In C#, the reflected Type object for int contains Int32 for a Name. Similarly, typeof(byte).Name would be "Byte", etc. Short of introducing an explicit check for all known primitive types, is there a way to retrieve a friendly name (e. g. int) from the said Type object?
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Seva Alekseyev
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1This may help you. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16466380/get-user-friendly-name-for-generic-type-in-c-sharp/34001032 – Venkata N Bhupathi Nov 18 '21 at 01:07
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1Effectively, "yes, but it's not worth it". :) – Seva Alekseyev Nov 18 '21 at 01:15
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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1362884/is-there-a-way-to-get-a-types-alias-through-reflection – TheGeneral Nov 18 '21 at 02:37