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public static class TypeExt
{
public static string HumanReadableName(this Type self)
{
return InnerHumanReadable(self).ToString();
}
private static System.Text.StringBuilder InnerHumanReadable(Type self)
{
if (!self.IsGenericType)
{
return new(self.Name);
}
string GenericName(string name) => name.Substring(0, name.LastIndexOf('`'));
var builder = new System.Text.StringBuilder(GenericName(self.Name));
builder.Append("<");
// I should be able to use a stack here to avoid recursion
builder.Append(string.Join(",", self.GetGenericArguments().Select(InnerHumanReadable)));
builder.Append(">");
return builder;
}
}
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