On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Bill McCarthy <bill.mccarthy.li...@live.com.au> wrote: > Hi Ian, > > Declaring a variable As Object in VB, versus declaring it as dynamic in C# > really isn't that different. You should try the code you have in C#, and try > it in VB. > There's no significant change for VB in regards to dynamic binding from .NET > 4.0 to 4.5. > > In regards to JSON, I was discussing this just the other week in regards to > VB's XML literals. A .ToJSON extension would be pretty cool. >
XML literals - can't get enough! > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- > |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas > |Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2011 2:50 PM > |To: 'ozDotNet' > |Subject: RE: Dynamic > | > |Bill > | > |Ha Ha - Yes, I *have* used late binding in VB - 'for ever' (VBA, Access > Basic, VB6), > |and also declaration as Object with VB in the .NET Framework up to 3.5 > | > |But, the C# 4.0 seems very terse and simple - so it attracted me, instead > of my > |clumsy use of declaration as Object to parse the JSON stuff I was dealing > with. > | > |But that may be my sloppy coding! > | > |So, if the syntactic sugar for VB.NET in the 4.5 Framework is similar to > that in C# > |4.0, I will appreciate it, I think :) > | > |(Yet to try the v4.5 CTP) > |________________________________ > |Ian Thomas > |Victoria Park, Western Australia > | > |-----Original Message----- > |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- > |boun...@ozdotnet.com] > |On Behalf Of Bill McCarthy > |Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 11:24 AM > |To: 'ozDotNet' > |Subject: RE: Dynamic > | > |Just curious ... Have you actually used any late binding or dynamic > dispatch at all > |in the last decade prior to C# 4 ??? > | > |Prior to C# 4, you had to use on of the scripting languages or VB.NET. The > |dynamic language runtime helped static languages to some extent, but lacked > |that integrated approach. With .NET 4, some of the DLR got integrated into > the > |framework (eg System.Core.Dynamic) and both VB and C# support > |DynamicObject as well as the traditional late binding. > |And yes, it is as it has been for the last decade, just declare the > variable As Object > |and turn Strict Off > | > |Oh, and yes VB has optional parameters too ;) > | > | > | > ||-----Original Message----- > ||From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- > ||boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas > ||Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2011 1:27 PM > ||To: 'ozDotNet' > ||Subject: RE: Dynamic > || > ||> VB has had a "sort-of" dynamic (via Options), but can this be done > ||> in > |VB.NET > ||for Framework 3.5 or 4.0 ? I don't think so - > || > ||Well, I guess using object and Option Strict OFF it can be done - I > ||will > |have a try > ||sometime. > || > || > || > ||________________________________ > || > ||Ian Thomas > ||Victoria Park, Western Australia > | > > >
