[IronPython] C#, Types and IronPython

[Michael Foord]

Keith J. Farmer wrote:
> Reflector is your friend:
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> 	http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/
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Cool - many thanks Keith.

Michael

> Whether you see int or System.Int32 in C# code is a matter of aesthetics on the part of the person who wrote the code.  As mentioned elsewhere, int is defined in C# as an alias for the type identifier System.Int32 (see below).  The predefined types are listed in 8.2.1 of the C# spec: 
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> 	http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST/Ecma-334.pdf
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> The predefined Simple types are in 11.1.4:
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> 	Reserved word	Aliased type
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> 	sbyte 		System.SByte
> 	byte			System.Byte
> 	short			System.Int16
> 	ushort		System.UInt16
> 	int			System.Int32
> 	uint			System.UInt32
> 	long			System.Int64
> 	ulong			System.UInt64
> 	char			System.Char
> 	float			System.Single
> 	double		System.Double
> 	bool			System.Boolean
> 	decimal		System.Decimal
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> typeof is defined in 14.5.11.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Michael Foord
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 8:08 AM
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> Ok - cool. That's very helpful. I'm still not really used to the idea of 
> decompiling assemblies to get this sort of information.
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> Several of the MSDN examples use 'typeof(int)', why not just specify 
> 'Int32' ? I guess it makes the code less platform dependent ?? Oh well.
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