nano Portable Executable (nPE) file format

[nfbot]

From nf-interpreter created by cw2 : nanoframework/nf-interpreter#40

Based on NETMF's PE, but without its obsolete/unused features. Planned modifications:

• Follows ECMA-335 specification for metadata tables,
  • Extending metadata tables is needed to support generics
• No padding information, always aligned to 32-bit boundary (even on the disk),
• No endianness information - handled on the PC side (?)

https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/tree/master/src/System.Reflection.Metadata/src/System/Reflection/Metadata/Ecma335

• Does Roslyn provide extensibility point for a custom assembly emitter?
  • If yes, implement Roslyn extension to produce nPE files
  • If not, implement managed tool to transform .NET dll into nPE (with MSBuild task wrapper?)
• Update assembly loader C++ structures and functionality
• Unit tests

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