Hello Mike, That's a very good idea! I'll look into it.
Thanks Sebastien On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Mike Muegel <mike.mue...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Sebastien. In the mean time, in your compiler mscorelib.dll could you > consider using ObsoleteAttribute with custom message to flag the various > Emit types? A hack, but at least a warning would show up w/ some useful > text. > > -Mike > > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 2:40 PM, Sebastien Pouliot <sebast...@xamarin.com> > wrote: >> >> Hello Michael, >> >> This is a planned enhancement but it requires us to switch to the new >> compiler and version of mono. >> >> Right now MonoTouch ships with two mscorlib.dll, one for the compiler >> (smcs) and one for the runtime. The former is needed by the compiler >> (used for itself and compiled against) and must include >> System.Reflection.Emit (SRE). Once we switch to the new compiler will >> be able to use (compile against) an mscorlib.dll assembly that does >> not contains SRE which will make spot those errors at compile time. >> >> Regards, >> Sebastien >> >> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Michael Muegel <mike.mue...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Why is the System.Reflection.Emit namespace in mscorlib? It is not >> > allowed >> > on the device. If it is needed for some internal workings, wouldn't it >> > be >> > best to provide some way to give a compiler error always, including on >> > the >> > simulator target. I mean line C# level errors. >> > As an end user, what I see is this if I stumble upon some 3rd party code >> > that uses System.Reflection.Emit: >> > >> > On simulator, compiles/links/runs fine >> > On device, compiles but gives linking error when "Link SDK assemblies >> > only" >> > mode is used >> > On device, compiles and links when "Don't Link" mode is used, but gives >> > crash error on device >> > >> > All three are very poor user experiences and lead to end user questions, >> > confusion, and frustration. >> > -Mike >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > MonoTouch mailing list >> > MonoTouch@lists.ximian.com >> > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch >> > >> > > > _______________________________________________ MonoTouch mailing list MonoTouch@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch
