Ironruby core - May 2009 - apparently only with extension methods nil != System::Object

I''ve done some more investigation and it appears that it has to do with
Extension methods.

public static bool IsNull(this object value)
{
return value == null;
}

and

public static bool IsNull2(object value)
{
return value == null;
}
>>> System::Web::Mvc::IronRuby::Extensions::ObjectExtensions.is_null
nil
:0: can''t convert NilClass into Object (TypeError)
>>> System::Web::Mvc::IronRuby::Extensions::ObjectExtensions.is_null2
nil
=> true

I''ve commented the issue on codeplex but couldn''t change the
title of the
bug.


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On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at
flanders.co.nz>wrote:
> Hi
> I had specs that used to work but now apparently they don''t
anymore.
> I''d expect that a nil from ruby maps to null in C# but this
doesn''t seem to
> be the case.
>
>
> I''m using the following code
>
>
>         public static bool IsNotNull(this object value)
>         {
>             return value != null;
>         }
>
>         public static bool IsNull(this object value)
>         {
>             return value == null;
>         }
>
> >>> ObjectExtensions.is_null(nil)
> :0: can''t convert NilClass into Object (TypeError)
>
> I''d expect it to return true ;)
>
> ---
> Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero)
>
>
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