[IronPython] IronPython Post 2.0 Roadmap

[Keith J. Farmer]

Attributes can be applied to more than just types -- members, parameters, return values (as I recall), etc.

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From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com on behalf of Curt Hagenlocher
Sent: Mon 7/21/2008 9:51 AM
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"Availability of a static type" not because IronPython would need to access one but because it would need to expose one.

 
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Keith J. Farmer <kfarmer at thuban.org> wrote:


	You can create your own attribute classes, for whatever markup.  Particularly since LINQ-to-*, where they often are used to annotate data classes with strings, etc (not references to types).
	
	In any event, why does "availability of a static type" enter into this?  IP can access static types just as well as any other .NET language (System.Math comes to mind).  The motivation in general is to make IP a better producer for CLR types, rather than just a consumer, and attributes are an increasingly important thing to support.
	
	As for expression trees and extension methods, those are to make IP a better consumer of a very important API (LINQ and the IQueryable stack from .NET 3.5).
	
	To be honest, once those 3 features are available in IP, I think it would be on par with the mainstream languages in being very usable in an exclusive sense.
	
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	From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Harry Pierson
	Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 11:14 PM
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	Can you give me some examples where you would use these? The problem I see is that many scenarios (WCF contracts, XML serialization just to name two) where people want to use a custom attribute depends on the availability of a static type.
	
	Harry
	
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	From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Keith J. Farmer
	Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:13 PM
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	votes++
	
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	From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Michael Foord
	Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 10:38 AM
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	Sanghyeon Seo wrote:
	> 2008/7/20 Harry Pierson <Harry.Pierson at microsoft.com>:
	>
	>> Hosting features are all done via the DLR, so that's a separate team. As for
	>> "ability to interact with the rest of the .Net framework", can you be more
	>> specific about what you're looking for in that space? What *isn't* IPy doing
	>> that you want it to?
	>>
	>
	> .NET attributes?
	>
	>
	+1 :-)
	
	Michael
	
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