Re: [DotGNU]System.IO.StreamReader lists field Null twice

[Thomas Lozza]

.. mmhh forgot 'em... sorry.. eventually here they come..

Thomas Lozza wrote:
> Hi all
> i've got two question concerning System.IO.StreamReader:
>
> (1) Reading the fields via reflection from the StreamReader class, the 
> field Null is listed twice. probabely because StreamReader implements 
> the abstract type System.IO.TextReader which has also a field Null 
> defined. why is that field in TextReader not shadowed??
>
> (2) The attached code fragment does not compile with cscc (problems with 
>   namespace reflection... ) .. but the executable (compiled under 
> windows) runs.. why that?
>
> --tom
>
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class s19d {
        static System.Reflection.FieldInfo[] FA;
        static System.Type T;
        
        public static void Main() {
                System.Console.WriteLine("System.IO.TextReader:");
                T = System.Type.GetType("System.IO.TextReader");
                FA = T.GetFields(
                          System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public
                        | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic
                        | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static
                        | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance);
                System.Console.WriteLine("Size={0}",FA.Length);
                foreach(System.Reflection.FieldInfo info in FA) {
                        System.Console.WriteLine("fieldname={0}",info.Name);
                }
                
                
                System.Console.WriteLine("\n\nSystem.IO.StreamReader 
(implements TextReader):");
                T = System.Type.GetType("System.IO.StreamReader");
                FA = T.GetFields(
                          System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public
                        | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.NonPublic
                        | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Static
                        | System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance);
                System.Console.WriteLine("Size={0}",FA.Length);
                foreach(System.Reflection.FieldInfo info in FA) {
                        System.Console.WriteLine("fieldname={0}",info.Name);
                }
        }
        
}

s19d.exe
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