Latest .NET Core 5.0's System.Half not exists in LINQPad6?
The following document described very latest type System.Half in .NET Core
https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/pull/37630
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-5/
When install the latest .NET Core version(currently 5.0.100-preview.8.20363.2)
https://github.com/dotnet/installer/blob/master/README.md#installers-and-binaries
LINQPad 6 can startup successfully and identified it's running on .NET Core 5.0 preview 8, and it's ILSpy reported there is System.Half object exists in the System.Private.CoreLib(5.0.0.0) assembly:
But looks like currently it's not usable in LINQPad6.9.15:
Comments
LINQPad is relying on the Microsoft.NETCore.app.ref package for netcore5 reference assemblies, which has been released only up to preview6. I'll get a fix out soon that will also probe the SDK, as it does with netcore3.