[Mono-list] How best to detect if running in mono from an unmanaged library?

[Chris Howie]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Robert Jordan <robertj at gmx.net> wrote:
>  For unix:
>
>  #include <dlfcn.h>
>
>  /* let's assume this is a function exposed to mono: */
>  void test ()
>  {
>         /* get the address of one of mono's API functions */
>         void *p = dlsym (NULL, "mono_runtime_invoke");
>         if (p) {
>                 inside mono ...
>         }
>  }
>
>  The code for Windows is slightly complicated. See
>  mono/utils/mono-dl.c:w32_find_symbol().

Hmm, dlsym, clever.  Certainly not something I would have immediately
thought of.

Just an idea: does mono (or MS.NET) set any environment variables?
I'm sure those could be tested in a far more portable fashion.

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