[Mono-list] RE: Mono

[Miguel de Icaza]

> WinForms is a pretty thin wrapper over the Windows API in some places. If you
> don't think the Windows is well written to start with then nothing in .Net is
> going to change your mind. Personally, I think it is going to be pretty hard to
> achieve 100% compatibility.  It takes a lot of work to remove the platform from
> the framework and appeal to developers at the same time.
> System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window - Uggh!

We wont be able to support most calls to the Win32 API, but in some
cases we might catch some of the calls.  For example, we can also
provide a handle to the window.  If the handle is only used for
some uniqueness purposes, we can implement the interface without
trouble.

But if anyone ever PInvokes into Win32, then we loose.

Miguel.