[Mono-devel-list] Global dllmap entries?

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> I don't like the fact that an assembly would push in the global space
> some dllmappings, because it would be indiscriminate: every app wuld get
> them even if they are not interested and it's not clear what kind of 
> ordering is applied to the mappings.
> An alternative way to provide the same functionality with sane
> semantics could be to have a new config directive in the
> assemblies that want to reuse the mappings from other assemblies.
> 
> 	<configuration>
> 		<dllmap reference="gtk-sharp" />
> 	</configuration>

This approach is fine with me, and avoids the global namespace
pollution.

Miguel