Microsoft is releasing the source code for .Net

It seems as Microsoft is planning on releasing the source code for the .Net Framework.

According to this blog: http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/10/03/releasing-the-source-code-for-the-net-framework-libraries.aspx

This is very interesting news, and it might possible be of huge help for developers. Especially those working with the more “not so well documented” parts of the .Net Framework.

At the same time I’m also a bit skeptical as this will enable the developers to look at the .Net framework more as a white box then a black box, and unintended writing code that is dependent on the inner parts of the .Net Framework to work as intendet.

Maybe you find out that some return value only may be two out of tree values, and you then code for that. In the next release the third value is supported as well but our code is not supporting it.

All over I think this is an advantage, and I assume that it is only in very special troubleshooting scenarios you will be interested in doing this.

 

TEK