Hi I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects and in which cases ruby things apply? But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR implementation public class MyClassWithAStatic{ public string HelloWorld(){ return "Hello World!"; } public static string GoodByeWorld(){ return "Goodbye world!"; } } public class StaticCaller{ public string CallsStatic(){ return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); } } console session: (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> include ClrModels=> Object>>> MyClassWithAStatic=> ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> "From Ruby we say goodbye to you">>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was actually created + C:\dev\caricature (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> ClrModels::StaticCaller.new.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Don Marquis <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/don_marquis.html> - "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ironruby-core/attachments/20090513/11663b36/attachment.html>
I know these sound like pretty basic questions.. but I''m playing devil''s advocate here (maybe rubyist advocate is better suited) and I imagine I will need a good chunk in a chapter somewhere to explain this stuff really clearly. --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz>wrote:> Hi > I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. > > I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you > can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me > a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects > and in which cases ruby things apply? > > But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR > implementation > > public class MyClassWithAStatic{ > > public string HelloWorld(){ > return "Hello World!"; > } > > public static string GoodByeWorld(){ > return "Goodbye world!"; > } > } > > public class StaticCaller{ > > public string CallsStatic(){ > return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); > } > } > > console session: > (master) ? ir > IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > >>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll'' > => true > >>> include ClrModels > => Object > >>> MyClassWithAStatic > => ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic > >>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world > => ''Goodbye world!'' > >>> sc = StaticCaller.new > => ClrModels.StaticCaller > >>> sc.calls_static > => ''Goodbye world!'' > >>> class MyClassWithAStatic > ... def self.good_bye_world > ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > ... end > ... end > => nil > >>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world > => "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > >>> sc = StaticCaller.new > => ClrModels.StaticCaller > >>> sc.calls_static > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was > actually created > > + C:\dev\caricature > (master) ? ir > IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > >>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll'' > => true > >>> class MyClassWithAStatic > ... def self.good_bye_world > ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > ... end > ... end > => nil > >>> ClrModels::StaticCaller.new.calls_static > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > --- > Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations > Ivan Porto Carrero > Blog: http://flanders.co.nz > Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim > Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) > > Don Marquis <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/don_marquis.html> - "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ironruby-core/attachments/20090513/4e851e47/attachment.html>
It?s pretty simple: your can define a Ruby method on any class/interface. The method will only be visible from Ruby unless the class is a Ruby dynamic object (implements IDynamicObjectProvider using Ruby binders). For such dynamic objects Ruby methods will be available when invoked from dynamic expression in C# 4.0. The methods are also invokable via ObjectOperations class in Hosting API. Tomas From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Porto Carrero Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:20 AM To: ironruby-core Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions I know these sound like pretty basic questions.. but I''m playing devil''s advocate here (maybe rubyist advocate is better suited) and I imagine I will need a good chunk in a chapter somewhere to explain this stuff really clearly. --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz<mailto:ivan at flanders.co.nz>> wrote: Hi I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects and in which cases ruby things apply? But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR implementation public class MyClassWithAStatic{ public string HelloWorld(){ return "Hello World!"; } public static string GoodByeWorld(){ return "Goodbye world!"; } } public class StaticCaller{ public string CallsStatic(){ return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); } } console session: (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> include ClrModels=> Object>>> MyClassWithAStatic=> ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> "From Ruby we say goodbye to you">>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was actually created + C:\dev\caricature (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> ClrModels::StaticCaller.new.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Don Marquis<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/don_marquis.html> - "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ironruby-core/attachments/20090513/209d850e/attachment.html>
I want to re-emphasize and expand a bit on what Tomas said: monkey-patching .NET will only be visible from Ruby. You could look at this as a feature of IronRuby as it will never break .NET code. In reality, it?s a limitation of the CLR which does not allow modification of types once they are created. Ivan, this is exactly why a special mocking framework needs to be built for IronRuby =) To make this a bit more concrete, here?s a simple example: class Foo { public int Bar() { return 42; } public void SayBar() { System.Console.WriteLine(Bar()); } } The SayBar() method is compiled to call the method Bar(). When this Ruby code is executed: class Foo def Bar ?Monkey patched!? end end The .NET ?Foo? class is not changed, but a new type is created and the Ruby method resolution knows to check this Ruby class first, then the ?Foo? .NET type (I?m drastically overly-simplifying the way method lookup works, but for this example it?ll do =P). So when Bar() is called from Ruby it will give you the Ruby method:>>> Foo.new.Bar=> ?Monkey Patched!? But the SayBar() method will always call the static version of Bar(), because monkey-patching has no effect on the .NET view of the world.>>> Foo.new.SayBar42 => nil The only way to truly modify the ?.NET-view? from Ruby is via System.Reflection. Today C# code can only call into DLR code by using the DLR Hosting API, though as Tomas mentioned that is improving in C#4. I?ll add this to the wiki, as I?m beginning to build up our .NET integration documentation ? keep asking questions like this to make my life easier =) ~Jimmy From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Tomas Matousek Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:37 AM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions It?s pretty simple: your can define a Ruby method on any class/interface. The method will only be visible from Ruby unless the class is a Ruby dynamic object (implements IDynamicObjectProvider using Ruby binders). For such dynamic objects Ruby methods will be available when invoked from dynamic expression in C# 4.0. The methods are also invokable via ObjectOperations class in Hosting API. Tomas From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Porto Carrero Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:20 AM To: ironruby-core Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions I know these sound like pretty basic questions.. but I''m playing devil''s advocate here (maybe rubyist advocate is better suited) and I imagine I will need a good chunk in a chapter somewhere to explain this stuff really clearly. --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz<mailto:ivan at flanders.co.nz>> wrote: Hi I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects and in which cases ruby things apply? But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR implementation public class MyClassWithAStatic{ public string HelloWorld(){ return "Hello World!"; } public static string GoodByeWorld(){ return "Goodbye world!"; } } public class StaticCaller{ public string CallsStatic(){ return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); } } console session: (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> include ClrModels=> Object>>> MyClassWithAStatic=> ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> "From Ruby we say goodbye to you">>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was actually created + C:\dev\caricature (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> ClrModels::StaticCaller.new.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Don Marquis<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/don_marquis.html> - "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ironruby-core/attachments/20090513/a6676e29/attachment.html>
