Should this be highlighted in the download area at all? That is, to
highlight the latest version that works with your version of c#.

Tim

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:16 AM, webpaul <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Where I work we still have some .NET 2.0 projects, but there are a few
> reasons you could safely get rid of 2.0 support:
>
> 2.0 users can still use whatever the last existing good 2.0 version
> is.
> Make a branch and let others run with it if they want to keep the 2.0
> compatibility.
> You can also make a test project .NET 3.5 while your code tested is
> 2.0 - I've done that on a few projects.
>
> On Mar 12, 6:50 am, Tim Barcz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The email below is an email I sent Oren after reviewing a patch which
> > would add the AAA extension methods to anyone using C# 2.0.  As
> > everyone is well aware C# 2.0 did not have extension methods, so this
> > patch exposes the extensions methods simply as static methods.  This
> > particular patch aside, I have a broader questions  about what
> > versions Rhino should support etc.  Enough setup, here is the email:
> >
> > Oren,
> >
> > Been getting into the Rhino source and trying to get familiar with the
> > bits on a deeper level than before.  Currently I'm taking the patch
> > supplied several weeks ago and going through trying to get some of the
> > extensions with c# 2.0.
> >
> > Am wanting to have a discussion with you and the other devs about
> > where Rhino is going and what our support for 2.0 should be.  I would
> > recommend that we remove the Visual Studio 2005 project and all
> > support for it (my understanding is that Castle has done this as
> > well).  It does not currently compile on the trunk (has references to
> > CPP interfaces, a missing file).  Further, as new work is being added,
> > a lot of the items being added are not 2.0 compatible.  Two quick
> > examples:
> >
> >     * MockRepository ctor has ProxyGenerationOptions created with
> > object initializer (added in revision 2069)
> >     * MockRepository.Stub() uses lambda syntax (added in revision
> > 2066)
> >
> > If we get the 2005 solution working (which I had a version of) we have
> > to be very careful about what and how it is added to the project.  It
> > would seem to me to muddy the solution files with many conditional
> > compilation statements (a 2.0 safe version and a 3.0 safe version).
> > With C# 4.0 on the horizon if this strategy were adopted I could see
> > more complex conditional compilation going on in order to make the
> > various compilers happy.
> >
> > If the extension methods were added to work with C# 2.0 the code would
> > look ugly:
> >
> > IDemo mock = MockRepository.GenerateMock<IDemo>();
> > RhinoMockExtensions.Expect(mock, Action<T> action);
> >
> > Everything in terms of readability that extension methods and the AAA
> > syntax give you seem to be lost.
> >
> > Am curious what you're thoughts are and the thoughts of others...I
> > don't want to overstep my bounds here as the new guy but I see some
> > potential red flags about going down the road of trying to get the
> > extensions methods working with various framework versions.  However I
> > have not typically had to deal with releasing a product for multiple
> > versions to such a wide audience so I'm using this as an opportunity
> > to learn/grow.
> >
> > Tim
> >
>

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