[Mono-list] Windows.Forms and C++

[Sergey Chaban]

> The reason I ask is that the Mercury standard library is implemented
> mostly in IL code, but the set_environment_variable procedure needs to
> be implemented using native code, since the .NET library doesn't provide
> any way of setting environment variables.

Is it possible to implement this call with standard PInvoke?
I think it would be safer this way.

> i.e. will it crash and burn when trying to load a mixed-code assembly,
> or only when the native code is called?

I will check what's the current behaviour.
But full support for embedded native code would require more general PE loader
(fixing up imports and the like) so I think it's unlikely to be implemented.

I'm interested what others think about this feature (embedded machine code).
It's cool, no doubt :-)  but is it that useful after all?

Sergey