[Mono-list] VB.NET and C# differences in compiling

[Marco Parenzan]

Well, for my own job, I'll need to work on compiler...but...
Two things:
- No...I don't know yacc/jay....I need to study it...
- Miguel said in one message that the approach to copy mcs AST is not a good
idea. What about that?

I think that I can work on Microsoft.VisualBasic namespace...so you can work
on compiler.

If for you is ok.....give me a status..and a priority plan on development of
Microsoft.VisualBasic you need....

    Marco

----- Original Message -----
From: "A Rafael D Teixeira" <rafaelteixeirabr@hotmail.com>
To: <marco.parenzan@libero.it>
Cc: <mono-list@ximian.com>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Mono-list] VB.NET and C# differences in compiling


> >Just one question: Miguel said that MonoBasic seems not to be a priority.
> >But I'm very interested. I'd like to work on a VB compiler.
> >
> >Can I help in any way?
>
> Welcome aboard, Marco
>
> I think that the people that was helping me implement
Microsoft.VisualBasic
> is gone, could you tackle that or prefer to work directly in the compiler?
>
> In the compiler, I was delayed by my perfeccionism in making
Mono.GetOptions
> the new option supplier for mbas' driver. It's usable now (just response
> file support is really missing on Mono.GetOptions).
>
> My strategy is to follow mcs lead on generating the AST. So I look into
mcs
> jay file and adapt it to mbas syntax. Do you know yacc/jay?
>
> Down the pipe we will need to parametize the symbol resolver to accomodate
> VB.NET case-insensitive syntax. And plug a different overload resolver
(the
> overload criteria is different between the languages).
>
> Late binding also needs work but most of it are calls to functions like:
>
> Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices.LateBinding::LateCall
>
> So we get back to that supporting DLL...
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Rafael Teixeira
> Brazilian Polymath
>
>
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