chore: make dumped anonymous type descriptions look more like they do…

… in LINQPad
rdavisau · Apr 28, 2019 · ee10371 · ee10371
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commit ee10371
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diff --git a/src/DumpEditable/Helpers/DynamicTypeBuilder.cs b/src/DumpEditable/Helpers/DynamicTypeBuilder.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ namespace LINQPad.DumpEditable.Helpers
     // adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/3862241/752273
     public static class DynamicTypeBuilder
     {
+        private const string AnonymousTypeIndicator = "<>f__AnonymousType";
+        private const string AnonymousTypeReplacement = "ø";
+
         public static Type CreateTypeForEditor(object source, List<PropertyEditor> properties)
         {
             var tb = GetTypeBuilder(source);
@@ -30,6 +33,9 @@ private static TypeBuilder GetTypeBuilder(object source)
                 ? $"{type.Namespace}.{type.Name}"
                 : type.Name;
 
+            if (typeSignature.StartsWith(AnonymousTypeIndicator))
+                typeSignature = AnonymousTypeReplacement;
+
             var an = new AssemblyName(typeSignature);
             var assemblyBuilder = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.DefineDynamicAssembly(an, AssemblyBuilderAccess.Run);
             var moduleBuilder = assemblyBuilder.DefineDynamicModule("MainModule");