For the devil?s advocate position Ivan was arguing for, you could argue that IronRuby should only allow *adding* new members to CLR types, not to edit or delete existing CLR members. The added members would be visible only from Ruby. From C#, you will get compiler errors anyway if you try to call these added members (unless you use ?dynamic? in C# 4.0), and so having two different views of the CLR type is OK here since there is no scope for confusion. This would be somewhat similar to the way C# extension methods work ? the real methods of the type get precedence, and extension methods (comparable to monkey-patched Ruby methods) get lower precedence during overload resolution. Building a special mocking framework for IronRuby does not change the basic fact that CLR types are unmodifiable. A special framework will work only if the app is all IronRuby code, but it will break when C# is thrown in the mix. The current plan is to allow monkey-patching of CLR members on CLR types. It does give power but has some unpredictability as well. Feedback and real-world experience is welcome about whether this is the right thing or not. From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Jimmy Schementi Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:03 AM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions I want to re-emphasize and expand a bit on what Tomas said: monkey-patching .NET will only be visible from Ruby. You could look at this as a feature of IronRuby as it will never break .NET code. In reality, it?s a limitation of the CLR which does not allow modification of types once they are created. Ivan, this is exactly why a special mocking framework needs to be built for IronRuby =) To make this a bit more concrete, here?s a simple example: class Foo { public int Bar() { return 42; } public void SayBar() { System.Console.WriteLine(Bar()); } } The SayBar() method is compiled to call the method Bar(). When this Ruby code is executed: class Foo def Bar ?Monkey patched!? end end The .NET ?Foo? class is not changed, but a new type is created and the Ruby method resolution knows to check this Ruby class first, then the ?Foo? .NET type (I?m drastically overly-simplifying the way method lookup works, but for this example it?ll do =P). So when Bar() is called from Ruby it will give you the Ruby method:>>> Foo.new.Bar=> ?Monkey Patched!? But the SayBar() method will always call the static version of Bar(), because monkey-patching has no effect on the .NET view of the world.>>> Foo.new.SayBar42 => nil The only way to truly modify the ?.NET-view? from Ruby is via System.Reflection. Today C# code can only call into DLR code by using the DLR Hosting API, though as Tomas mentioned that is improving in C#4. I?ll add this to the wiki, as I?m beginning to build up our .NET integration documentation ? keep asking questions like this to make my life easier =) ~Jimmy From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Tomas Matousek Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:37 AM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions It?s pretty simple: your can define a Ruby method on any class/interface. The method will only be visible from Ruby unless the class is a Ruby dynamic object (implements IDynamicObjectProvider using Ruby binders). For such dynamic objects Ruby methods will be available when invoked from dynamic expression in C# 4.0. The methods are also invokable via ObjectOperations class in Hosting API. Tomas From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Porto Carrero Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:20 AM To: ironruby-core Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions I know these sound like pretty basic questions.. but I''m playing devil''s advocate here (maybe rubyist advocate is better suited) and I imagine I will need a good chunk in a chapter somewhere to explain this stuff really clearly. --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz<mailto:ivan at flanders.co.nz>> wrote: Hi I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects and in which cases ruby things apply? But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR implementation public class MyClassWithAStatic{ public string HelloWorld(){ return "Hello World!"; } public static string GoodByeWorld(){ return "Goodbye world!"; } } public class StaticCaller{ public string CallsStatic(){ return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); } } console session: (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> include ClrModels=> Object>>> MyClassWithAStatic=> ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> "From Ruby we say goodbye to you">>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was actually created + C:\dev\caricature (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> ClrModels::StaticCaller.new.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Don Marquis<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/don_marquis.html> - "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ironruby-core/attachments/20090513/d61f2a14/attachment.html>
o right.. so implementing that interface on any CLR type would be enough to make it play nice? --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Jay Leno <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jay_leno.html> - "Don''t forget Mother''s Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad''s Third Wife Day." On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Curt Hagenlocher <curth at microsoft.com>wrote:> You only get the dynamic behavior from C# if the actual underlying type > implements IDynamicMetaObjectProvider. In this case, Bar() returns an object > of type ?System.Int32? ? which does not implement that interface. > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Stefan Dobrev > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:57 PM > > *To:* ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > I suppose we will get the dynamic behavior if the Foo changes like this: > > class Foo { > > public *dynamic *Bar() { > > return 42; > > } > > public void SayBar() { > > System.Console.WriteLine(Bar()); > > } > > } > > Right? > > 2009/5/13 Jimmy Schementi <Jimmy.Schementi at microsoft.com> > > I want to re-emphasize and expand a bit on what Tomas said: *monkey-patching > .NET will only be visible from Ruby*. You could look at this as a *feature > *of IronRuby as it will never break .NET code. In reality, it?s a > limitation of the CLR which does not allow modification of types once they > are created. > > > > Ivan, this is exactly why a special mocking framework needs to be built for > IronRuby =) > > > > To make this a bit more concrete, here?s a simple example: > > > > class Foo { > > public int Bar() { > > return 42; > > } > > public void SayBar() { > > System.Console.WriteLine(Bar()); > > } > > } > > > > The SayBar() method is compiled to call the method Bar(). When this Ruby > code is executed: > > > > class Foo > > def Bar > > ?Monkey patched!? > > end > > end > > > > The .NET ?Foo? class is not changed, but a new type is created and the Ruby > method resolution knows to check this Ruby class first, then the ?Foo? .NET > type (I?m drastically overly-simplifying the way method lookup works, but > for this example it?ll do =P). So when Bar() is called from Ruby it will > give you the Ruby method: > > > > >>> Foo.new.Bar > > => ?Monkey Patched!? > > > > But the SayBar() method will always call the static version of Bar(), > because monkey-patching has no effect on the .NET view of the world. > > > > >>> Foo.new.SayBar > > 42 > > => nil > > > > The only way to truly modify the ?.NET-view? from Ruby is via > System.Reflection. Today C# code can only call into DLR code by using the > DLR Hosting API, though as Tomas mentioned that is improving in C#4. > > > > I?ll add this to the wiki, as I?m beginning to build up