nano Portable Executable (nPE) file format

[nfbot]

From nf-interpreter created by cw2 : nanoframework/nf-interpreter#40

Based on NETMF's PE, but without its obsolete/unused features. Planned modifications:

• Follows ECMA-335 specification for metadata tables,
  • Extending metadata tables is needed to support generics
• No padding information, always aligned to 32-bit boundary (even on the disk),
• No endianness information - handled on the PC side (?)

https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/tree/master/src/System.Reflection.Metadata/src/System/Reflection/Metadata/Ecma335

• [ ] Does Roslyn provide extensibility point for a custom assembly emitter?
  • [ ] If yes, implement Roslyn extension to produce nPE files
  • [x] If not, implement managed tool to transform .NET dll into nPE (with MSBuild task wrapper?)
• [ ] Update assembly loader C++ structures and functionality
• [ ] Unit tests

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[josesimoes]

Still active

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This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs. Thank you for your contributions.

[josesimoes]

still active

[StephenCardinale]

Jose,

I’m still active. I haven’t had much time lately but plan on getting back to nF soon. The hard part will be to convince Christophe to become enthused again.

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[Ellerbach]

@josesimoes and @StephenCardinale looking at old issues to clean a bit things. Is this one still active? It's 3.5 years old ;-)

[josesimoes]

Yes. Most of this will be cleared with the ongoing work so hopefully we'll be able to close this soon.