This afternoon, in a bout of sheer frustration, I thought I would try to compile Mono.Data.TdsClient.Internal into its own assembly. Then, if I mark all of the classes as public instead of internal, and reference them within the compile of each of System.Data, Mono.Data.TdsClient, Mono.Data.SybaseClient, those assemblies will be able to access the internal protocol assembly. They will not export the symbols from that assembly (ildasm doesn't show any trace of Mono.Data.TdsClient.Internal).
The only real code changes I need to make are removing references to System.Data from Mono.Data.TdsClient.Internal (don't ask me why those references are there, they aren't used for anything), and changing the internal classes to be public. This will compile on both Windows and Linux, and does not require the module support that we were waiting for from mcs. If people are okay with this, I will go ahead and move things around so that we can get going on this. I've been reluctant to do any work in Mono.Data.SybaseClient and Mono.Data.TdsClient until they can build together with System.Data on Linux, something that is currently impossible. Basically, what we would have is something like 1. Mono.Data.TdsClient.Internal.dll 2. Mono.Data.TdsClient.dll 3. Mono.Data.SybaseClient.dll 4. System.Data.dll Where 2,3,4 reference 1. Another point to be made is, now that the classes are not internal, should a better name be made for the assembly? Something like Mono.Data.TdsClient.Protocol.dll, Mono.Data.Tds.Protocol.dll, or Mono.Data.Tds.dll? This point isn't so important. Finally, if we do decide that this is best, should the code remain where it is, and have the Mono.Data.TdsClient directory build two assemblies, or should the Mono.Data.TdsClient.Internal code be moved out? (In the latter case, we'll have to see if Miguel is in a good mood ;-) ). Cheers, -- Tim Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [43.43 N 80.45 W] BMath, Honours Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo Software Developer, Global Services, Open Text Corporation "Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite." -- J.K. Galbraith _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
