Will the dynamic keyword in C#4 support extension methods?

Question

I'm listening to a talk about C#4's dynamic keyword and I'm wondering... Will this feature be orthogonal to other .NET features, for example will it support extension methods?

public static class StrExtension {
    public static string twice(this string str) { return str + str; }
}
...
dynamic x = "Yo";
x.twice(); // will this work?

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Note: This question was asked before C#4 was shipped which is why it's phrased in the future tense.

Answer 1

From the "New Features in C# 4" word doc:

Dynamic lookup will not be able to find extension methods. Whether extension methods apply or not depends on the static context of the call (i.e. which using clauses occur), and this context information is not currently kept as part of the payload.

Answer 2

This works which I find interesting at least...

public static class StrExtension
{
   public static string twice(this string str) { return str + str; }
}

...
dynamic x = "Yo";
StrExtension.twice(x);

Still, if the compiler can find the correct extension method at compile time then I don't see why it can't package up a set of extension methods to be looked up at runtime? It would be like a v-table for non-member methods.

EDIT:

This is cool... http://www2.research.att.com/~bs/multimethods.pdf

Answer 3

It can't work, Extension methods work depending on having the namespace included in the file and, as far as I know, MSIL has no idea about files and including namespaces.

Answer 4

You can create an extension method for object and assign it to a dynamic:

public static void MyExt(this object o) {
    dynamic d = o;
    d.myProp = "foo";
}

and call it like this:

ClassWithMyProp x;
x.MyExt();