Ironruby core - Dec 2007 - Implementing socket

Hello list,

I''ve been playing around with the IronRuby source for a couple of days
trying to figure out how to start an implementation of socket. Unfortunately
I''ve run into some roadblocks, and I''d appreciate any advice
you guys can
give:

1)  Where should my source file(s) live? Initially I created a file
Socket.cs in IronRuby.Libraries/BuiltIns, but then I noticed that all the
other files in that folder map directly to the "Built-in Classes and
Methods" chapter of the pickaxe book, whereas socket sits in the next
chapter - "Standard Library". So I had a look in the
IronRuby.Libraries/Extensions
folder, and decided to move the file in there, but I''m still not 100%
sure
that''s correct. Should there perhaps be a third folder here called
"StandardLibrary" or something?
2) How do I get the ruby line "require ''socket''" to
work? I tried adding a
module called "socket" (a static class Socket with attribute
[RubyModule("socket")] and regenerating Initializer.Generated.cs, but
when I
try and do "require ''socket''" from the interactive
console, I get a
Ruby.Runtime.LoadError: "Could not load file or assembly
''socket''". This
leads me to believe that perhaps socket should be a separate dll, but I
think that must be wrong because you''d end up having a different dll
for
every module in the standard library?
3) Is "module" the correct ruby term for what the socket library is?
(I.e is
socket a ruby "module"?)



Thanks for your time


Terence
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Terence Lewis:
> I''ve been playing around with the IronRuby source for a couple of
days
> trying to figure out how to start an implementation of socket.
Excellent!
> Unfortunately I''ve run into some roadblocks, and I''d
appreciate any
> advice you guys can give:
>
> 1)  Where should my source file(s) live?
> 2) How do I get the ruby line "require
''socket''" to work?
For the time being, please just make it a Built-In since we don''t have
require ''zzz'' where zzz is a module inside of
IronRuby.Libraries working.
> 3) Is "module" the correct ruby term for what the socket library
is?
> (I.e is socket a ruby "module"?)
Sure, works for me :)

Thanks,
-John