Add support for generics <T>

.devcontainer/All/Dockerfile.All

@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-all:v2.56
+FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-all:v2.0

.devcontainer/AzureRTOS/Dockerfile.AzureRTOS

@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-azure-rtos:v1.33
+FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-azure-rtos:v2.0

.devcontainer/ChibiOS/Dockerfile.ChibiOS

@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-chibios:v1.34
+FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-chibios:v2.0

.devcontainer/ESP32/Dockerfile.ESP32

@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-esp32:v2.36
+FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-esp32:v2.0

.devcontainer/FreeRTOS-NXP/Dockerfile.FreeRTOS-NXP

@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-freertos-nxp:v1.06
+FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-freertos-nxp:v2.0

.devcontainer/TI/Dockerfile.TI

@@ -1 +1 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-ti:v1.27
+FROM ghcr.io/nanoframework/dev-container-ti:v2.0

CMake/Modules/AzureRTOS_EFM32GG11_GCC_options.cmake

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ macro(nf_set_link_options)
 
     # set optimization linker flags for RELEASE and MinSizeRel
     if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release" OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "MinSizeRel")
-        set_property(TARGET ${NFSLO_TARGET} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS " -Os -flto -fuse-linker-plugin ")
+        set_property(TARGET ${NFSLO_TARGET} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS " -Os")
     endif()
 
     # request specs from newlib nano

CMake/Modules/FindNF_CoreCLR.cmake

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ set(NF_CoreCLR_SRCS
     CLR_RT_HeapBlock_Delegate.cpp
     CLR_RT_HeapBlock_Delegate_List.cpp
     CLR_RT_HeapBlock_Finalizer.cpp
+    CLR_RT_HeapBlock_GenericInstance.cpp
     CLR_RT_HeapBlock_Lock.cpp
     CLR_RT_HeapBlock_LockRequest.cpp
     CLR_RT_HeapBlock_Node.cpp
@@ -129,7 +130,6 @@ set(NF_CoreCLR_SRCS
     # Runtime.Native
     nf_rt_native.cpp
     nf_rt_native_nanoFramework_Runtime_Hardware_SystemInfo.cpp
-    nf_rt_native_nanoFramework_Runtime_Native_GC.cpp
     nf_rt_native_nanoFramework_Runtime_Native_ExecutionConstraint.cpp
     nf_rt_native_nanoFramework_Runtime_Native_Power.cpp
     nf_rt_native_nanoFramework_Runtime_Native_Rtc_stubs.cpp

CMake/Modules/TI_SimpleLink_CC13X2_GCC_options.cmake

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ macro(nf_set_link_options)
 
     # set optimization linker flags for RELEASE and MinSizeRel
     if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release" OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "MinSizeRel")
-        set_property(TARGET ${NFSLO_TARGET} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS " -Os -flto -fuse-linker-plugin ")
+        set_property(TARGET ${NFSLO_TARGET} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS " -Os ")
     endif()
 
     # request specs from newlib nano

CMake/binutils.AzureRTOS.cmake

@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
 #
 
 include(binutils.common)
-# include(ChibiOS_HAL)
 
 function(nf_set_optimization_options target) 
 
     target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE
         $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:-Og -ggdb>
-        $<$<CONFIG:Release>:-O3 -flto>
-        $<$<CONFIG:MinSizeRel>:-Os -flto>
+        $<$<CONFIG:Release>:-O3>
+        $<$<CONFIG:MinSizeRel>:-Os>
         $<$<CONFIG:RelWithDebInfo>:-Os -femit-class-debug-always -ggdb>
     )
 

CMake/binutils.TI_SimpleLink.cmake

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ function(nf_set_optimization_options target)
     # debug compile options: -Og (optimize for debugging) and -ggdb (produce debug symbols specifically for gdb)
     target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE
         $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:-Og -ggdb>
-        $<$<CONFIG:Release>:-O3 -flto>
-        $<$<CONFIG:MinSizeRel>:-Os -flto>
+        $<$<CONFIG:Release>:-O3>
+        $<$<CONFIG:MinSizeRel>:-Os>
         $<$<CONFIG:RelWithDebInfo>:-Os -ggdb>
     )
 

InteropAssemblies/CLR_RT_InteropAssembliesTable.cpp.in

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const CLR_RT_NativeAssemblyData *g_CLR_InteropAssembliesNativeData[] =
     &g_CLR_AssemblyNative_mscorlib,
     &g_CLR_AssemblyNative_nanoFramework_Runtime_Native,
     @CLR_RT_NativeAssemblyDataTableEntries@
-    NULL
+    nullptr
 };
 
 const uint16_t g_CLR_InteropAssembliesCount = (@CLR_RT_NativeAssembliesCount@ + 2);

azure-pipelines-nightly.yml

@@ -283,13 +283,13 @@ jobs:
           NeedsSRECORD: false
           CMakePreset: ORGPAL_PALX
 
