Ironruby core - Apr 2008 - module_function

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 list of names of instance methods and make
then also callable as class (or singleton) methods.

It''s easy enough to locate the existing methods using something like:

RubyMethodInfo method = (RubyMethodInfo)module.ResolveMethod(method_name);

(BTW, why doesn''t ResolveMethod return a RubyMethodInfo?)

However, I''m not entirely sure how to programmatically create a new
class method
(in Ruby.NET we had a helper method that would create a singleton for a module
if one didn''t already exist, but I''m not sure what the
equivalent of this is in IronRuby)

Anyway, it seems that invoking:

module.SingletonClass.DefineMethod( ...)

creates a new method in the right place (provided SingletonClass has been
properly initialized).

However, when I try calling such a method as a class method I get a wrong number
of arguments exception, presumably because different parameters are expected
depending on whether it is called as an instance method or as a class method.

Any ideas?

Cheers, Wayne.

I know that a IronRuby expects singleton methods to have a signature of the
form
	SomeReturnType MySingletonMethod(CodeContext context, RubyClass
klass, Other parameters, ...)
And if you don''t create them like this, e.g. forget the context or
klass
parameters you do get this problem.
And instance methods, canonically to have the form
	SomeReturnType MyInstanceMethod(CodeContext context, object self,
Other parameters, ...)
Although instance methods seem to be more resilient to alternatives, such as
not including the context parameter.

I suspect that you will need to create a wrapper method around the method
that you are converting in module_function so that it has the correct
signature.
Pete

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[mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Wayne Kelly
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To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org
Subject: [Ironruby-core] module_function

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 list of names of instance methods and
make then also callable as class (or singleton) methods.

It''s easy enough to locate the existing methods using something like:

RubyMethodInfo method = (RubyMethodInfo)module.ResolveMethod(method_name);

(BTW, why doesn''t ResolveMethod return a RubyMethodInfo?)

However, I''m not entirely sure how to programmatically create a new
class
method
(in Ruby.NET we had a helper method that would create a singleton for a
module if one didn''t already exist, but I''m not sure what the
equivalent of
this is in IronRuby)

Anyway, it seems that invoking:

module.SingletonClass.DefineMethod( ...)

creates a new method in the right place (provided SingletonClass has been
properly initialized).

However, when I try calling such a method as a class method I get a wrong
number of arguments exception, presumably because different parameters are
expected depending on whether it is called as an instance method or as a
class method.

Any ideas?

Cheers, Wayne.
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