Sorry it double posted as it was queued and didn't send and I sent it
again. Later my iPad apparently got wifi :) That's fair that you are
trying to avoid it but there are circumstances where it can be a good
idea. As an example if I wanted to start looking at your dependencies
with an analysis tool such as ndepend the dependency on mono.posix
might be an issue.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 11:12 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (mono)
<edward.harvey.m...@clevertrove.com> wrote:
>> From: Greg Young [mailto:gregoryyou...@gmail.com]
>>
>> Use conditional compilation.
>
> Unless I've somehow missed your point? You said that twice, so I want to make 
> sure we're on the same page - You're talking about defining a compiler 
> symbol, and then using [Conditonal] or #if, right? The end result would be 
> different binaries for different platforms. But you can see in my original 
> post, I got my ego bruised and I got taken down a notch by Miguel and others 
> here for doing it - I am *specifically* looking to avoid conditional 
> compilation. That was the point of the original question. The folks who 
> maintain the mono source consider it incorrect enough to reject any pull 
> request that does it, except for compiler code. I'm here to learn a new 
> pattern that is better and more flexible, although not trivial to learn for 
> the first time. That's exactly what I've gotten from Alex and Robert: Use a 
> factory and two assemblies.
>



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