[jira] [Commented] (ARROW-2712) [C#] Initial C# .NET library

["Wes McKinney (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-2712?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16658378#comment-16658378 ] 

Wes McKinney commented on ARROW-2712:
-------------------------------------

I have renamed this JIRA since we are receiving a donation of a native C# .NET implementation

> [C#] Initial C# .NET library
> ----------------------------
>
>                 Key: ARROW-2712
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-2712
>             Project: Apache Arrow
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>          Components: C#
>            Reporter: Jamie Elliott
>            Priority: Major
>              Labels: features, newbie
>
> A feature request. I've seen this pop up in a few places. Want to have a record of discussion on this topic. 
> I may be open to contributing this, but first need some general guidance on approach so I can understand effort level. 
> It looks like there is not a good tool available for GObject Introspection binding to .NET so the easy pathway via Arrow Glib C API appears to be closed. 
> The only GObject integration for .NET appears to be Mono GAPI
> [http://www.mono-project.com/docs/gui/gtksharp/gapi/]
> From what I can see this produces a GIR or similar XML, then generates C# code directly from that. Likely involves many manual fix ups of the XML. Worth a try? 
>  
> Alternatively I could look at generating some other direct binding from .NET to C/C++. Where I work we use Swig [http://www.swig.org/]. Good for vanilla cases, requires hand crafting of the .i files and specialized marshalling strategies for optimizing performance critical cases. 
> Haven't tried CppSharp but it looks more appealing than Swig in some ways [https://github.com/mono/CppSharp/wiki/Users-Manual]
> In either case, not sure if better to use Glib C API or C++ API directly. What would be pros/cons? 
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  



--
This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA
(v7.6.3#76005)