I've run into a problem when using Marshal.load in Silverlight - the
following exception is thrown:

NotSupportedException: Class IronRuby.Builtins.RubyObject does not have a
valid deserializing constructor


I tracked the code down to RubyUtils.CreateObject(RubyClass/*!*/ theclass,
IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>>/*!*/ attributes).  I see that
CreateObject will always throw in Silverlight when the type is assignable
from ISerializable:

//------------------------------
        public static object/*!*/ CreateObject(RubyClass/*!*/ theclass,
IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>>/*!*/ attributes) {
            Assert.NotNull(theclass, attributes);

            Type baseType = theclass.GetUnderlyingSystemType();
            object obj;
            if (typeof(ISerializable).IsAssignableFrom(baseType)) {
#if !SILVERLIGHT // serialization
                BindingFlags bindingFlags = BindingFlags.NonPublic |
BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Instance;
                ConstructorInfo ci = baseType.GetConstructor(bindingFlags,
null, _serializableTypeSignature, null);
                if (ci == null) {
#endif
                string message = String.Format("Class {0} does not have a
valid deserializing constructor", baseType.FullName);
                    throw new NotSupportedException(message);
#if !SILVERLIGHT // serialization
                }
                SerializationInfo info = new SerializationInfo(baseType, new
FormatterConverter());
                info.AddValue(SerializationInfoClassKey, theclass);
                foreach (var pair in attributes) {
                    info.AddValue(pair.Key, pair.Value);
                }
                obj = ci.Invoke(new object[2] { info, new
StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates.Other, theclass) });
#endif
            } else {
                obj = CreateObject(theclass);
                foreach (var pair in attributes) {
                    theclass.Context.SetInstanceVariable(obj, pair.Key,
pair.Value);
                }
            }
            return obj;
        }
//------------------------------


Is this a bug, perhaps? I'd love to step through the code and find for
myself, but I can't seem to build IronRuby using the Silverlight3 and
Silverlight4 build configurations (I get a ton of errors - any help getting
it to build would rock!).

-Charles
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