[Mono-devel-list] VB.NET runtime

[A Rafael D Teixeira]

>From: Rob.Tillie at Student.tUL.EDU

>Didn't someone say we only needed a custom attribute to emit the IL needed
>for an optional parameter?

Hi Rob,

That is true, but what is missing is how to create the defaultvalue 
metadata. That feature is not available as an attribute. There are 
attributes to govern how non-simple values (DateTimes and Decimals, for 
example) are stored as default values, but not to say the default value 
itself.

The problem is that lots of optional parameters in MS.VB.dll do have some 
default value to substitute in the call when it is omitted (concepts 
inherited from COM/VB6).That is why we are
looking at ways to solve it.

Hope it clarifies things a bit,


Rafael "Monoman" Teixeira
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