Intellisense is a cosmetic feature at best. It's obviously nice to have, but it can't actually be *that* important to anyone...it's not like the information isn't available via other means.
2009/3/29 Howland-Rose, Kyle <kyle.howland-r...@aar.com.au> > Hi Adam, > > About "intellisense is not a major blocker for iron python adoption". > > Unfortunately I think it might be. The commercial world is all about > productivity. I did a survey at work about replacing a well-known > development environment with eclipse and the result was "our only real > requirement is intellisense". > > Cheers, > Kyle > > ------------------------------ > *From:* users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com [mailto: > users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com] *On Behalf Of *Dody Gunawinata > *Sent:* Monday, 30 March 2009 6:57 AM > > *To:* Discussion of IronPython > *Subject:* Re: [IronPython] Announcing IronPython 2.6 Alpha 1 > > I think the fact that there are more users for "Assembly for Web Pages" > and "AJAX on ALGOL" than IronPython for ASP.Net contributes to the delay in > updates. It's too bad for us that got addicted to the elegance of the > solution in the first place. I remember a couple of months ago about updated > support for intellisense in IP for ASP.Net, etc. Those are nice to have but > I think an updated IP would be enough to make everybody involved ecstatic. I > got a feeling intellisense is not a major blocker for iron python adoption. > > 2009/3/28 Adam Brand <ad...@silverkeytech.com> > >> Any update on the timeline for getting IronPython for ASP.Net updated? >> This would make a world of difference for our IronPython-based web app. >> >> >> >> Adam >> >> >> >> Adam Brand >> >> SilverKey Technologies >> >> >> >> *From:* users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com [mailto: >> users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com] *On Behalf Of *Dody Gunawinata >> *Sent:* Saturday, March 28, 2009 1:09 PM >> *To:* Discussion of IronPython >> *Subject:* Re: [IronPython] Announcing IronPython 2.6 Alpha 1 >> >> >> >> This is awesome. Web application can benefit from this "adaptive >> compilation" approach a lot - especially for low trafficked sites. >> >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Giles Thomas < >> giles.tho...@resolversystems.com> wrote: >> >> Dave, >> >> This is great news, congratulations to the IP team on this release! We'll >> do a test-port of Resolver One early next week and will reply to the list >> with any issues we find. >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Giles >> >> >> Dave Fugate wrote: >> >> Hello Python Community, >> >> We’re pleased to announce the release of IronPython 2.6 Alpha 1. As you >> might imagine, this release is all about supporting new CPython 2.6 features >> such as the ‘bytes’ and ‘bytearray’ types (PEP 3112), decorators for classes >> (PEP 3129), advanced string formatting (PEP 3101), etc. The minimum .NET >> version required for this release is the same as IronPython 2.0; namely .NET >> 2.0 Service Pack 1. Unlike the 2.0 series of IronPython, we plan to release >> only a couple Alphas and Betas of IronPython 2.6. As such, it’s key that we >> get your feedback on the release(s) quickly to incorporate requested >> changes. >> >> Besides CPython 2.6 features, another significant change in this release >> is that ipy.exe now uses “adaptive compilation” by default. Adaptive >> compilation is a technique in which IronPython: >> >> 1. Interprets and executes Python method calls up to /N/ times for a given >> method. If you’re only going to execute a method a few times, it’s typically >> faster to interpret the method instead of compiling and executing it >> >> 2. Compiles and executes the Python method call on the /N+1/ invocation of >> the method. Compilation of a Python method is a heavyweight operation, but >> we can reuse the result for subsequent invocations >> >> 3. Reuses the previously compiled method for new calls to the Python >> method. This operation is much faster than interpreting the method call as >> the method was already compiled in the previous step >> >> The reason for this change is that it provides a nice performance gain for >> Python code containing lots of functions/methods that only get called a few >> times. All this said, this feature is still undergoing active development >> and as a consequence some Python scripts may actually run slower with it >> turned on. For this reason, our old default mode of running Python scripts >> is still available by passing the –O or -D flags to ipy.exe. Any feedback on >> how this new feature affects your IronPython applications performance-wise >> would be greatly appreciated. >> >> There’s also a few minor changes since IronPython 2.0.1 that are worth >> calling out here: >> >> · IronPython.msi now installs NGEN’ed binaries by default >> >> · IronPython.msi now offers a little more selection with respect to what >> you’d like to install. For example, Silverlight templates are optional >> >> · The default installation location of IronPython.msi no longer indicates >> whether the 2.6 release is an Alpha, Beta, or a patched release. Future >> IronPython 2.6 installations will replace previous 2.6 releases which will >> be uninstalled automatically >> >> · The -X:PreferComInteropAssembly flag has been removed. 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