# IronRuby

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## [Visibility of methods changed?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visibility-of-methods-changed/162028)

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**Author:** [@barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barby)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/visibility-of-methods-changed/162028 "2009-03-05T00:56:14Z")

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Hi I just upgraded the binaries of IronRuby for IronRuby MVC and suddenly IronRuby doesn’t know how to handle protected methods in an inherited class. when i changed visibility it worked again. The error message was …

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## [Gems and .gemrc](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-and-gemrc/162027)

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**Author:** [@barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barby)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-and-gemrc/162027 "2009-03-05T00:32:13Z")

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It looks like ironruby isn’t happy with a .gemrc file this happens both on windows and mono. +ivan@ivan-mbp:~/src/ironruby (linux)Â» igem list \*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\* +ivan@ivan-mbp:~/src/ironruby (linux)Â» igem instal…

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## [A few things about system and IO.popen - what's the current status?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-few-things-about-system-and-io-popen-whats-the-current-status/161977)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-few-things-about-system-and-io-popen-whats-the-current-status/161977 "2009-03-04T22:17:10Z")

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Hi, sorry if it’s a know fact - I could not find the info easily. I hope this will be useful. On Windows, system() seems to work partially, is it normal ? The following works: system(“echo hello”) hello =\> tr…

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## [A tiny DSL to build Windows::Forms menus from IronRuby - review wanted](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-tiny-dsl-to-build-windows-forms-menus-from-ironruby-review-wanted/161502)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 10:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/a-tiny-dsl-to-build-windows-forms-menus-from-ironruby-review-wanted/161502 "2009-03-04T10:01:17Z")

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Hi, I started working on UI bits, both for Ivan book and because my customers are interested (and well - because it’s fun, too!). First topic is how to build menus more easily (next one will be long running operatio…

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## [Ironruby-dev.zip](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-dev-zip/161951)

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**Author:** [@jsoho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsoho)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-dev-zip/161951 "2009-03-04T05:56:58Z")

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Currently, it’s a little hard to find your way around the github repository. To make our crazy directory structure manageable from the command line, the DLR and Languages teams have a developer bat file which sets up …

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## [Git push](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/git-push/158417)

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**Author:** [@raker\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raker_t)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/git-push/158417 "2009-03-03T23:27:18Z")

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I’ve been doing daily pushes, but I forgot to send the emails. Sorry about that. I’ve just pushed a new Git Revision. Enjoy JD

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## [Issue with accents (UTF-8) - is it supposed to work?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-accents-utf-8-is-it-supposed-to-work/161701)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/issue-with-accents-utf-8-is-it-supposed-to-work/161701 "2009-03-03T21:15:50Z")

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Hi, not sure if it’s an oddity in my code, a bug or non-implemented feature in IronRuby or Mono - so I’m reporting it here. When using accents inside strings (“BarrÃ¨re”) that I pass to either buttons or datagridview…

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## [Returning a Clr type in IronRuby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/returning-a-clr-type-in-ironruby/161900)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_Cowan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Paul_Cowan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/returning-a-clr-type-in-ironruby/161900 "2009-03-03T20:53:11Z")

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Hi, I am trying to return a CLR object from Iron Ruby. I have the following CLR type defined in C# public class BuildMetaData { public string Description { get; set; } } I have the following IronRuby file: $:.uns…

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## [Code Review: Fixes for setting/getting backtraces](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-fixes-for-setting-getting-backtraces/161916)

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**Author:** [@Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shri_B)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-fixes-for-setting-getting-backtraces/161916 "2009-03-03T20:44:46Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:exc;REDMOND\\sborde” Comment : Exception backtracesL: minitest was failing while reporting a test failure because .backtrace was returning null. This was because “raise existingExceptionObje…

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## [\[patch\] welcoming Mono in ir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/patch-welcoming-mono-in-ir/161885)

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**Author:** [@Jb\_Evain](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Jb_Evain)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/patch-welcoming-mono-in-ir/161885 "2009-03-03T12:50:51Z")

