IL_000a:  switch     ( 
                        IL_001c,
                        IL_001c,
                        IL_001c)
  IL_001b:  ret
  IL_001c:  ldarg.0
  IL_001d:  ldfld      int32 FBD.TIP.Reader.MissingMessagesReader/'<GetMissingMessages>d__0'::'<>1__state'
  IL_0022:  stloc.1
  IL_0023:  ldloc.1
  IL_0024:  ldc.i4.2
  IL_0025:  sub
  IL_0026:  switch     ( 
                        IL_0035,
                        IL_0035)
  IL_0033:  br.s       IL_003e
  .try
  {
    IL_0035:  leave.s    IL_003e
  }  // end .try
  finally
  {
    IL_0037:  ldarg.0
    IL_0038:  call       instance void FBD.TIP.Reader.MissingMessagesReader/'<GetMissingMessages>d__0'::'<>m__Finallya'()
    IL_003d:  endfinally
  }  // end handler
  IL_003e:  ldarg.0
  IL_003f:  call       instance void FBD.TIP.Reader.MissingMessagesReader/'<GetMissingMessages>d__0'::'<>m__Finally7'()
  IL_0044:  ret
} // end of method '<GetMissingMessages>d__0'::System.IDisposable.Dispose

Solution

  • That is simply reflector struggling to keep up with the IL that has been generated (since iterator blocks don't have to relate to "normal" C# as long as they are valid IL). In particular, the ret is after the finally block.