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Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.SymbolDisplay.ToDisplayString() returns "this[]" for C# indexer

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#14,684 opened on Oct 22, 2016

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Description

Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.SymbolDisplay.ToDisplayString() returns ReadOnly this[](Integer) As Integer rather than ReadOnly Item(Integer) As Integer for:

class C
{
    int this[int i] => i;
}

See Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.UnitTests.SymbolDisplayTests.RefReturn.

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Inspect the failing test `RefReturn` in `Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.VisualBasic.UnitTests.SymbolDisplayTests`. Trace the `ToDisplayString` method for `ReadOnly` and understand how it maps indexer names.
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