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Hey, In the progress of investigating why with the last git revision, ir.exe in repl mode doesn’t print the result of the evaluation, I figured I’d write the most useful patch of the year, to get a cute prompt on Mon…

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## [Magic - a new project for ironruby-contrib](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/magic-a-new-project-for-ironruby-contrib/161814)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/magic-a-new-project-for-ironruby-contrib/161814 "2009-03-02T18:10:01Z")

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Hi, I extracted a gem called Magic from my IronRuby UI experiments. It’s on GitHub here: GitHub - thbar/magic: IronRuby sugar for WPF, Silverlight and Windows Forms. with a decent README (also see the main spec here: …

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## [Getting started in VB?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-in-vb/161396)

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**Author:** [@x-enterprises](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/x-enterprises)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started-in-vb/161396 "2009-03-01T23:47:39Z")

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I’d like to use IronRuby to make some applications extensible, but I’m having some problems getting started: Here’s code I run when you click a button: runtime = ScriptRuntime.CreateFromConfiguration() runtime.Execut…

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## [Code Review: assemblydeps](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-assemblydeps/161632)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-assemblydeps/161632 "2009-02-28T02:57:10Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:assemblydeps;REDMOND\\tomat” Implements loading of assembly dependencies. The approach is similer to IronPython’s one: hooking AssemblyResolve event and searching for assemblies in load paths. I…

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## [Regression ? "Invalid IL code in (wrapper dynamic-method)"](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regression-invalid-il-code-in-wrapper-dynamic-method/161504)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/regression-invalid-il-code-in-wrapper-dynamic-method/161504 "2009-02-27T21:07:44Z")

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Hi again, I’m using Mono 2.4 to run the binaries at http://nightlybuilds.cloudapp.net/rss.ashx?project=dlr(DLR.xxxxx.release.zip) (not sure if it supposed to work, but it did until today). Everything I tried worked…

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## [Code Review: MiscFixes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-miscfixes/161506)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-miscfixes/161506 "2009-02-27T00:15:09Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:MiscFixes;REDMOND\\tomat” Comment : Implements Ruby protected visibility, fixes other bugs in Module (all specs pass now) and assignment in eval. Tomas

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## [Code Review: numeric types](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-numeric-types/161480)

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**Author:** [@Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shri_B)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-numeric-types/161480 "2009-02-26T22:41:45Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:num;REDMOND\\sborde” Comment : Fixnum + Bignum should yield a Bignum, not a Float. This was causing complex/denominator\_spec to fail as Bignum was monkey-patched and not Float. A different ret…

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## [Debugging rubyspecs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-rubyspecs/160668)

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**Author:** [@cephas](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cephas)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugging-rubyspecs/160668 "2009-02-26T10:18:17Z")

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Anybody know how to run rubyspecs under the Visual Studio debugger? If I just set the rubyspec file as the command line argument in the debug properties in VS then it just asks me to install mspec as a gem. Pete

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## [Code Review: netinterop1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-netinterop1/161375)

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**Author:** [@raker\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raker_t)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-netinterop1/161375 "2009-02-26T02:32:56Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:netinterop1;REDMOND\\jdeville” Comment : Adds more netinterop tests related to methods. Adds these tests to snap. Reorganizes the ruby generictest folder Adds the command line tests to snap …

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## [Code Review: netinterop1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-netinterop1/161285)

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**Author:** [@raker\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raker_t)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-netinterop1/161285 "2009-02-25T03:59:48Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:netinterop1;REDMOND\\jdeville” Comment : Adds more netinterop tests related to methods. Adds these tests to snap. Adds tags for netinterop Modifies testsupport.cs (ClrAssembly) to make the Fl…

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## [Code Review: EventsAndSites5](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-eventsandsites5/161284)

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**Author:** [@grujildo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/grujildo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-eventsandsites5/161284 "2009-02-25T02:03:07Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:EventsAndSites5;REDMOND\\tomat” DLR, Python: Refactors Python's RelfectedEvent and moves the language independent part to DLR EventTracker. Fixes CompilerHelpers.GetCallableMet…

