# IronRuby **URL:** https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/ironruby/27.md?page=60 [Latest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://www.ruby-forum.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://www.ruby-forum.com/tags.md) **Page:** 61 --- ## [Seo's patch for building on mono](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seos-patch-for-building-on-mono/135777)
**Author:** [@John\_LSSIRONRUBY](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSIRONRUBY)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/seos-patch-for-building-on-mono/135777 "2008-04-25T07:49:52Z")
FYI I’m accepting part of the patch only. This won’t be accepted - if folks want this to compile under Mono, please submit a patch that fixes this correctly (new defines etc). Index: src/microsoft.scripting.core/shell… --- ## [Manipulating Silverlight controls dynamically from IronRuby - is it currently possible?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/manipulating-silverlight-controls-dynamically-from-ironruby-is-it-currently-possible/134161)
**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/manipulating-silverlight-controls-dynamically-from-ironruby-is-it-currently-possible/134161 "2008-04-25T05:34:34Z")
Hi, Is it currently possible to add children to an existing Silverlight control from the ruby code side ? (like in the IronPython version seen on http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ironpython/webide/webide.html - great stuf… --- ## [Re: Running activerecord](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-running-activerecord/135803)
**Author:** [@Brian\_Blackwell](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Brian_Blackwell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-running-activerecord/135803 "2008-04-25T03:25:42Z")
On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:56:32 -0700, “John L. (IRONRUBY)” removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid said: Thanks for doing this work, Brian! This will give me a bunch of things to look at around the core libs this weekend. … --- ## [New Towards Rails WIKI page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-towards-rails-wiki-page/135735)
**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-towards-rails-wiki-page/135735 "2008-04-24T18:14:03Z")
I’ve created a new WIKI page at http://ironruby.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl?TowardsRails to summarize the current progress towards executing Gems and Rails. It contains a priority list of unresolved bugs, unimplemented… --- ## [Module::class\_eval](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/module-class-eval/135602)
**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/module-class-eval/135602 "2008-04-23T15:23:28Z")
What’s the story with ModuleOps.Evaluate(CodeContext, RubyModule, MutableString) ? I could get the previous version to work by uncommenting the code at the bottom to call scriptCode.Run but in the new version, the si… --- ## [Can't build after updating r94](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-build-after-updating-r94/135560)
**Author:** [@headius](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/headius)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-build-after-updating-r94/135560 "2008-04-23T12:25:28Z")
I know absolutely nothing about the build process, mono, or how this stuff is wired together, but I can’t get it to build today. ~/NetBeansProjects/ironruby âž” rake --trace compile mono=1 (in /Users/headius/NetBeansP… --- ## ["Native" Zlib Implementation Patch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/native-zlib-implementation-patch/135505)
**Author:** [@dreamwave](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dreamwave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/native-zlib-implementation-patch/135505 "2008-04-23T05:25:53Z")
A patch implementing Zlib decompression (with GZip decompression support) as a built in library has been submitted to RubyForge: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=19711&group\_id=4359&atid=16800 . … --- ## [IronRuby patch # 19175 - compiling under Mono](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-patch-19175-compiling-under-mono/135545)
**Author:** [@John\_LSSIRONRUBY](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSIRONRUBY)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-patch-19175-compiling-under-mono/135545 "2008-04-23T01:11:19Z")
Has this been fixed in Mono? I’m reluctant to make changes in our sources regarding this issue unless there is no workaround in Mono. Thanks, -John --- ## [IronRuby concurrency](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-concurrency/135518)
**Author:** [@mental](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mental)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-concurrency/135518 "2008-04-22T20:14:12Z")
So, I was wondering what the IronRuby concurrency story was like at this point… are there any articles or other public resources on this topic? Thanks, -mental --- ## [Protocols and implicit conversions](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/protocols-and-implicit-conversions/135473)
**Author:** [@John\_LSSIRONRUBY](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSIRONRUBY)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/protocols-and-implicit-conversions/135473 "2008-04-22T17:43:06Z")
I wanted to call out a fairly simple pattern that shows up in our libraries that folks largely haven’t caught onto in the patches that they’ve been submitting: Wayne recently submitted a patch for exist? and exists? w… --- ## [SVN r94: Getting Ruby String to Rails spec pass rate of 89%](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-r94-getting-ruby-string-to-rails-spec-pass-rate-of-89/135468)
