Re: [DotGNU]pnetlib development

[Daniel Carrera]

I'm in the same boat as you.  I think I have figured much of it out:

The runtime implements several comonents of C# ('if', 'else', '==', etc).
We use these, as well as previously-written libraries to make the remainig
libraries.

Example:
The ECMA specs say that all objects inherit from the System.Object class
and that this class has an Equals Method.  Therefore we write the file
runtime/System/Object.cs

A portion of this file is:

public static bool Equals(Object objA, Object objB)
        {
                if(objA == objB)
                        {
                                return true;
                        }
                else if(objA != null && objB != null)
                        {
                                return objA.Equals(objB);
                        }
                else
                        {
                                return false;
                        }
        }


You can see how we have used the stuff that already existed to create the
Equals method.

I don't understand the return objA.Equals(objB), but I probably would if I
knew C#.  Maybe it's there in the event that the user has made his own
Equals method.  I don't know.

I would really like to know exactly what methods will be available from
the runtime so I can use them when making libraries.  Maybe one of the
senior members of this list can help me out.

Best,
Daniel.

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Brandon Bremen wrote:

> Hmm. I just realized that I need to look at the HACKING file. And I
> tracked down where I read that and noticed that Gopal said he is writing
> up a FAQ. So, I guess that will answer my questions.
>
>
>
> > Are there any guides to writing the libraries for pnetlib? Someone
> > mentioned that all one needs to know to start working on the libraries
> > is OOP, and perhaps C# or java. Well, I think I could help but I can't
> > figure out where to start first! I guess I need to look at the pnetlib
> > status etc. and find a part that isnt being worked on. Then I need to
> > look at the EMCA specs. But what next?
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