[m-rev.] diff: shorten C# identifiers

[Julien Fischer]

On Fri, 8 Oct 2010, Peter Wang wrote:

> Branches: main
>
> compiler/mlds_to_cs.m:
>        Shorten C# identifiers to 511 characters to be accepted by the
>        Microsoft compiler.
>
> diff --git a/compiler/mlds_to_cs.m b/compiler/mlds_to_cs.m
> index ed5b506..9cb30fd 100644
> --- a/compiler/mlds_to_cs.m
> +++ b/compiler/mlds_to_cs.m
> @@ -1687,12 +1687,13 @@ output_name(EntityName, !IO) :-
> :- pred write_identifier_string(string::in, io::di, io::uo) is det.
>
> write_identifier_string(String, !IO) :-
> -    % Although the C# spec does not limit identifier lengths, both the
> -    % Microsoft and Mono compilers restrict identifiers to 512 characters.
> +    % Although the C# spec does not limit identifier lengths, the Microsoft
> +    % compiler restricts identifiers to 511 characters and Mono restricts
> +    % identifiers to 512 characters.

Is this a curious act of oneupmanship on the part of the Mono
developers?

Julien.
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