[Mono-dev] Please, share your .Net1.1 and 2.0 support and #if directives experience

[mike.hull at coversant.net]

Francisco Figueiredo Jr. wrote:
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> mike.hull at coversant.net wrote:
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>> Francisco Figueiredo Jr. wrote:
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>>> Npgsql developers are going to start adding 2.0 functionality and
>>> interfaces to Npgsql.
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>>> We discussed about it and we decided to have another directory in Npgsql
>>> cvs tree to hold the new Npgsql2 source code.
>>>
>>> I'd like to hear from you what are your experience with usage of #if in
>>> the source code. We thought it could confuse and make a lot of noise in
>>> the code. One of the developers even started to code with #if's but quit
>>> because it was too confusing and difficult to maintain.
>>>
>>> I'm also asking that because I know Mono has a dual (or triple if we
>>> consider 1.0) compilation process in same code and Npgsql2 would
>>> eventually be put in Mono svn tree. If we keep a separated Npgsql2
>>> directory, would it be a problem?
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>> We followed the same practices as are observed in the mono source code.
>> We use Visual Studio 2005 as a development environment.  We can target
>> different versions of mono and also different versions of the .NET
>> framework.  Attached is the latest version of the targets file that we use.
>> If you search the archives of this list I have posted previously
>> instructions on how to use it.
> Thanks for your feedback!
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> I will check archives to see how to use it.
>
> The only problem is that I don't have VS.net 2005 :(
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Well, the targets file actually works with MSBuild as well; however, 
Visual Studio 2005 makes it easier to switch between platforms.

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