[Mono-devel-list] Global dllmap entries?

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> >     I would like to have a `global-dllmap' entry on our .config files so
> > that it is possible to register standard mappings by libraries.  Today
> > we have something like that in the form of $mono/etc/mono/config, but
> > there is no way for a binding library to provide these.
> > 
> >     The issue at hand is that gtk-sharp ships with a config file that
> > maps the libgtk-win32-etc.dll name to the proper name on the underlying
> > OS.  And I would like third party apps to be able to consume this
> > binding as opposed to introducing the logic on every application that
> > needs to bind an API from Gtk+ that might not be bound.
> > 
> 
> I would think something like $mono/etc/mono/config.d/ directory where
> apps could add mappings should work for that. At least it seems the most
> common way that I've seen it done.
> 
> For example:
> /etc/mono/config
> /etc/mono/config.d/gtk-sharp.config
> /etc/mono/config.d/3rdpartystuff.config
> etc.

I was thinking more along the lines of having an extra <global-dllmap>
entry on the existing .config file of the assembly that has already been
loaded as opposed to triggering a bunch of files from being loaded.

> 
> 
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Miguel de Icaza <miguel at novell.com>
Novell, Inc.