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Asked: 2026-05-30T21:51:41+00:00

I have seen this term in various places in code, such as in graphics

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I have seen this term in various places in code, such as in graphics programming samples. It seems to be a C++ semantic, but apparently there is a C# / .NET managed implementation called EmitCalli which seems to be related to OpCodes.Calli. I presume this is a machine language instruction. Is there an explanation of this term that is somewhat close to layman’s terms?

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    It means call indirect and it is for the MSIL

    Calls the method indicated on the evaluation stack (as a pointer to an
    entry point) with arguments described by a calling convention.

    In call, the method descriptor is passed with the instruction ( and hence direct)

    In calli, it is given a method entry pointer ( and hence indirect)

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