pnetlib architecture (was Re: [DotGNU]Gnome to be based on .NET)

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Tim Terlegård wrote:

> Do these low-level classes belong to certain namespaces or are they 
> everywhere? Would be nice if they only were in the System namespace, but I 
> guess that's not the case?


Nope, it is the case


> What do you mean with everything builds on top of the low-level? The 
> low-level classes are C# classes, right? Do the high-level C# classes use the 
> low-level C# classes? I'm confused. Can't find where I can RTFM, maybe the 
> source?


Think like this: the low-level String class handles char[] buffers and 
substring searching. I use these methods in System.UriBuilder to parse an input 
uri. Rather than reimplement those in UriBuilder, I use the good ones in 
String. System.Uri (in my concept) relies on UriBuilder's parsing capabilities, 
but adds some extra functionality. A HttpGet(Uri) method in some nonstandard 
class might use the Uri to get some information; it internally uses some 
HttpSocket class, which uses the core Socket class....


> First I though the low-level classes contained OS native calls, but that's 
> not the case? The low-level classes contain methods that's specific for pnet 
> and pnet uses OS native calls?


They may. pnet is written in C(++?), so it has to rely on native calls :)


> How many are the low-level and how many are the high-level classes?



Undefined. It is open to interpretation.


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