[Fwd: Re: [Mono-list] Patch for mcs]

[Atsushi Eno]

Me too ;-)

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Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Patch for mcs
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:41:06 +0900
From: Atsushi Eno <atsushi@ximian.com>
To: Gaurav Vaish <gaurav.vaish@gmail.com>
References: <9391da20410290804a003e2@mail.gmail.com>	 
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Hi Gaurav,

>>Ugh, so there is a conflict (I used to make the patch too). But sadly
>>to say, maybe am going ahead (it also handles many of the warnings),
>>though I'd prefer the idea having raw string instead of XmlElement.
> 
> 
>    Well, there's not a "conflict" per se. This is a separate project
> altogether but I'd like to make it a part of standard mcs, but only
> after I reach to some level.
> 
>    Before that, no messing with core-mcs.
> 
>    And this "mcsdoc" is going to be fairly advanced -- it can handle
> both the C# way of documentation ("///<xml />") as well as the Java
> way of documentation ("/**"). Well, at least, this is my current idea.
> 
>>The work was suspended since mcs and System.dll build has been
>>breaking for a while (and I don't love mcs /doc at all ;-).
> 
> 
>    Well, it finally won't be "mcs /doc" at all. It will only be "mcsdoc" :-D

Ooh, am sorry, I didn't notice about that. Yeah, that tells why the
patch looks on so different purpose.

Well, actually C# XML documentation feature also covers Javadoc-like
syntax. My patch does not cover all of the syntax, but basically do.

Anyways keep up your good work ;-)

Atsushi Eno