Re: [IronPython] CLS compilation

2008-07-24 Thread Keith J. Farmer
ilto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Hagenlocher Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:40 AM To: Discussion of IronPython Subject: Re: [IronPython] CLS compilation The assumption of static typing is baked pretty heavily into the existing CLR metadata APIs. Consider this runtime scenario; an appli

Re: [IronPython] CLS compilation

2008-07-24 Thread Curt Hagenlocher
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Keith J. Farmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand multi-year undertakings. I was involved in one, myself, if you > recall. J No, I didn't -- but I do now :). -- Curt Hagenlocher [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Users mai

Re: [IronPython] CLS compilation

2008-07-24 Thread Keith J. Farmer
I understand multi-year undertakings. I was involved in one, myself, if you recall. J From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Hagenlocher Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 7:40 AM To: Discussion of IronPython Subject: Re: [IronPython] CLS compilation The assumption

Re: [IronPython] CLS compilation

2008-07-24 Thread Curt Hagenlocher
The assumption of static typing is baked pretty heavily into the existing CLR metadata APIs. Consider this runtime scenario; an application has a reference to an object o. It calls o.GetType() to get its type, then uses reflection to get a MethodInfo for the method "foo". What does this MethodIn