Talk:Common Type System

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[edit] Incorrect definition

The opening sentence "The Common Type System (CTS) is a common set of data types used by every language built on the .NET Framework. " is incorrect.

From Microsoft we have "The common type system defines how types are declared, used, and managed in the runtime, and is also an important part of the runtime's support for cross-language integration."

So the CTS is much larger than simply a common set of data types (if it is indeed even that - I'm thinking that the common set of data types is actually defined by the CLI/CLR, not the CTS.)

Leotohill 01:03, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

It'd be a good idea to place a "questionable accuracy" template on this topic. I don't know how. Leotohill 13:07, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I've gone and changed it myself. Leotohill 01:53, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Type categories

I think this section needs to be added back in, but possibly clarified. The CTS is a fundamental part of .Net that helps differentiate it from Java, and the key to this is the requirement of the CTS for cross language support. Trying to to sound too much like an MS PR report, but this is fundamental to .Net - Christopher G Lewis (talk) 00:12, 13 February 2008 (UTC)