[IronPython] Please, help to get started with .Net and IronPython.

[Michael Foord]

Richard Hinerfeld wrote:
> To extend IronPython 1.1 You need the source for IronPython and
> Visual studio 5. To extend the new Version of IronPython you need a 
> new version of
>

You mean Visual Studio 2005 I assume, however Visual Studio 2008 will 
also work and you don't *need* the sources to IronPython to embed or 
extend IronPython.

> Visual studio. Also you can extend IronPython with C# which comes with 
> the Visual studio environment. You can all this information from the 
> IronPython Web site.
> Please note:
> You need to make sure that you are using WindowsXP with the latest 
> service pack
> and all the .NET upgrades.
>

Or windows Vista, or server 2008, or any of the platforms that Mono runs on.

> The requirements are listed in the IronPython documentation.
> A good test for the correct development environment for building a 
> given version of IronPython is to build a version of IronPython.
> Please also note ;
> If you are using a IronPython socket script to talk to a non-windows 
> you will have a
> problem. IronPython uses the "Char" type to talk and receive 
> information. In C# a Char is defined as 16-bits not 8. You need to use 
> 'byte' type or modify the IronPython socket.cs file to fix this problem.
>

Really? Can you file a bug report on Codeplex that demonstrates the problem?

On the other hand use the .NET bytes type with IronPython is fine.

All the best,

Michael Foord

>
> Good Luck
> Richard D. Hinerfeld
>
>
> --- On *Fri, 4/24/09, Vladimir Eremeev /<wl2776 at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Vladimir Eremeev <wl2776 at gmail.com>
>     Subject: Re: [IronPython] Please, help to get started with .Net
>     and IronPython.
>     To: users at lists.ironpython.com
>     Date: Friday, April 24, 2009, 2:40 AM
>
>
>
>
>     William Reade wrote:
>     >
>     > I think he's rewriting a C++ component in IronPython, and wants
>     to know
>     > how he can minimise the impact on the C# application which hosts it.
>     >
>
>     That's right! Thank you.
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