dotnet · jskeet · Jul 30, 2025 · Jun 26, 2025 · Jun 26, 2025 · Jul 2, 2025
diff --git a/standard/expressions.md b/standard/expressions.md
@@ -763,14 +763,7 @@ Type inference takes place in phases. Each phase will try to infer type argument
 
 #### 12.6.3.2 The first phase
 
-For each of the method arguments `Eᵢ`:
-
-- If `Eᵢ` is an anonymous function, an *explicit parameter type inference* ([§12.6.3.8](expressions.md#12638-explicit-parameter-type-inferences)) is made *from* `Eᵢ` *to* `Tᵢ`
-- Otherwise, if `Eᵢ` has a type `U` and the corresponding parameter is a value parameter ([§15.6.2.2](classes.md#15622-value-parameters)) then a *lower-bound inference* ([§12.6.3.10](expressions.md#126310-lower-bound-inferences)) is made *from* `U` *to* `Tᵢ`.
-- Otherwise, if `Eᵢ` has a type `U` and the corresponding parameter is a reference parameter ([§15.6.2.3.3](classes.md#156233-reference-parameters)), or output parameter ([§15.6.2.3.4](classes.md#156234-output-parameters)) then an *exact inference* ([§12.6.3.9](expressions.md#12639-exact-inferences)) is made *from* `U` *to* `Tᵢ`.
-- Otherwise, if `Eᵢ` has a type `U` and the corresponding parameter is an input parameter ([§15.6.2.3.2](classes.md#156232-input-parameters)) and `Eᵢ` is an input argument, then an *exact inference* ([§12.6.3.9](expressions.md#12639-exact-inferences)) is made *from* `U` *to* `Tᵢ`.
-- Otherwise, if `Eᵢ` has a type `U` and the corresponding parameter is an input parameter ([§15.6.2.3.2](classes.md#156232-input-parameters)) then a *lower bound inference* ([§12.6.3.10](expressions.md#126310-lower-bound-inferences)) is made *from* `U` *to* `Tᵢ`.
-- Otherwise, no inference is made for this argument.
+For each of the method arguments `Eᵢ`, an input type inference (§input-type-inference) is made from `Eᵢ` to the corresponding parameter type `Tᵢ`.
 
 #### 12.6.3.3 The second phase
 
@@ -798,10 +791,23 @@ An *unfixed* type variable `Xᵢ` *depends directly on* an *unfixed* type varia
 
 `Xₑ` *depends on* `Xᵢ` if `Xₑ` *depends directly on* `Xᵢ` or if `Xᵢ` *depends directly on* `Xᵥ` and `Xᵥ` *depends on* `Xₑ`. Thus “*depends on*” is the transitive but not reflexive closure of “*depends directly on*”.
 
+#### §input-type-inference Input type inferences
+
+An *input type inference* is made *from* an expression `E` *to* a type `T` in the following way:
+
+- If `E` is a tuple expression (§12.8.6) with arity `N` and elements `Eᵢ`, and `T` is a tuple type with arity `N` with corresponding element types `Tₑ` or `T` is a nullable value type `T0?` and `T0` is a tuple type with arity `N` that has a corresponding element type `Tₑ`, then for each `Eᵢ`, an input type inference is made from `Eᵢ` to `Tₑ`.
+- If `E` is an anonymous function, an *explicit parameter type inference* ([§12.6.3.8](expressions.md#12638-explicit-parameter-type-inferences)) is made *from* `E` *to* `T`
+- Otherwise, if `E` has a type `U` and the corresponding parameter is a value parameter ([§15.6.2.2](classes.md#15622-value-parameters)) then a *lower-bound inference* ([§12.6.3.10](expressions.md#126310-lower-bound-inferences)) is made *from* `U` *to* `T`.
+- Otherwise, if `E` has a type `U` and the corresponding parameter is a reference parameter ([§15.6.2.3.3](classes.md#156233-reference-parameters)), or output parameter ([§15.6.2.3.4](classes.md#156234-output-parameters)) then an *exact inference* ([§12.6.3.9](expressions.md#12639-exact-inferences)) is made *from* `U` *to* `T`.
+- Otherwise, if `E` has a type `U` and the corresponding parameter is an input parameter ([§15.6.2.3.2](classes.md#156232-input-parameters)) and `E` is an input argument, then an *exact inference* ([§12.6.3.9](expressions.md#12639-exact-inferences)) is made *from* `U` *to* `T`.
+- Otherwise, if `E` has a type `U` and the corresponding parameter is an input parameter ([§15.6.2.3.2](classes.md#156232-input-parameters)) then a *lower bound inference* ([§12.6.3.10](expressions.md#126310-lower-bound-inferences)) is made *from* `U` *to* `T`.
+- Otherwise, no inference is made for this argument.
+
 #### 12.6.3.7 Output type inferences
 
-An *output type inference* is made *from* an expression `E` *to* a type T in the following way:
+An *output type inference* is made *from* an expression `E` *to* a type `T` in the following way:
 
+- If `E` is a tuple expression with arity `N` and elements `Eᵢ`, and `T` is a tuple type with arity `N` with corresponding element types `Tₑ` or `T` is a nullable value type `T0?` and `T0` is a tuple type with arity `N` that has a corresponding element type `Tₑ`, then for each `Eᵢ` an output type inference is made from `Eᵢ` to `Tₑ`.
 - If `E` is an anonymous function with inferred return type `U` ([§12.6.3.13](expressions.md#126313-inferred-return-type)) and `T` is a delegate type or expression tree type with return type `Tₓ`, then a *lower-bound inference* ([§12.6.3.10](expressions.md#126310-lower-bound-inferences)) is made *from* `U` *to* `Tₓ`.
 - Otherwise, if `E` is a method group and `T` is a delegate type or expression tree type with parameter types `T₁...Tᵥ` and return type `Tₓ`, and overload resolution of `E` with the types `T₁...Tᵥ` yields a single method with return type `U`, then a *lower-bound inference* is made *from* `U` *to* `Tₓ`.
 - Otherwise, if `E` is an expression with type `U`, then a *lower-bound inference* is made *from* `U` *to* `T`.