[Mono-devel-list] Weird warnings using mcs svn on Windows

[Atsushi Eno]

Hi,

I made a fix for this problem; the type for Finalize() is not
System.Object unless the type which is being added is System.Object.

Atsushi Eno

Raja R Harinath wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> "Gert Driesen" <gert.driesen at telenet.be> writes:
> 
> 
>>As of recently, I get the following warning (numerous times) when using mcs
>>svn to compile even the simplest app on Windows:
>>
>>warning CS8028: The method 'System.Object.Finalize()' is marked 'override',
>>but
>>doesn't appear to override any virtual or abstract method: it may be ignored
>>dur
>>ing overload resolution
>>C:\cygwin\usr\local\lib\mono\1.0\mscorlib.dll: 'System.Object.Finalize'
>>(name of
>> symbol related to previous warning
>>
>>Any idea what might be causing this ?
> 
> 
> A method is marked with the 'Virtual' MethodAttribute, but doesn't have
> 'NewSlot' is treated as an "override" function.  The C# compiler tries
> to find the underlying "virtual" function that it overrides.  In some
> cases, it's unable to do so.  We can't get into this situation when
> compiling C# code.  So, this warning is typically issued when some dll
> was generated by SRE or written in IL.
> 
> However, it turns out that several compiler-generated functions are also
> being marked this way.  It's the case with a delegates .Invoke () on
> NET 1.1 and mono.
> 
> I suspect that CSC 1.1 also emits the .Finalize () function this way,
> too.  I'll try to fix this soon.  However, I believe this warning is
> harmless in this case, since Finalize cannot be invoked such that it
> takes part in overload resolution.
> 
> - Hari
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