> Probably it's just a stupid limitation that > should not be there _in the spec_ and the C# compiler writers didn't > feel like enforcing such dumbness on their tool...
It's seems that this limitation is actually one of the CLS-compliance rules (Part I, 7.9.4 Interface Type Definition). I think that one possible rationale for this limitation is COM-interoperability, so that CLS-compliant interfaces map 1:1 to COM interfaces (instance-level contracts only)? Just a wild guess. But I can't find nothing about nested types in interfaces, it appears (implicitly) that they are CLS-compliant. Sergey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paolo Molaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [Mono-list] mcs won't allow implementation of interfaces withstatic methods > On 08/17/02 Serge wrote: > > > Yeah, but since C# doesn't allow static members in interfaces, mcs > > > should ignore them. > > > > Valid point of course, but I'm curious about other similar situations. > > For example, nested types in interfaces. It's not allowed in C# (CS0524: >interfaces cannot declare types). > > But it's allowed (currently) for C# code to use these types anyway, for example >types defined by Java code, compiled with J#. > > Should it be prohibited as well? > > Eh. Well, I guess that is an implementation glitch. > I don't know the rationale for not allowing C# to create static members > and subtypes in interfaces. Probably it's just a stupid limitation that > should not be there _in the spec_ and the C# compiler writers didn't > feel like enforcing such dumbness on their tool... > Of course this is assuming the rationale for the limitation is not > valid. It would be good if the MS and ECMA people could enlighten us on > that. > > lupus > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian/rules > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Monkeys do it better > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
