﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Type Name="IsLong" FullName="System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IsLong"><TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public static class IsLong" /><TypeSignature Language="ILAsm" Value=".class public auto ansi abstract sealed beforefieldinit IsLong extends System.Object" /><AssemblyInfo><AssemblyName>mscorlib</AssemblyName><AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion><AssemblyVersion>4.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion></AssemblyInfo><Base><BaseTypeName>System.Object</BaseTypeName></Base><Interfaces /><Docs><since version=".NET 2.0" /><remarks><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>The C++ standard indicates that a long value and an integer value are distinct types.  However, they are both represented using ELEMENT_TYPE_I4 in an assembly.  To distinguish a long from an integer in C++, the Microsoft C++ compiler adds the <see cref="T:System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IsLong" /> modifier to any instance of a long when the instance is emited.  This process is critically important for maintaining language-level type safety.</para><para>Compilers emit custom modifiers within metadata to change the way that the just-in-time (JIT) compiler handles values when the default behavior is not appropriate.  When the JIT compiler encounters a custom modifier, it handles the value in the way that the modifier specifies.  Compilers can apply custom modifiers to methods, parameters, and return values.  The JIT compiler must respond to required modifiers but can ignore optional modifiers.  </para><para>You can emit custom modifiers into metadata using one of the following techniques:</para><list type="bullet"><item><para>Using methods in the <see cref="T:System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder" /> class such as <see cref="Overload:System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.DefineMethod" />, <see cref="Overload:System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.DefineField" />, <see cref="Overload:System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.DefineConstructor" />, and <see cref="Overload:System.Reflection.Emit.TypeBuilder.DefineProperty" />.</para></item><item><para>Generating a Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) instruction file that contains calls to modopt and modreq, and assembling the file with the <format type="text/html"><a href="4ca3a4f0-4400-47ce-8936-8e219961c76f">MSIL Assembler (Ilasm.exe)</a></format>.</para></item><item><para>Using the unmanaged reflection API.</para></item></list></remarks><summary><attribution license="cc4" from="Microsoft" modified="false" /><para>Indicates that a modified integer is a standard C++ long value. This class cannot be inherited.</para></summary></Docs><Members /></Type>