ILSpy decompile a delegate

Question

ILSpy can decompile assemblies. Can it decompile a delegate? I would imagine a CSharpDecompiler constructor overload accepting a Func or an Action as an argument instead of a "string fileName". Is it technically feasible, are there any future plans to support this? Any suggested work-arounds?

Example of what I had in mind....

Action<int> myAction = i =>
{
    // body to be decompiled
};
var decompiler = new CSharpDecompiler(myAction, new DecompilerSettings());
decompiler.DecompileAsString();

@phuzi no you cannot. What I had in mind is that I might have a delegate as a local variable and feed it to the decompiler without having to reference the assembly. — chr1st0scli, Dec 15 '21 at 16:05
Your question would be a lot simpler to understand if you could provide some sample code *in your question*. — Jon Skeet, Dec 16 '21 at 11:39

chr1st0scli · Accepted Answer · 2021-12-16T09:46:28.360

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An official ILSpy member has answered in the project's discussion section:

"It's not possible, because the decompiler requires a full PE image containing IL code and .NET metadata tables"

https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/discussions/2581

edited Dec 16 '21 at 09:46

answered Dec 16 '21 at 09:04

chr1st0scli

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Could you please provide the source of the quote? – Felix Quehl Dec 16 '21 at 09:26
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@FelixQuehl https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy/discussions/2581 – chr1st0scli Dec 16 '21 at 09:45
Great, thank you :) – Felix Quehl Dec 16 '21 at 09:54

ILSpy decompile a delegate

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