[Gtk-sharp-list] Gtk.Label set_Text()

[Joe Scaduto]

On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 11:19, Jonathan Pryor wrote:
> Just as a follow up, where are you seeing "set_Text", anyway?  Monodoc
> just shows "Text".
> 
> For future reference, CIL has a formalized "name mangling" scheme, so
> that languages that don't have support for properties, events, and
> operator overloading can still invoke the underlying functions.
> 
> A property declaration:
> 
> 	int Property {
> 		get {return 1;}
> 		set {}
> 	}
> 
> is renamed in the underling CIL to a "get_" or set_" prefix followed by
> the property name:
> 
> 	int get_Property ();
> 	void set_Property (int value);
> 
> However, in languages that support properties, you call the above
> functions using field-access syntax:
> 
> 	obj.Property = 42;	// calls set_Property (int);
> 	int n = obj.Property;	// calls get_Property ();
> 
> Events use "add_" and "remove_" prefixes; "add_" uses += syntax in C#,
> while "remove_" uses -= syntax in C#.  Note that specifying add and
> remove blocks in the event is optional; if not present, a default event
> implementation is provided.
> 
> 	event EventHandler FooEvent;
> 	event EventHandler BarEvent {
> 		add {/* do something */}
> 		remove {/* do something else */}
> 	}
> 	obj.FooEvent += new EventHandler (func);// calls add_FooEvent
> 	obj.FooEvent -= new EventHandler (func);// calls remove_FooEvent
> 
> Operator overloading is mangled into "op_" + English description of
> operation, for example op_Add for operator+, op_Subtract for operator-,
> etc.  More detail is provided in the ECMA standard documents.
> 
> The only time you really need to worry about any of this is when
> programming in a language that doesn't have support for these features,
> for example Microsoft J#, which must directly call the property, event,
> and operator overloading functions (as it lacks support for those
> language features).
> 
>  - Jon

Jon,

The only way I know the property existed was because I ran the
TreeviewDemo.exe in the samples directory which came with the
gtk-sharp-0.11 source code.  In there I saw 'set_Text' and in the next
column 'Void set_Text(String)'.  Then I went to the 'gtk' dir which also
came with the gtk-sharp-0.11 source code and noticed a 'generated' dir
and in there found 'Label.cs' which neither approved or denied the
notation of 'Void set_Text(String)'...so this is when I email the
mailing list.  This was my first time playing around with set and get in
this manner because I a newbie to C#.  However, I greatly appreciate
your explaination....very helpful.

Joe