our .NET > integration documentation ? keep asking questions like this to make my life > easier =) > > > > ~Jimmy > > > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Tomas Matousek > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:37 AM > *To:* ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > > > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > It?s pretty simple: your can define a Ruby method on any class/interface. > The method will only be visible from Ruby unless the class is a Ruby dynamic > object (implements IDynamicObjectProvider using Ruby binders). For such > dynamic objects Ruby methods will be available when invoked from dynamic > expression in C# 4.0. The methods are also invokable via ObjectOperations > class in Hosting API. > > > > Tomas > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Ivan Porto Carrero > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:20 AM > *To:* ironruby-core > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > I know these sound like pretty basic questions.. but I''m playing devil''s > advocate here (maybe rubyist advocate is better suited) and I imagine I will > need a good chunk in a chapter somewhere to explain this stuff really > clearly. > > > > > --- > Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations > Ivan Porto Carrero > > Blog: http://flanders.co.nz > Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim > Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz> > wrote: > > Hi > > > > I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. > > > > I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you > can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me > a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects > and in which cases ruby things apply? > > > > But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR > implementation > > > > public class MyClassWithAStatic{ > > > > public string HelloWorld(){ > > return "Hello World!"; > > } > > > > public static string GoodByeWorld(){ > > return "Goodbye world!"; > > } > > } > > > > public class StaticCaller{ > > > > public string CallsStatic(){ > > return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); > > } > > } > > > console session: > > (master) ? ir > > IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 > > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > >>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll'' > > => true > > >>> include ClrModels > > => Object > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic > > => ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > >>> sc = StaticCaller.new > > => ClrModels.StaticCaller > > >>> sc.calls_static > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > >>> class MyClassWithAStatic > > ... def self.good_bye_world > > ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > > ... end > > ... end > > => nil > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world > > => "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > > >>> sc = StaticCaller.new > > => ClrModels.StaticCaller > > >>> sc.calls_static > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > > > New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was > actually created > > > > + C:\dev\caricature > > (master) ? ir > > IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 > > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > >>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll'' > > => true > > >>> class MyClassWithAStatic > > ... def self.good_bye_world > > ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > > ... end > > ... end > > => nil > > >>> ClrModels::StaticCaller.new.calls_static > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > > > --- > Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations > Ivan Porto Carrero > Blog: http://flanders.co.nz > Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim > Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) > > Don Marquis <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/don_marquis.html> - "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Well actually at this point I have progressed in searching for a way to cheat.But I didn''t find a way yet that will work with signed 3rd party signed assemblies like say sharepoint. I can use Mono.Cecil to change some of the types to include AOP hooks so I can inject ruby in them and get the expected result by just not calling the real method body. That should work for everything that isn''t signed. if the signed assemblies aren''t being referenced by anything else than your source code then that will still work by recompiling the source code against the new assemblies. I think that should get me pretty far in what I''m trying to achieve with the mocker. I need to be able to intercept the method call, execute ruby and decide whether or not to call the previous method. Then I''m only stuck on how to get around 3rd party signed assemblies with keys that I don''t have access to. In my case the expected result is when I''m working from ruby things should behave like ruby. So if I monkey patch some method it should just replace the thing also when C# calls it :) --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Vince Lombardi<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/v/vince_lombardi.html> - "We didn''t lose the game; we just ran out of time." On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Shri Borde <Shri.Borde at microsoft.com>wrote:> For the devil?s advocate position Ivan was arguing for, you could argue > that IronRuby should only allow **adding** new members to CLR types, not > to edit or delete existing CLR members. The added members would be visible > only from Ruby. From C#, you will get compiler errors anyway if you try to > call these added members (unless you use ?dynamic? in C# 4.0), and so having > two different views of the CLR type is OK here since there is no scope for > confusion. > > > > This would be somewhat similar to the way C# extension methods work ? the > real methods of the type get precedence, and extension methods (comparable > to monkey-patched Ruby methods) get lower precedence during overload > resolution. > > > > Building a special mocking framework for IronRuby does not change the basic > fact that CLR types are unmodifiable. A special framework will work only if > the app is all IronRuby code, but it will break when C# is thrown in the > mix. > > > > The current plan is to allow monkey-patching of CLR members on CLR types. > It does give power but has some unpredictability as well. Feedback and > real-world experience is welcome about whether this is the right thing or > not. > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Jimmy Schementi > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:03 AM > > *To:* ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > I want to re-emphasize and expand a bit on what Tomas said: *monkey-patching > .NET will only be visible from Ruby*. You could look at this as a *feature > *of IronRuby as it will never break .NET code. In reality, it?s a > limitation of the CLR which does not allow modification of types once they > are created. > > > > Ivan, this is exactly why a special mocking framework needs to be built for > IronRuby =) > > > > To make this a bit more concrete, here?s a simple example: > > > > class Foo { > > public int Bar() { > > return 42; > > } > > public void SayBar() { > > System.Console.WriteLine(Bar()); > > } > > } > > > > The SayBar() method is compiled to call the method Bar(). When this Ruby > code is executed: > > > > class Foo > > def Bar > > ?Monkey patched!? > > end > > end > > > > The .NET ?Foo? class is not changed, but a new type is created and the Ruby > method resolution knows to check this Ruby class first, then the ?Foo? .NET > type (I?m drastically overly-simplifying the way method lookup works, but > for this example it?ll do =P). So when Bar() is called from Ruby it will > give you the Ruby method: > > > > >>> Foo.new.Bar > > => ?Monkey Patched!? > > > > But the SayBar() method will always call the static version of Bar(), > because monkey-patching has no effect on the .NET view of the world. > > > > >>> Foo.new.SayBar > > 42 > > => nil > > > > The only way to truly modify the ?.NET-view? from Ruby is via > System.Reflection. Today C# code can only call into DLR code by using the > DLR Hosting API, though as Tomas mentioned that is improving in C#4. > > > > I?ll add this to the wiki, as I?m beginning to build up our .NET > integration documentation ? keep asking questions like this to make my life > easier =) > > > > ~Jimmy > > > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Tomas Matousek > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:37 