[Mono-devel-list] [PATCH] Implementation for ReflectionOnlyLoad methods

[Zoltan Varga]

                                            Hi,

> 
> I don't see any need to duplicate the hashtables that holds assemblies
> for the metadata-only ones. Just use the same data structures as
> the normal assemblies and tag metadata-only assemblies with a boolean or
> bit in MonoImage. You'll need to check this flag in the current codepaths,
> of course.
> 

ReflectionOnly assemblies are supposed to be completely separate from normal
assemblies, i.e. you could have the same assembly loaded as reflection-only and
non-reflection-only. This means that they can't be stored in the same tables.

                       Zoltan