I need to pick the term we'll use to describe the .NET runtime in Fan code. So far, I've using Net for most things which I've never really liked. So I've been considering using the term Dotnet instead. Here's a few examples where it appears (or will appear):

// FFI
using [dotnet] System.Collections

// Methods specific to .NET runtime
DateTime.toDotnet
DateTime.fromDotnet

// Build scripts with natives
class Build : BuildPod
{
  override Void setup()
  {
    podName     = "inet"
    version     = globalVersion
    description = "IP networking"
    depends     = ["sys 1.0"]
    srcDirs     = [`fan/`, `test/`]
    javaDirs    = [`java/`]
    dotnetDirs  = [`dotnet/`]
 }
}

I think for cases where only one letter should be used (like src/nfan) we should stick with using "N" since that seems to be the universal convetion (NUnit, NAnt, etc.)

Does anyone have a better suggestion, or does that make sense?

I can only say that I like dotnet a lot better than just net.

The only other I can think of is dnet. Thats probably more confusing. Definitely wouldn't choose just net.

dotnet sounds fine to me. I don't like dnet and net is the most confusing.

Ok, this change has been made, and will be in the next build. Pretty much anywhere you saw net, you'll need to use dotnet now - though the only two places that should matter to most people is:

// .NET runtime is now 'dotnet'
fan --Dfan.runtime=dotnet -version

// Build scripts with natives
class Build : BuildPod
{
  override Void setup()
  {
    podName     = "inet"
    version     = globalVersion
    description = "IP networking"
    depends     = ["sys 1.0"]
    srcDirs     = [`fan/`, `test/`]
    javaDirs    = [`java/`]
    dotnetDirs  = [`dotnet/`]
  }
}