Specify location of DLLs for C# Interactive

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
cli, tooling

Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by locating C# Interactive's handling of #r and #help, then compare it with F# Interactive's #I behavior. Done means determining whether an equivalent DLL search-path mechanism exists and, if not, defining and documenting the requested behavior.

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Question

F# Interactive #help shows these options:

#r "file.dll";;        Reference (dynamically load) the given DLL
#I "path";;            Add the given search path for referenced DLLs
#load "file.fs" ...;;  Load the given file(s) as if compiled and referenced
#time ["on"|"off"];;   Toggle timing on/off
#help;;                Display help
#quit;;                Exit

F# Interactive command line options:

See 'fsi --help' for options

C# Interactive #help shows these options:

Keyboard shortcuts:
  Enter         If the current submission appears to be complete, evaluate it.  Otherwise, insert a new line.
  Escape        Clear the current submission.
  UpArrow       Replace the current submission with a previous submission.
  DownArrow     Replace the current submission with a subsequent submission (after having previously navigated backwards).
  Ctrl-C        Exit the REPL.
REPL commands:
  #help         Display help on available commands and key bindings.
Script directives:
  #r            Add a metadata reference to specified assembly and all its dependencies, e.g. #r "myLib.dll".
  #load         Load specified script file and execute it, e.g. #load "myScript.csx".

One of the great features of F# scripts is the #I directive, which tells F# Interactive where to look for referenced DLLs.

Is there an equivalent way to do this in C# scripts?

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