AM > *To:* ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > It?s pretty simple: your can define a Ruby method on any class/interface. > The method will only be visible from Ruby unless the class is a Ruby dynamic > object (implements IDynamicObjectProvider using Ruby binders). For such > dynamic objects Ruby methods will be available when invoked from dynamic > expression in C# 4.0. The methods are also invokable via ObjectOperations > class in Hosting API. > > > > Tomas > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Ivan Porto Carrero > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:20 AM > *To:* ironruby-core > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > I know these sound like pretty basic questions.. but I''m playing devil''s > advocate here (maybe rubyist advocate is better suited) and I imagine I will > need a good chunk in a chapter somewhere to explain this stuff really > clearly. > > > > > --- > Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations > Ivan Porto Carrero > > Blog: http://flanders.co.nz > Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim > Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz> > wrote: > > Hi > > > > I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. > > > > I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you > can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me > a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects > and in which cases ruby things apply? > > > > But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR > implementation > > > > public class MyClassWithAStatic{ > > > > public string HelloWorld(){ > > return "Hello World!"; > > } > > > > public static string GoodByeWorld(){ > > return "Goodbye world!"; > > } > > } > > > > public class StaticCaller{ > > > > public string CallsStatic(){ > > return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); > > } > > } > > > console session: > > (master) ? ir > > IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 > > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > >>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll'' > > => true > > >>> include ClrModels > > => Object > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic > > => ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > >>> sc = StaticCaller.new > > => ClrModels.StaticCaller > > >>> sc.calls_static > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > >>> class MyClassWithAStatic > > ... def self.good_bye_world > > ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > > ... end > > ... end > > => nil > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world > > => "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > > >>> sc = StaticCaller.new > > => ClrModels.StaticCaller > > >>> sc.calls_static > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > > > New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was > actually created > > > > + C:\dev\caricature > > (master) ? ir > > IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 > > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > >>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll'' > > => true > > >>> class MyClassWithAStatic > > ... def self.good_bye_world > > ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > > ... end > > ... end > > => nil > > >>> ClrModels::StaticCaller.new.calls_static > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > > > --- > Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations > Ivan Porto Carrero > Blog: http://flanders.co.nz > Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim > Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) > > Don Marquis <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/don_marquis.html> - "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If you really want to push the envelope that far, you can use the Profiling APIs (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc300553.aspx) to replace the IL method bodies. That will work with signed assemblies, and you don?t need to change any source code either. Its very powerful, but pretty complicated as well. From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Porto Carrero Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:47 PM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions Well actually at this point I have progressed in searching for a way to cheat. But I didn''t find a way yet that will work with signed 3rd party signed assemblies like say sharepoint. I can use Mono.Cecil to change some of the types to include AOP hooks so I can inject ruby in them and get the expected result by just not calling the real method body. That should work for everything that isn''t signed. if the signed assemblies aren''t being referenced by anything else than your source code then that will still work by recompiling the source code against the new assemblies. I think that should get me pretty far in what I''m trying to achieve with the mocker. I need to be able to intercept the method call, execute ruby and decide whether or not to call the previous method. Then I''m only stuck on how to get around 3rd party signed assemblies with keys that I don''t have access to. In my case the expected result is when I''m working from ruby things should behave like ruby. So if I monkey patch some method it should just replace the thing also when C# calls it :) --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Vince Lombardi<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/v/vince_lombardi.html> - "We didn''t lose the game; we just ran out of time." On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Shri Borde <Shri.Borde at microsoft.com<mailto:Shri.Borde at microsoft.com>> wrote: For the devil?s advocate position Ivan was arguing for, you could argue that IronRuby should only allow *adding* new members to CLR types, not to edit or delete existing CLR members. The added members would be visible only from Ruby. From C#, you will get compiler errors anyway if you try to call these added members (unless you use ?dynamic? in C# 4.0), and so having two different views of the CLR type is OK here since there is no scope for confusion. This would be somewhat similar to the way C# extension methods work ? the real methods of the type get precedence, and extension methods (comparable to monkey-patched Ruby methods) get lower precedence during overload resolution. Building a special mocking framework for IronRuby does not change the basic fact that CLR types are unmodifiable. A special framework will work only if the app is all IronRuby code, but it will break when C# is thrown in the mix. The current plan is to allow monkey-patching of CLR members on CLR types. It does give power but has some unpredictability as well. Feedback and real-world experience is welcome about whether this is the right thing or not. From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org> [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org>] On Behalf Of Jimmy Schementi Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:03 AM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core at rubyforge.org> Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions I want to re-emphasize and expand a bit on what Tomas said: monkey-patching .NET will only be visible from Ruby. You could look at this as a feature of IronRuby as it will never break .NET code. In reality, it?s a limitation of the CLR which does not allow modification of types once they are created. Ivan, this is exactly why a special mocking framework needs to be built for IronRuby =) To make this a bit more concrete, here?s a simple example: class Foo { public int Bar() { return 42; } public void SayBar() { System.Console.WriteLine(Bar()); } } The SayBar() method is compiled to call the method Bar(). When this Ruby code is executed: class Foo def Bar ?Monkey patched!? end end The .NET ?Foo? class is not changed, but a new type is created and the Ruby method resolution knows to check this Ruby class first, then the ?Foo? .NET type (I?m drastically overly-simplifying the way method lookup works, but for this example it?ll do =P). So when Bar() is called from Ruby it will give you the Ruby method:>>> Foo.new.Bar=> ?Monkey Patched!? But the SayBar() method will always call the static version of Bar(), because monkey-patching has no effect on the .NET view of the world.