<< I do not use VB and somewhat missed the fact that it does not
directly support unsigned types >>
Although you may have painted yourself into a corner with your current
project (if you've already shipped it) adding the [CLSCompliant(true)]
attribute to your library assemblies, in the future, will instruct the
compiler to bring these limitations... err, subtelties, of VB to your
attention.
-S
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:11:21 +0100, Marek Malowidzki
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear friends,
>
> I have implemented a Managed C++ library that is to be consumed from C# and
> VB.NET applications (or from other .NET languages, of course, but the focus
> is on these two). I do not use VB and somewhat missed the fact that it does
> not directly support unsigned types (although I have heard about plans to add
> such functionality to future versions).
>
> So, the question is as follows: Given that VB programs can use unsigned types
> in some indirect way (through e.g. Convert.ToUInt*()), although it is
> probably inconvenient, what would be the recommended approach? Simply ignore
> the problem or add additional methods/properties/indexers using signed,
> CLS-compliant types? If the latter is preferred, then what are type/naming
> conventions that should be used in the following cases (unsigned types based
> methods, C# syntax used):
>
> void DoSomething(uint arg);
> uint ReturnSomething();
> uint SomeProperty { get ; set ; }
> uint this[int arg]
> int this[uint arg]
>
> While I could invent something quickly, I would like to ask people who have
> hit this problem and solved it in an acceptable way about their point of
> view. I would not care that much about performance; I think that convenience
> would be more important.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marek
>
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