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namespace Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.CSharp
{
    internal enum ConversionKind : byte
    {
        UnsetConversionKind = 0,
        NoConversion,
        Identity,
        ImplicitNumeric,
        ImplicitEnumeration,
        ImplicitThrow,
        ImplicitTupleLiteral,
        ImplicitTuple,
        ExplicitTupleLiteral,
        ExplicitTuple,
        ImplicitNullable,
        NullLiteral,
        ImplicitReference,
        Boxing,
        ImplicitPointerToVoid,
        ImplicitNullToPointer,
        // Any explicit conversions involving pointers not covered by PointerToVoid or NullToPointer.
        // Currently, this is just implicit function pointer conversions.
        ImplicitPointer,
        ImplicitDynamic,
        ExplicitDynamic,
        ImplicitConstant,
        ImplicitUserDefined,
        AnonymousFunction,
        MethodGroup,
        // Function type conversions are conversions from an inferred "function type" of
        // a method group or lambda expression:
        // - to another inferred "function type", or
        // - to MulticastDelegate or base type or interface, or
        // - to Expression or LambdaExpression.
        FunctionType,
        ExplicitNumeric,
        ExplicitEnumeration,
        ExplicitNullable,
        ExplicitReference,
        Unboxing,
        ExplicitUserDefined,
        ExplicitPointerToPointer,
        ExplicitIntegerToPointer,
        ExplicitPointerToInteger,
        // The IntPtr conversions are not described by the specification but we must
        // implement them for compatibility with the native compiler.
        IntPtr,
        InterpolatedString, // a conversion from an interpolated string to IFormattable or FormattableString
        SwitchExpression, // a conversion from a switch expression to a type which each arm can convert to
        ConditionalExpression, // a conversion from a conditional expression to a type which each side can convert to
        Deconstruction, // The Deconstruction conversion is not part of the language, it is an implementation detail 
        StackAllocToPointerType,
        StackAllocToSpanType,
 
        // PinnedObjectToPointer is not directly a part of the language
        // It is used by lowering of "fixed" statements to represent conversion of an object reference (O) to an unmanaged pointer (*)
        // The conversion is unsafe and makes sense only if (O) is pinned.
        PinnedObjectToPointer,
 
        DefaultLiteral, // a conversion from a `default` literal to any type
        ObjectCreation, // a conversion from a `new()` expression to any type
        CollectionExpression, // a conversion from a collection expression to any type
 
        InterpolatedStringHandler, // A conversion from an interpolated string literal to a type attributed with InterpolatedStringBuilderAttribute
 
        InlineArray, // A conversion from an inline array to Span/ReadOnlySpan
 
        ImplicitSpan, // A conversion from array to (ReadOnly)Span, or from string or (ReadOnly)Span to ReadOnlySpan
        ExplicitSpan, // A conversion from array to (ReadOnly)Span
    }
}