>>> Foo.new.SayBar42 => nil The only way to truly modify the ?.NET-view? from Ruby is via System.Reflection. Today C# code can only call into DLR code by using the DLR Hosting API, though as Tomas mentioned that is improving in C#4. I?ll add this to the wiki, as I?m beginning to build up our .NET integration documentation ? keep asking questions like this to make my life easier =) ~Jimmy From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org> [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org>] On Behalf Of Tomas Matousek Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:37 AM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core at rubyforge.org> Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions It?s pretty simple: your can define a Ruby method on any class/interface. The method will only be visible from Ruby unless the class is a Ruby dynamic object (implements IDynamicObjectProvider using Ruby binders). For such dynamic objects Ruby methods will be available when invoked from dynamic expression in C# 4.0. The methods are also invokable via ObjectOperations class in Hosting API. Tomas From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org> [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org>] On Behalf Of Ivan Porto Carrero Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:20 AM To: ironruby-core Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions I know these sound like pretty basic questions.. but I''m playing devil''s advocate here (maybe rubyist advocate is better suited) and I imagine I will need a good chunk in a chapter somewhere to explain this stuff really clearly. --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz<mailto:ivan at flanders.co.nz>> wrote: Hi I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects and in which cases ruby things apply? But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR implementation public class MyClassWithAStatic{ public string HelloWorld(){ return "Hello World!"; } public static string GoodByeWorld(){ return "Goodbye world!"; } } public class StaticCaller{ public string CallsStatic(){ return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); } } console session: (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> include ClrModels=> Object>>> MyClassWithAStatic=> ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> "From Ruby we say goodbye to you">>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was actually created + C:\dev\caricature (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> ClrModels::StaticCaller.new.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Don Marquis<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/don_marquis.html> - "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list Ironruby-core at rubyforge.org<mailto:Ironruby-core at rubyforge.org> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ironruby-core/attachments/20090513/1dea1ff1/attachment.html>
The link you want is http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc188743.aspx From: Shri Borde Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:58 PM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org Subject: RE: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions If you really want to push the envelope that far, you can use the Profiling APIs (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc300553.aspx) to replace the IL method bodies. That will work with signed assemblies, and you don?t need to change any source code either. Its very powerful, but pretty complicated as well. From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Porto Carrero Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:47 PM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions Well actually at this point I have progressed in searching for a way to cheat. But I didn''t find a way yet that will work with signed 3rd party signed assemblies like say sharepoint. I can use Mono.Cecil to change some of the types to include AOP hooks so I can inject ruby in them and get the expected result by just not calling the real method body. That should work for everything that isn''t signed. if the signed assemblies aren''t being referenced by anything else than your source code then that will still work by recompiling the source code against the new assemblies. I think that should get me pretty far in what I''m trying to achieve with the mocker. I need to be able to intercept the method call, execute ruby and decide whether or not to call the previous method. Then I''m only stuck on how to get around 3rd party signed assemblies with keys that I don''t have access to. In my case the expected result is when I''m working from ruby things should behave like ruby. So if I monkey patch some method it should just replace the thing also when C# calls it :) --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Vince Lombardi<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/v/vince_lombardi.html> - "We didn''t lose the game; we just ran out of time." On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Shri Borde <Shri.Borde at microsoft.com<mailto:Shri.Borde at microsoft.com>> wrote: For the devil?s advocate position Ivan was arguing for, you could argue that IronRuby should only allow *adding* new members to CLR types, not to edit or delete existing CLR members. The added members would be visible only from Ruby. From C#, you will get compiler errors anyway if you try to call these added members (unless you use ?dynamic? in C# 4.0), and so having two different views of the CLR type is OK here since there is no scope for confusion. This would be somewhat similar to the way C# extension methods work ? the real methods of the type get precedence, and extension methods (comparable to monkey-patched Ruby methods) get lower precedence during overload resolution. Building a special mocking framework for IronRuby does not change the basic fact that CLR types are unmodifiable. A special framework will work only if the app is all IronRuby code, but it will break when C# is thrown in the mix. The current plan is to allow monkey-patching of CLR members on CLR types. It does give power but has some unpredictability as well. Feedback and real-world experience is welcome about whether this is the right thing or not. From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org> [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org>] On Behalf Of Jimmy Schementi Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:03 AM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core at rubyforge.org> Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions I want to re-emphasize and expand a bit on what Tomas said: monkey-patching .NET will only be visible from Ruby. You could look at this as a feature of IronRuby as it will never break .NET code. In reality, it?s a limitation of the CLR which does not allow modification of types once they are created. Ivan, this is exactly why a special mocking framework needs to be built for IronRuby =) To make this a bit more concrete, here?s a simple example: class Foo { public int Bar() { return 42; } public void SayBar() { System.Console.WriteLine(Bar()); } } The SayBar() method is compiled to call the method Bar(). When this Ruby code is executed: class Foo def Bar ?Monkey patched!? end end The .NET ?Foo? class is not changed, but a new type is created and the Ruby method resolution knows to check this Ruby class first, then the ?Foo? .NET type (I?m drastically overly-simplifying the way method lookup works, but for this example it?ll do =P). So when Bar() is called from Ruby it will give you the Ruby method:>>> Foo.new.Bar=> ?Monkey Patched!? But the SayBar() method will always call the static version of Bar(), because monkey-patching has no effect on the .NET view of the world.