[DotGNU]engins/lib_dir.c

[Charles Shuller]

Hey Guys --

You probably already know, but in case you don't, I'm implementing 
System.IO.Directory in pnetlib.  I will need to generate a listing of a 
directories contents, and differentiate between regular files and 
directories.  The current function prototype in lib_dir.c:

ILInt32 _IL_DirMethods_GetFilesInDirectory(ILExecThread *_thread, 
ILString *path, ILString **files)


Modifies an ILString object.  I can embed the filetype information in 
the string return, and then parse it out on the CSharp file, but to me, 
a better solution would be to implement a struct with all the pertinant 
information contained within.  I think this would be more efficient than 
parsing a string.  Of course, it logically follows that the file_info 
structs would need to be grouped into a list or an array.  Are there any 
pre-existing functions to create a list/array easily?  What about 
defining a new struct?  Does chaning the StringObject return type 
violate some other standard (Looks like the Directory object should be 
the only code accessing it)?  Finlly, is there some way to easily and 
clearly over-load the string object to really be an array of structs, 
and then typecast it into a more appropriate form?

Charles
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Charles Shuller
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