Package: mono-mcs (6.14.1+ds-2)

Mono C# 2.0 / 3.0 / 4.0 / 5.0 compiler for CLI 2.0 / 4.0 / 4.5

Framework Mono is a software platform designed to allow developers to easily create cross platform applications. It is an open source implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime.

This is the Mono C# (C-Sharp) 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 compiler, a platform-independent compiler which produces CIL (Common Intermediate Language) binary executables.

This compiler targets the CLI 2.0, 4.0 or 4.5 runtime version.

The mcs compiler supports different C# versions as follows. With C# 2.0 it supports:

 - generics
 - iterators (yield)
 - nullable value types
 - partial types
 - anonymous methods
 - static classes
 - coalesce operator: ??

With C# 3.0 it supports:

 - Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
 - object initializers
 - collection initializers
 - anonymous types
 - local variable type inference
 - implicitly-typed arrays
 - lambda expressions
 - automatic properties
 - extension methods
 - partial methods

With C# 4.0 it supports:

 - dynamic binding (duck typing)
 - named and optional arguments
 - covariant and contravariant generic type parameters

With C# 5.0 (which is the default) it supports:

 - asynchronous methods
 - caller info attributes (as of Mono 3.0 currently not supported!)

Tags: Software Development: Compiler, ECMA CLI, C# Development, devel::library, implemented-in::c-sharp, User Interface: Command Line, Role: role::devel-lib, role::program

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