Can you send a link to the assembly that defines the class you are trying to use?
Tomas -----Original Message----- From: ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Tinco Andringa Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 2:27 PM To: ironruby-core Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] Lowercase classname Hey guys.. it's very nice that you all say the same thing, but it doesn't work in IronRuby 1.1.1: >>> Object.const_get "foo" (ir):1:in `const_get': `foo' is not allowed as a constant name (NameError) from (ir):1 If this would've worked then I wouldn't have had to ask the question in the first place :) Kind regards, Tinco Andringa On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Mike Moore <blowm...@gmail.com> wrote: > For some reason Jimmy's reply didn't show up in my inbox until I sent > my reply. Sorry for the duplicate explanation. > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Jimmy Schementi <ji...@schementi.com> > wrote: >> >> Andrew, >> Not sure I follow. IronRuby does support this via DotNetClassName = >> Object.const_get("lower_case_dotnet_class_name"), so you don't need >> to change your code. This is an issue because of Ruby itself; classes >> are required to be Ruby constants, which syntactically can only start >> with an upper-case letter. Since IronRuby is syntactically equivalent >> to Ruby, we will not remove this rule. Instead, we either suggest >> changing your C# code, or if you can't, use const_get. WRT your >> IronPython comment, it doesn't have this issue because the Python >> language doesn't enforce a naming scheme on type names. >> ~Jimmy >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:48 AM, andrew Wilson >> <a.wilso...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> This is only an acceptable solution if the user has the source code >>> and is capable of modifying it. For how I test things with >>> IronRuby, this isn't always possible. Seems odd to me that one of >>> the most flexible language I know of can't read/integrate with >>> another language due to code not following a rigid structure. >>> Doesn't IronPython allow for this? I was fairly sure I could import >>> non-standard .Net convention based code into it. >>> -Andrew >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Shay Friedman >>> <shay.fried...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> > Look here: >>> >>> > > >>> > >http://www.ironshay.com/post/Working-with-NET-Lowercase-Namespace >>> > >s-and-Classes-in-IronRuby.aspx >>> > >>> > <http://www.ironshay.com/post/Working-with-NET-Lowercase-Namespace >>> > s-and-Classes-in-IronRuby.aspx> >>> > Shay. >>> > >>> Excellent solution. I mean, really, all the C# classes should start >>> with an uppercase letter, thats basically a standard, therefore this >>> should be the only solution and I don't see no need to actually hack >>> this otherwise into IronRuby. >>> >>> -- >>> “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four of >>> them sharpening my axe”. >>> >>> -Abraham Lincoln >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ironruby-core mailing list >>> Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ironruby-core mailing list >> Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > > _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core
