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. > -- Studying for the Turing test _______________________________________________ Mono-devel-list mailing list Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list