[Gtk-sharp-list] Why does gtk sharp still use mcs (.NET 1.1)

[Michael Hutchinson]

On Feb 7, 2008 3:02 PM, Jerome Haltom <wasabi at larvalstage.net> wrote:
> A lot of libraries I've used have released 2.0 versions to be used by
> 2.0 users. Basically ifdefs adding in additional useful abilities using
> generics, but not preventing any abilities for those without generic
> support.
>
> That said, I don't know what use Gtk could derive from supporting
> generics. You can already create generic types that inherit from Gtk
> base types, so that's not an issue.

The specific example that started this thread was that a very large
amount of object boxing is going on internally -- a performance issue,
rather than an API issue.

Generating/shipping 2.0 assemblies would allow similar internal
performance optimisations to be #ifdef'ed when people identify them.

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Michael Hutchinson
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