[IronPython] IronPython 2.6.1 for .NET 4.0 RC targeting Silverlight

[Michael Foord]

On 14/04/2010 09:29, Jimmy Schementi wrote:
> [snip...]
>> In general versions of IronPython built against (for example) 
>> Silverlight 2 *can* use features from Silverlight 3. (Try Python uses 
>> IronPython that was built against Silverlight 2 - but dynamically 
>> uses some Silverlight 3 APIs if they are available.) As Silverlight 4 
>> includes a different version of the CLR - and not just different API 
>> sets - I guess it particularly makes a difference if you are 
>> compiling C# code that works with IronPython. Odd and annoying that 
>> it won't even add references to earlier versions though. Does 
>> *everything* need to be specially compiled to be used with .NET 4?
>>
>
> The *current* Silverlight builds can use SL4 features; like webcam, 
> etc. This is because IronPython calls .NET APIs dynamically. However, 
> since the Silverlight 2 builds don't statically depend on any of the 
> new APIs in the Silverlight 4, any CLR4 features that the 
> compilers/libraries usually depend on in .NET 4 aren't available in 
> Silverlight 4; that's what the Silverlight 4 build will do for you.

Did you see the report of my problem with the RichTextBox with 
IronPython 2.6.1 RC. Do you see the same problem?


>
> With regard to adding references to assemblies; as long as the same 
> APIs exist in both versions of Silverlight, it will work in both, 
> regardless of which compiler you use. It's the same situation with 
> different .NET versions. Did I miss something where someone reported 
> not being able to do this?

The person who started this thread reported not being able to reference 
the assemblies.

All the best,

Michael Foord


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