[mono-vb] Why are Modules in VB runtime declared as Classes?

[Rafael Teixeira]

That was what we needed to do when coding then in C#, because that is
what the vb compiler generates when it sees a Module definition
(generate a StandardModule-attributed class with all methods static
and no constructor), but now that it is compiled in VB proper, I think
we should leave for the compiler to do the job.

:)


On 8/26/06, Kornél Pál <kornelpal at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Currently all modules in VB runtime are declared as
>
>     <StandardModule()> _
>     Public NotInheritable Class <name>
>
> while they could be declared as
>
>     Public Module <name>
>
> Also note that Classes have constructors while Modules not. (Modules are
> much like static classes in C# but members of Modules have global scope.)
>
> Is there any reason to declare Modules as Classes?
>
> Kornél
>
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