[IronPython] ipy support in msxsl:script blocks

[M. David Peterson]

btw, the newly released docs in regards to develping extension functions for
Saxon on .NET are located @
http://www.saxonica.com/documentation/extensibility/dotnetextensions.html

On 9/5/06, M. David Peterson <xmlhacker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Worth noting, from my post earlier today (
> http://www.oreillynet.com/xml/blog/2006/09/mhksaxon_saxon_88basic_and_sch_1.html)
> regarding the release of Saxon on .NET 8.8,
>
> * in the .NET product, extension functions written in C# or other .NET
>  languages can now be invoked
>
>
> While the same is more than likely true in regards to the ability to
> access extension functions written in Python, this is one area I can help
> with more so than anything else as this was a significant area of study and
> development I put into Saxon.NET before handing over the reigns to Dr. Kay
> in February.   In addition, with his guidance, I've since continued forward
> in working on various areas of research and development.  With this in mind,
> in regards to,
>
>
> We'll need to work w/ some other teams within the company to make sure we
> > can get the right amount of support in the right places to make this all
> > come together.  Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
> >
>
> While for obvious reasons I can't help with the internal System.Xml.Xslcode base, I can help with the
> Saxon.NET code base.  If I can be of help, please let me know :)
>
>
>
> On 9/5/06, Dino Viehland <dinov at exchange.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > The answer to this appears to be no - The XSL processor uses Reflection
> > to try and discover the method to be called.  In IronPython reflection won't
> > tell you what methods are available.  We do support the
> > ICustomTypeDescriptor interface which is another way to get this information
> > (which enables scripting WPF), but unfortunately XSL isn't falling back to
> > that.
> >
> > We'll need to work w/ some other teams within the company to make sure
> > we can get the right amount of support in the right places to make this all
> > come together.  Thanks for bringing this to our attention.  I'm not going to
> > open a bug on this (because it's not necessarily an IP issue) but I believe
> > we will be tracking this one (and similar issues) closely.
> >
> >
> > From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:
> > users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Wiles
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 8:00 AM
> > To: Discussion of IronPython
> > Subject: [IronPython] ipy support in msxsl:script blocks
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can I script XSL extension objects using Iron Python?
> >
> > Jesse Wiles
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>
>
>
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> /M:D
>
> M. David Peterson
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>



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