**Author:** [@John\_LSSIRONRUBY](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSIRONRUBY)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-r94-getting-ruby-string-to-rails-spec-pass-rate-of-89/135468 "2008-04-22T14:44:43Z")
Summary: Changes in String to get us closer to running Rails. We are now passing Rails specs at a 375/421 (89%) rate. String specs overall are passing at a 572/744 (76%) rate. Most of the specs that are failing are re… --- ## [Module\_function](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/module-function/135415)
**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 9:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/module-function/135415 "2008-04-22T09:39:05Z")
Is anyone currently working on or have any ideas regarding the implementation of Module::module\_function? (this is where I’m currently stuck in trying to execute setup.rb for gems) module\_function is meant to take a … --- ## [Gem setup.rb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-setup-rb/135445)
**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gem-setup-rb/135445 "2008-04-22T09:22:32Z")
Still working towards executing setup.rb for gems … After sidestepping the lack of a module\_function implementation and implementing a few dummy modules such as etc.so … Undefined method ‘extend’ (missing from Kerne… --- ## [Nice Inspiration for IronRuby, online Codes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nice-inspiration-for-ironruby-online-codes/135204)
**Author:** [@rahil](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rahil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nice-inspiration-for-ironruby-online-codes/135204 "2008-04-20T19:42:39Z")
Hello, Here is a nice inspiration to put " IronRuby and IronPython Codes online. Have a look here to work with plethora of languages. http://codepad.org Just go to codepad.org and enter your code in any of the follo… --- ## [Re: Running activerecord](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-running-activerecord/135198)
**Author:** [@John\_LSSIRONRUBY](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSIRONRUBY)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-running-activerecord/135198 "2008-04-19T02:37:32Z")
Sorry about the delay. It’s in the queue. Once i get my shelveset past the checkin troll i’ll be going through the backlog of patches. John Sent from my phone From: Jayme removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Sent:… --- ## [Exception handling discrepancies](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exception-handling-discrepancies/135030)
**Author:** [@rjberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rjberry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2008, 9:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exception-handling-discrepancies/135030 "2008-04-18T09:31:03Z")
Consider following simple program exceptions.rb: begin a = ABC rescue puts "We have exception: " + $! end cruby can treat the exception as string, but rbx fails: \[11:24:38 ~/irb\_test\] ruby exceptions.rb We have e… --- ## [RBX Question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rbx-question/134875)
**Author:** [@ksunair](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ksunair)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2008, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rbx-question/134875 "2008-04-15T23:08:55Z")
I see only difference is the there is no local variable concept when run in interpreter mode. Is this correct? Thanks. Unni What is the difference in running ruby code in interpreter mode on rbxand running rbx with… --- ## [Discrepancy in operation of File.exist](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/discrepancy-in-operation-of-file-exist/134805)
**Author:** [@rjberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rjberry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2008, 10:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/discrepancy-in-operation-of-file-exist/134805 "2008-04-15T10:16:18Z")
Consider simple file.rb: puts File.exist?("C:/work/napa.net/gui/bin/script") There exists directory C:/work/napa.net/gui/bin/script With C-ruby: \[11:11:29 ~/irb\_test\] ruby file.rb true With IronRuby: \[11:11:35 ~/i… --- ## [Discrepancy in operation of File.exist?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/discrepancy-in-operation-of-file-exist/134803)
**Author:** [@rjberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rjberry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/discrepancy-in-operation-of-file-exist/134803 "2008-04-15T10:15:07Z")
Consider simple file.rb: puts File.exist?("C:/work/napa.net/gui/bin/script") There exists directory C:/work/napa.net/gui/bin/script --- ## [Socket patch](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/socket-patch/134678)
**Author:** [@editkid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/editkid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/socket-patch/134678 "2008-04-13T22:28:30Z")
I have uploaded a patch to the rubyforge project site. You can see it at: http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=19494&group\_id=4359&a tid=16800 Here is the blurb if you don’t have time to check it o… --- ## [Cannot debug IronRuby + Silverlight - any hint?](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-debug-ironruby-silverlight-any-hint/134345)
