[Mono-dev] TypeForwardedFrom

[Robert Jordan]

Neale,

The icall's declaration:

mono/metadata/icall-def.h:ICALL(ASSEM_23, "get_fullname", 
ves_icall_System_Reflection_Assembly_get_fullName)

The function:

mono/metadata/icall.c:ves_icall_System_Reflection_Assembly_get_fullName 
(MonoReflectionAssembly *assembly)


I won't add this overhead to the Assembly class because it's a Type
feature after all. You can handle this locally in ObjectWriter,
as this is the only place where TypeForwardedFrom is used at all.

Robert

On 11.04.2013 15:48, Neale Ferguson wrote:
> So would my best approach be a case of saving the type information at the
> same time the fullname information is saved in Assembly and then retrieving
> it before the WriteAssemblyName() to get the forwarded name?
>
> Out of curiosity shouldn't I find get_fullname() defined somewhere in the
> source tree?
>
> Neale
>
>
> On 4/11/13 6:47 AM, "Robert Jordan" <robertj at gmx.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Neale,
>>
>> On 11.04.2013 01:45, Neale Ferguson wrote:
>>> [MethodImplAttribute (MethodImplOptions.InternalCall)]
>>> private extern string get_fullname ();
>>>
>>> Where is get_fullname? I can't find it anywhere. In any event just
>>> manipulating the strings isn't good enough, I need the type information to
>>> do the TypeForwardedLookup don't I?
>>
>> It's an internal call implemented in the runtime.
>>
>> Anyway, you can't change this property. Assembly.FullName must
>> always reflect the real assembly name, regardless of whether
>> TypeForwardedFrom is in effect or not.
>>
>> Bad Things(TM) would happen if you'd change it.
>>
>> Robert
>>
>
>
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