Re: [DotGNU]Re: (pnet & pnetlib) info

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Ritchard Nash wrote:
> 1) What is the pnet compiler status? When do you plan compiler can do a 
> real compile? What parts forms the pnet package?

I suppose you mean of pnetlib...more on that later

> 2) What is the status of pnetlib ? for pnetlib when i compile with pnet 
> it says that can't do a real compilation ; when i use mstools it give me 
> a **lot** of errors and exits. So i need some help to understand how to 
> contribute to pnetlib without being able to compile the library.

Well, I've done a little pnetlib w/o MS .NET, so I suggest the following:

1. grab yourself a copy of All.xml as described in HACKING.
2. make sure you've got the csdoc2test from the pnet distrib
3. look through www.dotgnu.org/pnetlib-status/ for a class or whatnot to 
contribute.
4. run csdoc2stub -fclass=CLASSNAME path/to/All.xml to get a stubset of 
the class you want to contrib.
5. check the pnetlib-doc you built w/csdoc2html from All.xml for the 
class, and see what assembly it goes in: mscorlib, System, System.Xml,...
6. run csdoc2test -fclass=CLASSNAME path/to/All.xml to get a 
csunit-compatible test case
7. write your class, and test cases for it as described in 
pnetlib/doc/csunit_howto.html
8. once some of this is ready, come back for more because I have to go 
to class now. ;)

sorry for the crappy HOWTO, see #8

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