**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-debug-ironruby-silverlight-any-hint/134345 "2008-04-13T03:59:14Z")
Hi, I followed the debugging guidelines provided at the bottom of http://silverlight.net/Quickstarts/ProgramDlr.aspx but could not get them to work so far. My breakpoints in VisualStudio 2008 keep their label “This … --- ## [Update on specs and String](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-on-specs-and-string/134575)
**Author:** [@John\_LSSIRONRUBY](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSIRONRUBY)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2008, 8:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/update-on-specs-and-string/134575 "2008-04-12T08:24:41Z")
I’ve spent the better part of this week working on String with the targeted goal of implementing the subset of String that’s required to run Rails. Below is a list of the methods that we see Rails using, and the specs… --- ## [Gems setup.rb continued](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-setup-rb-continued/134371)
**Author:** [@Wayne\_K](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Wayne_K)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gems-setup-rb-continued/134371 "2008-04-11T16:56:57Z")
After a hack to work around the previous regular expression substitution problem, we continue … throw exception “Malformed version number” (due to $1 returning nil after a successful match) fixed my previous Rege… --- ## [SVN r93 is up](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-r93-is-up/134213)
**Author:** [@John\_LSSIRONRUBY](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/John_LSSIRONRUBY)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/svn-r93-is-up/134213 "2008-04-11T16:43:56Z")
We now pass 1541/2468 specs (62%). A bunch of String specs were re-enabled since we no longer crash when parsing them. Work is still ongoing to start running the trunk rubinius specs, but we need some more features in… --- ## [Perspectives for unit and ui testing for Dynamic Silverlight](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/perspectives-for-unit-and-ui-testing-for-dynamic-silverlight/134375)
**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/perspectives-for-unit-and-ui-testing-for-dynamic-silverlight/134375 "2008-04-11T16:28:37Z")
Hi, I just watched Jeff Wilcox videos about the Silverlight testing framework (http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2008/03/20/vid-silverlight-control-ut/) and questions come to my mind. Is this framework planned to be the “… --- ## [AG\_E\_PARSER\_BAD\_TYPE when using Grid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ag-e-parser-bad-type-when-using-grid/134346)
**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ag-e-parser-bad-type-when-using-grid/134346 "2008-04-10T04:18:35Z")
Hi again, I get a XamlException with error AG\_E\_PARSER\_BAD\_TYPE whenever I use a Grid control inside the Xaml (even with an Expression Blend generated Xaml file). Is the Grid control currently supported when working… --- ## [IronRuby r93 on Mono](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-r93-on-mono/134315)
**Author:** [@Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sanghyeon_S)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-r93-on-mono/134315 "2008-04-09T20:27:47Z")
I updated HOWTO and patches. http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/download/IronRuby/ To quote: “Previously, you had to build Mono from SVN. Instruction is still provided below in case it is needed again. But you can u… --- ## [R93 update](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r93-update/134286)
**Author:** [@akinsgre](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/akinsgre)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/r93-update/134286 "2008-04-09T20:23:03Z")
I had written a small “hello world” app that read a ruby file, using IronRuby. It used this “puts "Ruby and ${variable} together at last"” where “variable” is a global assigned in the C# program. The program I’d writ… --- ## [System.Action name collision](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/system-action-name-collision/134305)
**Author:** [@Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sanghyeon_S)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/system-action-name-collision/134305 "2008-04-09T19:11:49Z")
Cross-posting to mono-dev and ironruby-core. System.Action delegate types (and its generic versions) were newly introduced in .NET 3.5, and they live inside System.Core.dll. Dynamic Language Runtime wants to run on .N… --- ## [IronRuby with Silverlight question](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-with-silverlight-question/134171)
**Author:** [@thbar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thbar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-with-silverlight-question/134171 "2008-04-08T16:52:28Z")
Hi I’m not sure ironruby-core is the right place for such a question, although I don’t know about any other forum. Is it adequate to post this here ? My question is : I’m wondering if the following code can be simpli… [Previous page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/ironruby/27.md?page=59) [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/c/ruby/ironruby/27.md?page=61)