>>> Foo.new.SayBar42 => nil The only way to truly modify the ?.NET-view? from Ruby is via System.Reflection. Today C# code can only call into DLR code by using the DLR Hosting API, though as Tomas mentioned that is improving in C#4. I?ll add this to the wiki, as I?m beginning to build up our .NET integration documentation ? keep asking questions like this to make my life easier =) ~Jimmy From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org> [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org>] On Behalf Of Tomas Matousek Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:37 AM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core at rubyforge.org> Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions It?s pretty simple: your can define a Ruby method on any class/interface. The method will only be visible from Ruby unless the class is a Ruby dynamic object (implements IDynamicObjectProvider using Ruby binders). For such dynamic objects Ruby methods will be available when invoked from dynamic expression in C# 4.0. The methods are also invokable via ObjectOperations class in Hosting API. Tomas From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org> [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org>] On Behalf Of Ivan Porto Carrero Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:20 AM To: ironruby-core Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions I know these sound like pretty basic questions.. but I''m playing devil''s advocate here (maybe rubyist advocate is better suited) and I imagine I will need a good chunk in a chapter somewhere to explain this stuff really clearly. --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz<mailto:ivan at flanders.co.nz>> wrote: Hi I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects and in which cases ruby things apply? But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR implementation public class MyClassWithAStatic{ public string HelloWorld(){ return "Hello World!"; } public static string GoodByeWorld(){ return "Goodbye world!"; } } public class StaticCaller{ public string CallsStatic(){ return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); } } console session: (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> include ClrModels=> Object>>> MyClassWithAStatic=> ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> "From Ruby we say goodbye to you">>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was actually created + C:\dev\caricature (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> ClrModels::StaticCaller.new.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Don Marquis<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/don_marquis.html> - "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list Ironruby-core at rubyforge.org<mailto:Ironruby-core at rubyforge.org> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ironruby-core/attachments/20090513/c161f5d1/attachment.html>
Yes, if the implementation uses Ruby binder for method lookup. See RubyObject.Meta.cs for an example. Tomas From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Porto Carrero Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:39 PM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions o right.. so implementing that interface on any CLR type would be enough to make it play nice? --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Jay Leno<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/jay_leno.html> - "Don''t forget Mother''s Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad''s Third Wife Day." On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Curt Hagenlocher <curth at microsoft.com<mailto:curth at microsoft.com>> wrote: You only get the dynamic behavior from C# if the actual underlying type implements IDynamicMetaObjectProvider. In this case, Bar() returns an object of type ?System.Int32? ? which does not implement that interface. From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org> [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org>] On Behalf Of Stefan Dobrev Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 12:57 PM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core at rubyforge.org> Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions I suppose we will get the dynamic behavior if the Foo changes like this: class Foo { public dynamic Bar() { return 42; } public void SayBar() { System.Console.WriteLine(Bar()); } } Right? 2009/5/13 Jimmy Schementi <Jimmy.Schementi at microsoft.com<mailto:Jimmy.Schementi at microsoft.com>> I want to re-emphasize and expand a bit on what Tomas said: monkey-patching .NET will only be visible from Ruby. You could look at this as a feature of IronRuby as it will never break .NET code. In reality, it?s a limitation of the CLR which does not allow modification of types once they are created. Ivan, this is exactly why a special mocking framework needs to be built for IronRuby =) To make this a bit more concrete, here?s a simple example: class Foo { public int Bar() { return 42; } public void SayBar() { System.Console.WriteLine(Bar()); } } The SayBar() method is compiled to call the method Bar(). When this Ruby code is executed: class Foo def Bar ?Monkey patched!? end end The .NET ?Foo? class is not changed, but a new type is created and the Ruby method resolution knows to check this Ruby class first, then the ?Foo? .NET type (I?m drastically overly-simplifying the way method lookup works, but for this example it?ll do =P). So when Bar() is called from Ruby it will give you the Ruby method:>>> Foo.new.Bar=> ?Monkey Patched!? But the SayBar() method will always call the static version of Bar(), because monkey-patching has no effect on the .NET view of the world.>>> Foo.new.SayBar42 => nil The only way to truly modify the ?.NET-view? from Ruby is via System.Reflection. Today C# code can only call into DLR code by using the DLR Hosting API, though as Tomas mentioned that is improving in C#4. I?ll add this to the wiki, as I?m beginning to build up our .NET integration documentation ? keep asking questions like this to make my life easier =) ~Jimmy From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org> [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org>] On Behalf Of Tomas Matousek Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:37 AM To: ironruby-core at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core at rubyforge.org> Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions It?s pretty simple: your can define a Ruby method on any class/interface. The method will only be visible from Ruby unless the class is a Ruby dynamic object (implements IDynamicObjectProvider using Ruby binders). For such dynamic objects Ruby methods will be available when invoked from dynamic expression in C# 4.0. The methods are also invokable via ObjectOperations class in Hosting API. Tomas From: ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org> [mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org<mailto:ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org>] On Behalf Of Ivan Porto Carrero Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:20 AM To: ironruby-core Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions I know these sound like pretty basic questions.. but I''m playing devil''s advocate here (maybe rubyist advocate is better suited) and I imagine I will need a good chunk in a chapter somewhere to explain this stuff really clearly. --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz<mailto:ivan at flanders.co.nz>> wrote: Hi I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects and in which cases ruby things apply? But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR implementation public class MyClassWithAStatic{ public string HelloWorld(){ return "Hello World!"; } public static string GoodByeWorld(){ return "Goodbye world!"; } } public class StaticCaller{ public string CallsStatic(){ return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); } } console session: (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> include ClrModels=> Object>>> MyClassWithAStatic=> ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!''>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" ... end ... end => nil>>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world=> "From Ruby we say goodbye to you">>> sc = StaticCaller.new=> ClrModels.StaticCaller>>> sc.calls_static=> ''Goodbye world!'' New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was actually created + C:\dev\caricature (master) ? ir IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll''=> true>>> class MyClassWithAStatic... def self.good_bye_world ... 