[Mono-dev] Mono C# compiler switch

[Marek Safar]

Hello,

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> I would like to have an option to allow Mono to build with MCS, as it is
> currently faster.
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It'd be nice but it'd definitely produce different output (not only IL
blocks but metadata as well) and it also means updating mcs to support pdb
format because having another difference in debug symbols seems to me just
too much.

Marek


> *From: *Mono-devel-list <mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.dot.net> on behalf
> of Marek Safar <marek.safar at gmail.com>
> *Date: *Monday, November 28, 2016 at 9:46 AM
> *To: *"Mono-devel-list at lists.dot.net" <Mono-devel-list at lists.dot.net>
> *Subject: *[Mono-dev] Mono C# compiler switch
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> Hello,
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> Mono master has switched to Roslyn compiler as the default C# compiler.
> We'll keep both compilers (mcs and csc) available for some time but csc
> will be our preferred compiler from now on.
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> Our compiler always tracked Microsoft C# implementation very closely so I
> don't expect any upgrade issues, especially when both mcs and csc will
> co-exist because they have different set of supported command line
> arguments. For those using xbuild (or CodeDOM driven APIs) the upgrade
> should be automatic and only noticeable change will be different debug
> symbols format.
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> Marek
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