From: Fergus Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 29-Oct-2003, Chris Seaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do I know what OS my program is running on at run time?
Why do you care?
In general, it is a bad idea to test for particular operating systems.
In my case I needed to know which specific library to load and use. Because the Windows version needed to PInvoke in the Win32 API (calling FlushFileBuffers on an Stream handle), and the Mono one would have to make an InternalCall (that would fsync the emulated Stream handle). Those things were in a single piece of software before and would play havoc when loaded/executed in the wrong CLI., what was always.
I used a modified PlugIn Pattern [Fowler - PoEAA], to make it transparent for the Bamboo.Prevalence user, and without conditionally compiling two different versions of the package.
I could use your try/catch solution, but I prefer to use "decisions construed over known information" than "try/catch" for performance reasons.
Best regards,
Rafael Teixeira Brazilian Polymath Mono Hacker since 16 Jul 2001 MonoBrasil Founder English Blog: http://monoblog.blogspot.com/ Brazilian Portuguese Blog: http://monoblog.weblogger.terra.com.br/
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