RE: [Ikvm-developers] Ghosts and generics

[Jeroen F. <je...@su...>]

Hi Jonathan,

I still don't see it. If I statically know that the type is a string,
why do I need all this complicated stuff? I can just call
StringHelper.charAt().=20

Regards,
Jeroen=20

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Pierce [mailto:jp...@ny...]=20
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 04:11
> To: 'Jonathan Pierce'; Jeroen Frijters
> Cc: ikv...@li...
> Subject: RE: [Ikvm-developers] Ghosts and generics
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> Jeroen,
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> I realized after I sent my last message that I had the wrong charAt
> definition but the code still illustrates the suggested approach.
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> Here's the example that I meant to send:
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> using System;
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> public class CharSequenceHelper=20
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>   public static CharSequenceHelper.CharSequence_charAt<string>
> kStringCharSequenceHandler =3D=20
> 	new
> CharSequenceHelper.CharSequence_charAt<string>(CharSequenceHelper
> .string_charAt);=09
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> private static char string_charAt (string theString, int i)=20
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> return (theString [i]);=20
> }			=09
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> public delegate char CharSequence_charAt<T>(T v1, int i);
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>   public static char charAt<T>(T theCharSequence,=20
> CharSequence_charAt<T>
> theDelegate, int i) {
>     return (theDelegate (theCharSequence, i));
>   }
> }
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> public class Test=20
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> { =20
>   static void Main(string[] args)
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>  {
> 	string theTestString =3D "abc";
> 	int theCharIndex =3D 0;
> 	char theFirstChar =3D=20
> CharSequenceHelper.charAt<string>(theTestString,
> CharSequenceHelper.kStringCharSequenceHandler, theCharIndex);=20
> 	Console.Out.WriteLine (theFirstChar);=09
> }
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> }
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> Jonathan
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