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Re: [DotGNU]Hello from pnetC
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Gopal V |
Subject: |
Re: [DotGNU]Hello from pnetC |
Date: |
Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:12:16 +0530 |
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Mutt/1.2.5i |
If memory serves me right, Rhys Weatherley wrote:
> We have a duty to GNU to stick to standards wherever possible.
> A user who writes a C application with cscc should still be
> able to compile it with gcc. The harder we make it to call
> out, the more portable their code will be.
I hear ya ... I think that is a valid reason to use the __invoke__
syntax ..
> "String.Equals" won't work. A "char *" string in C is a pointer
> to a '\0'-terminated array of 8-bit integers. Zillions of lines
> of C code depend upon this behaviour. A "String" in C# is an
> object that contains an array of 16-bit Unicode characters. They
> aren't compatible.
PtrToStringAnsi .... Just was thinking of that ...
But I guess using/recompiling most of the GNU libc code might be
the better/easier idea ;-)
Gopal
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