How can I get the correct text definition of a generic type using reflection?

Question

I am working on code generation and ran into a snag with generics. Here is a \"simplified\" version of what is causing me issues.

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Answer 1

A good and clean alternative, thanks to @LukeH's comment, is

using System;
using System.CodeDom;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.CSharp;
//...
private string GetFriendlyTypeName(Type type)
{
    using (var p = new CSharpCodeProvider())
    {
        var r = new CodeTypeReference(type);
        return p.GetTypeOutput(r);
    }
}