question: private static CstString makeShortForm ( Prototype prototype ) { StdTypeList parameters = prototype . getParameterTypes ( ) ; int size = parameters . size ( ) ; StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder ( size + 1 ) ; sb . append ( shortFormCharFor ( prototype . getReturnType ( ) ) ) ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < size ; i ++ ) { sb . append ( shortFormCharFor ( parameters . getType ( i ) ) ) ; } return new CstString ( sb . toString ( ) ) ; }
target:  Creates the short-form of the given prototype.