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## [Http://ironruby.info/ shows Internal Server Error](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-ironruby-info-shows-internal-server-error/161145)

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**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/http-ironruby-info-shows-internal-server-error/161145 "2009-02-23T22:24:15Z")

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in case the owner is not yet aware of that hth, – Thibaut

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## [Code Review: re](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-re/161140)

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**Author:** [@Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shri_B)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-re/161140 "2009-02-23T22:03:39Z")

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tfpt review “/shelveset:re;REDMOND\\sborde” Comment : Regexp literal support for /o. /foo/ should compare equal with /foo/o, so we ensure that RubyRegexpOptions.Once is passed into the RubyOps runtime helper, but we …

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## [Touble with -i command line option for ir.exe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/touble-with-i-command-line-option-for-ir-exe/161085)

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**Author:** [@rjberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rjberry)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/touble-with-i-command-line-option-for-ir-exe/161085 "2009-02-23T10:15:16Z")

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I’m using IR “NightlyBuilds\\10606” I have trouble using the -i option for command-line. Has this worked at some point? c:\\DATA\\irb\_test\>ir -help Usage: ir.exe \[options\] \[file|- \[arguments\]\] … Options: -i …

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## [IronRuby overloaded method selection?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-overloaded-method-selection/160714)

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**Author:** [@Orion\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Orion_E)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-overloaded-method-selection/160714 "2009-02-22T21:16:12Z")

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I have the following C# code, which I’m trying to translate to IronRuby var host = new ServiceHost(typeof(MyService )); host.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(IWcfContract), new WSHttpBinding(), new Uri(“…”)); This compiles …

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## [Code Review: command\_line](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-command-line/160823)

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**Author:** [@raker\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raker_t)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-command-line/160823 "2009-02-20T18:52:23Z")

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This also sets up the code review script to include tests. tfpt review “/shelveset:command\_line;REDMOND\\jdeville” Comment : Adds specs for common Ruby command line options.

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## [Community chapter](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/community-chapter/160624)

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**Author:** [@barby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/barby)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/community-chapter/160624 "2009-02-19T18:31:45Z")

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Hi I would like to put a “real-world” IronRuby chapter in my book that is created by people from the community. People that are interested in writing a short piece (2-5 pages in word) on how IronRuby made their live …

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## [Hosting: howto get the nice ruby backtrace on exception thrown from ruby?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-howto-get-the-nice-ruby-backtrace-on-exception-thrown-from-ruby/160585)

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**Author:** [@Meinrad\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Meinrad_R)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/hosting-howto-get-the-nice-ruby-backtrace-on-exception-thrown-from-ruby/160585 "2009-02-19T18:11:08Z")

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hello, I am now currently using this ugly hack to get a reasonable (let’s say user friendly) exception backtrace from an error in executed code: public object Execute(string code, ScriptScope scope) { …

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## [Code Review: esupport](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-esupport/160712)

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**Author:** [@raker\_t](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raker_t)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/code-review-esupport/160712 "2009-02-19T03:45:38Z")

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DLR: FYI on formatting change. No response needed. tfpt review “/shelveset:esupport;REDMOND\\jdeville” Comment : Adds -e support to IronRuby using CommonConsoleOptions.Command. Also fixes a formatting error in Consol…

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## [Attributes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attributes/160707)

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**Author:** [@Orion\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Orion_E)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attributes/160707 "2009-02-19T03:32:41Z")

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I’d like to mock up a WCF service using IronRuby. This presents some stumbling blocks however, in that WCF ServiceContracts are defined by creating an Interface and then applying attributes to it. Interface ~= Module…

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## [Added some mug shots to http://www.ironruby.net/About/People](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/added-some-mug-shots-to-http-www-ironruby-net-about-people/160698)

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**Author:** [@Shri\_B](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shri_B)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/added-some-mug-shots-to-http-www-ironruby-net-about-people/160698 "2009-02-18T23:42:34Z")

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I added a few photos to http://www.ironruby.net/About/People (using the en.gravatar.com links from the github profile). There seems to be a bug to add an image. So here is the process if others want to add their own. …

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