[Mono-list] Can I donate a Rational Number class to Mono ?

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Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:54:52 -0500


At 06:15 PM 22/04/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 10:26:17AM -0400, Philippe Lavoie wrote:
>> I created a rational number class for C#. It allows you to do stuff
>> like 1/3 + 2/3  = 1. In some cases, it's useful. It has a complete
>> test suite. It doesn't have a home. I suppose that it could be part of
>> a mathematical library of some kind in C# but I'm not aware of one.
>> 
>> Anyway, would Mono be interested in adding it to its suite of
>> libraries? If so, which namespace? If not, well, sorry for the
>> interruption in your daily e-mail :-)
>
>I think you can add the class to a Mono.Contrib.Math namespace. There
>should be a Mono.Contrib namespace for contributions like this.
>
>But, wait for the response of the masters...
>
>Regards,
>
>    Pedro

If such a namespace is created (and indeed, this applies for the entire
Mono namespace), perhaps it would be a good idea to offer it in a
redistributable form, so that applications made for Mono can be run under
other implementations of .NET.

Jonathan Gilbert