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Let''s just say that won''t be a in a 1.0 release :) Thanks I was quietly hoping not to have to resort to that. The silver lining: A push to get into COM interop and ironruby But nailing the mocking thing right could be a huge on-ramp for ironruby usage.. I get the feeling that most of the .NET interest comes from the testing and silverlight integration part --- Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations Ivan Porto Carrero Blog: http://flanders.co.nz Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) Yogi Berra <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/y/yogi_berra.html> - "If you ask me anything I don''t know, I''m not going to answer." On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Shri Borde <Shri.Borde at microsoft.com>wrote:> If you really want to push the envelope that far, you can use the > Profiling APIs (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc300553.aspx) to > replace the IL method bodies. That will work with signed assemblies, and you > don?t need to change any source code either. Its very powerful, but pretty > complicated as well. > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Ivan Porto Carrero > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:47 PM > > *To:* ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > Well actually at this point I have progressed in searching for a way to > cheat. > > But I didn''t find a way yet that will work with signed 3rd party signed > assemblies like say sharepoint. > > > > I can use Mono.Cecil to change some of the types to include AOP hooks so I > can inject ruby in them and get the expected result by just not calling the > real method body. That should work for everything that isn''t signed. if the > signed assemblies aren''t being referenced by anything else than your source > code then that will still work by recompiling the source code against the > new assemblies. > > > > I think that should get me pretty far in what I''m trying to achieve with > the mocker. > > I need to be able to intercept the method call, execute ruby and decide > whether or not to call the previous method. > > > > Then I''m only stuck on how to get around 3rd party signed assemblies with > keys that I don''t have access to. > > > > In my case the expected result is when I''m working from ruby things should > behave like ruby. So if I monkey patch some method it should just replace > the thing also when C# calls it :) > > > > > --- > Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations > Ivan Porto Carrero > Blog: http://flanders.co.nz > Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim > Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) > > Vince Lombardi<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/v/vince_lombardi.html> - "We didn''t lose the game; we just ran out of time." > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Shri Borde <Shri.Borde at microsoft.com> > wrote: > > For the devil?s advocate position Ivan was arguing for, you could argue > that IronRuby should only allow **adding** new members to CLR types, not > to edit or delete existing CLR members. The added members would be visible > only from Ruby. From C#, you will get compiler errors anyway if you try to > call these added members (unless you use ?dynamic? in C# 4.0), and so having > two different views of the CLR type is OK here since there is no scope for > confusion. > > > > This would be somewhat similar to the way C# extension methods work ? the > real methods of the type get precedence, and extension methods (comparable > to monkey-patched Ruby methods) get lower precedence during overload > resolution. > > > > Building a special mocking framework for IronRuby does not change the basic > fact that CLR types are unmodifiable. A special framework will work only if > the app is all IronRuby code, but it will break when C# is thrown in the > mix. > > > > The current plan is to allow monkey-patching of CLR members on CLR types. > It does give power but has some unpredictability as well. Feedback and > real-world experience is welcome about whether this is the right thing or > not. > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Jimmy Schementi > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:03 AM > > > *To:* ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > I want to re-emphasize and expand a bit on what Tomas said: *monkey-patching > .NET will only be visible from Ruby*. You could look at this as a *feature > *of IronRuby as it will never break .NET code. In reality, it?s a > limitation of the CLR which does not allow modification of types once they > are created. > > > > Ivan, this is exactly why a special mocking framework needs to be built for > IronRuby =) > > > > To make this a bit more concrete, here?s a simple example: > > > > class Foo { > > public int Bar() { > > return 42; > > } > > public void SayBar() { > > System.Console.WriteLine(Bar()); > > } > > } > > > > The SayBar() method is compiled to call the method Bar(). When this Ruby > code is executed: > > > > class Foo > > def Bar > > ?Monkey patched!? > > end > > end > > > > The .NET ?Foo? class is not changed, but a new type is created and the Ruby > method resolution knows to check this Ruby class first, then the ?Foo? .NET > type (I?m drastically overly-simplifying the way method lookup works, but > for this example it?ll do =P). So when Bar() is called from Ruby it will > give you the Ruby method: > > > > >>> Foo.new.Bar > > => ?Monkey Patched!? > > > > But the SayBar() method will always call the static version of Bar(), > because monkey-patching has no effect on the .NET view of the world. > > > > >>> Foo.new.SayBar > > 42 > > => nil > > > > The only way to truly modify the ?.NET-view? from Ruby is via > System.Reflection. Today C# code can only call into DLR code by using the > DLR Hosting API, though as Tomas mentioned that is improving in C#4. > > > > I?ll add this to the wiki, as I?m beginning to build up our .NET > integration documentation ? keep asking questions like this to make my life > easier =) > > > > ~Jimmy > > > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Tomas Matousek > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:37 AM > *To:* ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > It?s pretty simple: your can define a Ruby method on any class/interface. > The method will only be visible from Ruby unless the class is a Ruby dynamic > object (implements IDynamicObjectProvider using Ruby binders). For such > dynamic objects Ruby methods will be available when invoked from dynamic > expression in C# 4.0. The methods are also invokable via ObjectOperations > class in Hosting API. > > > > Tomas > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Ivan Porto Carrero > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:20 AM > *To:* ironruby-core > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > I know these sound like pretty basic questions.. but I''m playing devil''s > advocate here (maybe rubyist advocate is better suited) and I imagine I will > need a good chunk in a chapter somewhere to explain this stuff really > clearly. > > > > > --- > Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations > Ivan Porto Carrero > > Blog: http://flanders.co.nz > Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim > Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz> > wrote: > > Hi > > > > I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. > > > > I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you > can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me > a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects > and in which cases ruby things apply? > > > > But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR > implementation > > > > public class MyClassWithAStatic{ > > > > public string HelloWorld(){ > > return "Hello World!"; > > } > > > > public static string GoodByeWorld(){ > > return "Goodbye world!"; > > } > > } > > > > public class StaticCaller{ > > > > public string CallsStatic(){ > > return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); > > } > > } > > > console session: > > (master) ? ir > > IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 > > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > >>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll'' > > => true > > >>> include ClrModels > > => Object > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic > > => ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > >>> sc = StaticCaller.new > > => ClrModels.StaticCaller > > >>> sc.calls_static > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > >>> class MyClassWithAStatic > > ... def self.good_bye_world > > ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > > ... end > > ... end > > => nil > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world > > => "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > > >>> sc = StaticCaller.new > > => ClrModels.StaticCaller > > >>> sc.calls_static > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > > > New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was > actually created > > > > + C:\dev\caricature > > (master) ? ir > > IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 > > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. 