[IronPython] Python extensions

[Jonathan Jacobs]

Hi,

Long story short: I'd like to make use of the Python stdlib 
email-related modules (imaplib, poplib) but these require the use of the 
_sockets extension (_sockets.pyd), which has not been implemented in 
IronPython (yet).

This got me thinking about extensions in IronPython, currently there is 
no method to load an extension DLL in IronPython (is there?). I'm not 
sure if you can just declare a C# class without a namespace. If you 
can't have no namespace, then how would one implement something like 
_socket.pyd, without having to rewrite all the applicable stdlib modules?

Just some pondering.

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Jonathan