-        ST_NUCLEO64_F091RC:
-          TargetBoard: ST_NUCLEO64_F091RC
-          TargetSeries: "stm32f0xx"
-          BuildOptions:
-          NeedsDFU: false
-          NeedsSRECORD: true
-          CMakePreset: ST_NUCLEO64_F091RC
+        # ST_NUCLEO64_F091RC:
+        #   TargetBoard: ST_NUCLEO64_F091RC
+        #   TargetSeries: "stm32f0xx"
+        #   BuildOptions:
+        #   NeedsDFU: false
+        #   NeedsSRECORD: true
+        #   CMakePreset: ST_NUCLEO64_F091RC
 
     variables:
       DOTNET_NOLOGO: true

azure-pipelines-templates/check-mdp-for-build.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and Contributors
+# See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+steps:
+  - task: PowerShell@2
+    displayName: Check MDP for build
+    condition: ne(variables['System.PullRequest.PullRequestId'], '')
+    inputs:
+      failOnStderr: false
+      targetType: "inline"
+      script: |
+
+        # compute authorization header in format "AUTHORIZATION: basic 'encoded token'"
+        # 'encoded token' is the Base64 of the string "nfbot:personal-token"
+        $auth = "basic $([System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes("nfbot:$(GitHubToken)")))"
+
+        # find PR
+        "Getting PR#$env:System_PullRequest_PullRequestNumber details..." | Write-Host -ForegroundColor White -NoNewline
+        $pr = Invoke-WebRequest "https://api.github.com/repos/$env:Build_Repository_Name/pulls/$env:System_PullRequest_PullRequestNumber" | ConvertFrom-Json
+
+        if($($pr.number) -eq "$env:System_PullRequest_PullRequestNumber")
+        {
+          '##[command] OK' | Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green
+        }
+
+        # grab PR commit message
+        $prCommitMessage = $($pr.body)
+
+        # look for test prompt in PR commit message
+        # pattern is "[build with MDP buildId NNN]"
+
+        if($prCommitMessage -match "\[build with MDP buildId (\d+)\]")
+        {
+          $buildId = $matches[1]
+          "AZDO build ID found: $buildId" | Write-Host -ForegroundColor White
+
+          echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=MDP_BUILDID]$buildId"
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          "No build ID found" | Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red
+        }
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: $(GitHubToken)
+
+  - task: DownloadPipelineArtifact@2
+    condition: >-
+      and(
+        eq(variables['DownloadMDP'], true),
+        ne(variables['MDP_BUILDID'], '')
+      )
+    displayName: Download MDP
+    inputs:
+      buildType: specific
+      project: 'metadata-processor'
+      definition: '43'
+      buildVersionToDownload: specific
+      allowFailedBuilds: true
+      pipelineId: $(MDP_BUILDID)
+      artifactName: 'deployables'
+      targetPath: '$(Pipeline.Workspace)/mdp'
+      itemPattern: '*.MsBuildTask.dll'
+
+  - task: PowerShell@2
+    condition: >-
+      and(
+        succeeded(),
+        eq(variables['DownloadMDP'], true),
+        ne(variables['MDP_BUILDID'], '')
+      )
+    displayName: Set MDP path
+    inputs:
+      targetType: 'inline'
+      script: |
+        Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=NF_MDP_MSBUILDTASK_PATH]$(Pipeline.Workspace)\mdp"

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ jobs:
             {
               Write-Host "##[command] **This is a PR build**"
 
+              # compute authorization header in format "AUTHORIZATION: basic 'encoded token'"
+              # 'encoded token' is the Base64 of the string "nfbot:personal-token"
+              $auth = "basic $([System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes("nfbot:$(GitHubToken)")))"
+
               $commit = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/repos/nanoframework/nf-interpreter/commits/$(Build.SourceVersion)" -ContentType "application/json" -Method GET
 
               if( ($commit.commit.author.name -eq "nfbot") -and ($commit.commit.message -like "*[version update]*") )
@@ -104,12 +108,34 @@ jobs:
                 echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=SKIP_BUILD;isOutput=true]false"  
               }
 
+              # find PR
+              "Getting PR#$env:System_PullRequest_PullRequestNumber details..." | Write-Host -ForegroundColor White -NoNewline
+              $pr = Invoke-WebRequest "https://api.github.com/repos/$env:Build_Repository_Name/pulls/$env:System_PullRequest_PullRequestNumber" | ConvertFrom-Json
+
+              if($($pr.number) -eq "$env:System_PullRequest_PullRequestNumber")
+              {
+                '##[command] OK' | Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green
+              }
+
+              # grab PR commit message
+              $prCommitMessage = $($pr.body)
+
+              # debug output
+              # echo "=====`r`n$($prCommitMessage)`r`n====="
+
               # check if Unit Tests for mscorlib should be run
-              if(($commit.commit.message -like "*[run mscorlib tests]*") -or ($commit.commit.message -match "Tested against nanoframework/CoreLibrary#(\d+)"))
+              if(($prCommitMessage  -like "*[run mscorlib tests]*") -or ($prCommitMessage -match "Tested against nanoframework/CoreLibrary#(\d+)"))
               {
-                Write-Host "##[command] **mscorlib tests are to be runned**"
+                Write-Host "##[command] >> mscorlib tests are to be runned"
                 echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=RUN_MSCORLIB_TESTS;isOutput=true]true"
               }
+
+              # check if should use specific MDP for mscorlib
+              if($prCommitMessage  -match "\[build with MDP buildId (\d+)\]")
+              {
+                Write-Host "##[command] >> Using specific MDP for mscorlib build"
+                echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=USE_SPECIFIC_MDP;isOutput=true]true"
+              }
             }
             else
             {
@@ -1241,6 +1267,7 @@ jobs:
 
     dependsOn:
       - Build_nanoCLR_CLI
+      - Check_Build_Options
 
     pool:
       vmImage: "windows-latest"
@@ -1250,6 +1277,7 @@ jobs:
       solution: "nanoFramework.CoreLibrary.sln"
       buildPlatform: "Any CPU"
       buildConfiguration: "Release"
+      DownloadMDP: $[ dependencies.Check_Build_Options.outputs['BuildOptions.USE_SPECIFIC_MDP'] ]
 
     steps:
       - checkout: self
@@ -1260,6 +1288,7 @@ jobs:
         persistCredentials: true
 
       - template: azure-pipelines-templates/check-mscorlib-to-test.yml
+      - template: azure-pipelines-templates/check-mdp-for-build.yml
 
       # Download nanoclr from build artifacts
       - task: DownloadBuildArtifacts@1