[Mono-dev] Porting mcs to IKVM.Reflection

[Kornél Pál]

Hi,

Can you please tell when are MakeExpression methods used and whether are 
they required for code generation by mcs? The problem is that SLE 
MakeExpression methods require System.Reflection types. I was unable to 
find out when are MakeExpression methods used so I cannot come up with a 
solution.

Thank you.

Kornél

Kornél Pál wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Inspired by http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Apr-27.html I gave a 
> try to port mcs to IKVM.Reflection.
> 
> I addition to being able to have a single binary, mcs could run on 
> MS.NET and we would not have to break MS.NET compatibility in 
> System.Reflection.
> 
> I've attached some work in progress patches both for mcs and 
> IKVM.Reflection.
> 
> I was impressed by the result that mcs is able to bootstrap itself, 
> compile mscorlib.dll and its other requirements, and the resulting mcs 
> is able to compile a bunch of Mono assemblies.
> 
> Missing features:
> - security attributes
> - embedded resources
> - .netmodule support
> - debug info
> 
> Also note that I was unable to figure out what MakeExpression methods 
> are supposed to do but I had to disable them because they need 
> System.Reflection types.
> 
> mcs pathes are licensed under the MIT/X11 license.
> IKVM.Reflection patches are licensed under the zlib license.
> 
> Kornél
>