[IronPython] Creating Dynamic Assemblies from IronPython 2.6

[Jeff Hardy]

I've been thinking about whether that functionality is really needed.
C doesn't support function overloading, so presumably there would only
ever by one signature per name? I'll have to see if CPython supports
that.

- Jeff

2009/3/23 Curt Hagenlocher <curt at hagenlocher.org>:
> I seem to recall that in Seo's original code, MakeOrAdd was used to build up
> the overloads over time as user code asked for additional method signatures
> for the same method name.  This could presumably be simulated by replacing
> the method group in Python with a new method group that contained all the
> original infos plus the new one.
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Dino Viehland <dinov at microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> Do you actually need MakeOrAdd or would the factory that takes multiple
>> method infos be good enough?
>>
>> I'm just reluctant to open up the ability to modify any built-in function.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-
>> > bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Hardy
>> > Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 1:17 PM
>> > To: Discussion of IronPython
>> > Subject: Re: [IronPython] Creating Dynamic Assemblies from IronPython
>> > 2.6
>> >
>> > Hi Dino,
>> > I'm updating Seo's old ctypes.py to work with 2.6, so unfortuantely
>> > it's a little more complex than just one method. I could probably use
>> > a delegate that takes an object[], but BuiltinFunction contains that
>> > code already, and it is a lot more optimized than I could manage. Plus
>> > it's less code for me to write :).
>> >
>> > - Jeff
>> >
>> > On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Dino Viehland <dinov at microsoft.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > If you only have 1 method and don't need overload resolution I'd
>> > suggest making a delegate using System.Delegate.CreateDelegate.
>> > Otherwise this could be made public.
>> > >
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