The thread occurred on 7/9/08

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Tim Barcz <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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