This method can be used to find which MSIL opcodes are "short form", for use in optimized code.

TakesSingleByteArgument returns true if the System.Reflection.Emit.OpCode instance takes a single byte argument in the following cases:

• The opcode performs a branch instruction to a byte-sized address (for example, OpCodes.Br_S and OpCodes.Bgt_S).

• The opcode pushes a byte value onto the stack (for example, OpCodes.Ldc_I4_S).

• The opcode references a variable or argument via the byte-sized "short form" (for example, OpCodes.Ldloc_S and OpCodes.Stloc_S).

Otherwise, it returns false.

The example below demonstrates the use of TakesSingleByteArgument by reflecting on to the OpCodes class and testing to see whether each OpCode field takes a single-byte argument.

code reference: System.Reflection.Emit.OpCodes.TakesSingleByteArgument Example#1

Namespace: System.Reflection.Emit
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0, 4.0.0.0