Error on Names documentation page

Ruby IronRuby
1

Hi,

On the Names page in IronRuby.net:
http://www.ironruby.net/Documentation/.NET/Names I think there is a
mistake.

Bullet #4 says you must implement virtual methods with their rubyesque
name. I tried using the CLR name and it seems to work great as well.

FYI,
Shay.

Shay F.
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2

However, it is right when overriding CLR static methods.

Shay.

Shay F.
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3

Can you give an example? I’m not sure what do you mean by “overriding”
static methods.

Tomas

4

Sure.

C#:
public class Something
{
public static Create()
{
Console.WriteLine(“Creating Something”);
return new Something();
}

public Something()
{
}
}

IR:
class SomeSomething < Something
def self.create
puts “Creating SomeSomething!”
super
end
end

SomeSomething.create

prints "Creating SomeSomething!

Creating Something"

If the IR method was named self.Create (with a capital C), the next will
happen:
SomeSomething.create

prints “Creating Something”

Thanks,
Shay.

Shay F.
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5

I see what you mean. I wouldn’t call this “overriding” because these two
methods are completely unrelated. So it’s like you defined two Ruby
methods Create and create.
On the other hand, when a virtual method is overridden the override is
bound to the virtual one.

Tomas