[Mono-list] Mono and Managed C++ ? Worth the effort ?

[Alan]

If your managed C++ can be compiled as pure .NET, then it is supported as
there is no native code.

However, if you are using native code you would have to firstly recompile
your C++/CLI on every platform you want to run on (as the native code is
platform specific) and then find a way to generate a C++/CLI assembly which
can be loaded by linux/macos/whatever (again, not supported) and also add
support to mono for loading these assemblies (so far only available on
windows). So in short, it's a lot of work and not possible currently.

Alan


On 7 February 2012 14:02, Slide <slide.o.mix at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:18 AM, Andrew Tierney <andrew at castlesoft.com.au>wrote:
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>> Hi All,****
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>> I have a project I am working on that I would like to port to Linux that
>> uses the PcapDotNet library:****
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>> https://PcapDotNet.svn.codeplex.com/svn****
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>> It’s an amazing library, fast and full featured. ****
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>> I chose this library over SharpPCap based on my reading that managed c++
>> would be quicker than pinvoke for fast packet capture.****
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>> (If this is the wrong assumption, please let me know).****
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>> Anyway… I would like to run this code on Linux if possible ?****
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>> There is a PcapDotNet.Core directory which contains all the C++/Wrapper
>> code, the rest of the code is C#.****
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>> My question is… Is it possible/feasible ? Worth my time/effort to port
>> this ?   (ie..   #ifdef Windows   winpcap    elseif #linux    libpcap  etc
>> etc)****
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>> Any info would be greatly appreciated.****
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>> Thanks****
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>> Andrew****
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> Unless this has changed recently, Mono does not support Managed C++.
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