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I am sure glad I bought the IL assembler bible a couple of weeks ago. Thanks a lot for the links On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Shri Borde <Shri.Borde at microsoft.com>wrote:> The link you want is > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc188743.aspx > > > > *From:* Shri Borde > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:58 PM > > *To:* ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > *Subject:* RE: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > If you really want to push the envelope that far, you can use the Profiling > APIs (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc300553.aspx) to replace > the IL method bodies. That will work with signed assemblies, and you don?t > need to change any source code either. Its very powerful, but pretty > complicated as well. > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Ivan Porto Carrero > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:47 PM > > *To:* ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > Well actually at this point I have progressed in searching for a way to > cheat. > > But I didn''t find a way yet that will work with signed 3rd party signed > assemblies like say sharepoint. > > > > I can use Mono.Cecil to change some of the types to include AOP hooks so I > can inject ruby in them and get the expected result by just not calling the > real method body. That should work for everything that isn''t signed. if the > signed assemblies aren''t being referenced by anything else than your source > code then that will still work by recompiling the source code against the > new assemblies. > > > > I think that should get me pretty far in what I''m trying to achieve with > the mocker. > > I need to be able to intercept the method call, execute ruby and decide > whether or not to call the previous method. > > > > Then I''m only stuck on how to get around 3rd party signed assemblies with > keys that I don''t have access to. > > > > In my case the expected result is when I''m working from ruby things should > behave like ruby. So if I monkey patch some method it should just replace > the thing also when C# calls it :) > > > > > --- > Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations > Ivan Porto Carrero > Blog: http://flanders.co.nz > Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim > Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) > > Vince Lombardi<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/v/vince_lombardi.html> - "We didn''t lose the game; we just ran out of time." > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Shri Borde <Shri.Borde at microsoft.com> > wrote: > > For the devil?s advocate position Ivan was arguing for, you could argue > that IronRuby should only allow **adding** new members to CLR types, not > to edit or delete existing CLR members. The added members would be visible > only from Ruby. From C#, you will get compiler errors anyway if you try to > call these added members (unless you use ?dynamic? in C# 4.0), and so having > two different views of the CLR type is OK here since there is no scope for > confusion. > > > > This would be somewhat similar to the way C# extension methods work ? the > real methods of the type get precedence, and extension methods (comparable > to monkey-patched Ruby methods) get lower precedence during overload > resolution. > > > > Building a special mocking framework for IronRuby does not change the basic > fact that CLR types are unmodifiable. A special framework will work only if > the app is all IronRuby code, but it will break when C# is thrown in the > mix. > > > > The current plan is to allow monkey-patching of CLR members on CLR types. > It does give power but has some unpredictability as well. Feedback and > real-world experience is welcome about whether this is the right thing or > not. > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Jimmy Schementi > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 10:03 AM > > > *To:* ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > I want to re-emphasize and expand a bit on what Tomas said: *monkey-patching > .NET will only be visible from Ruby*. You could look at this as a *feature > *of IronRuby as it will never break .NET code. In reality, it?s a > limitation of the CLR which does not allow modification of types once they > are created. > > > > Ivan, this is exactly why a special mocking framework needs to be built for > IronRuby =) > > > > To make this a bit more concrete, here?s a simple example: > > > > class Foo { > > public int Bar() { > > return 42; > > } > > public void SayBar() { > > System.Console.WriteLine(Bar()); > > } > > } > > > > The SayBar() method is compiled to call the method Bar(). When this Ruby > code is executed: > > > > class Foo > > def Bar > > ?Monkey patched!? > > end > > end > > > > The .NET ?Foo? class is not changed, but a new type is created and the Ruby > method resolution knows to check this Ruby class first, then the ?Foo? .NET > type (I?m drastically overly-simplifying the way method lookup works, but > for this example it?ll do =P). So when Bar() is called from Ruby it will > give you the Ruby method: > > > > >>> Foo.new.Bar > > => ?Monkey Patched!? > > > > But the SayBar() method will always call the static version of Bar(), > because monkey-patching has no effect on the .NET view of the world. > > > > >>> Foo.new.SayBar > > 42 > > => nil > > > > The only way to truly modify the ?.NET-view? from Ruby is via > System.Reflection. Today C# code can only call into DLR code by using the > DLR Hosting API, though as Tomas mentioned that is improving in C#4. > > > > I?ll add this to the wiki, as I?m beginning to build up our .NET > integration documentation ? keep asking questions like this to make my life > easier =) > > > > ~Jimmy > > > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Tomas Matousek > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:37 AM > *To:* ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > It?s pretty simple: your can define a Ruby method on any class/interface. > The method will only be visible from Ruby unless the class is a Ruby dynamic > object (implements IDynamicObjectProvider using Ruby binders). For such > dynamic objects Ruby methods will be available when invoked from dynamic > expression in C# 4.0. The methods are also invokable via ObjectOperations > class in Hosting API. > > > > Tomas > > > > *From:* ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto: > ironruby-core-bounces at rubyforge.org] *On Behalf Of *Ivan Porto Carrero > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 9:20 AM > *To:* ironruby-core > *Subject:* Re: [Ironruby-core] more interop questions > > > > I know these sound like pretty basic questions.. but I''m playing devil''s > advocate here (maybe rubyist advocate is better suited) and I imagine I will > need a good chunk in a chapter somewhere to explain this stuff really > clearly. > > > > > --- > Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations > Ivan Porto Carrero > > Blog: http://flanders.co.nz > Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim > Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Ivan Porto Carrero <ivan at flanders.co.nz> > wrote: > > Hi > > > > I got into a discussion with Roy Osherhove about overriding statics. > > > > I know in C# it can''t be done obviously and as long as I stay in Ruby you > can. I understand this may seem like straight-forward stuff. Can you give me > a pointer where I can take stock of what I can and can''t do to CLR objects > and in which cases ruby things apply? > > > > But when you go back and call it from a C# class it takes the CLR > implementation > > > > public class MyClassWithAStatic{ > > > > public string HelloWorld(){ > > return "Hello World!"; > > } > > > > public static string GoodByeWorld(){ > > return "Goodbye world!"; > > } > > } > > > > public class StaticCaller{ > > > > public string CallsStatic(){ > > return MyClassWithAStatic.GoodByeWorld(); > > } > > } > > > console session: > > (master) ? ir > > IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 > > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > >>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll'' > > => true > > >>> include ClrModels > > => Object > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic > > => ClrModels::MyClassWithAStatic > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > >>> sc = StaticCaller.new > > => ClrModels.StaticCaller > > >>> sc.calls_static > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > >>> class MyClassWithAStatic > > ... def self.good_bye_world > > ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > > ... end > > ... end > > => nil > > >>> MyClassWithAStatic.good_bye_world > > => "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > > >>> sc = StaticCaller.new > > => ClrModels.StaticCaller > > >>> sc.calls_static > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > > > New session to figure out if something could be done before the type was > actually created > > > > + C:\dev\caricature > > (master) ? ir > > IronRuby 0.4.0.0 on .NET 2.0.50727.4918 > > Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > >>> require ''spec/bin/ClrModels.dll'' > > => true > > >>> class MyClassWithAStatic > > ... def self.good_bye_world > > ... "From Ruby we say goodbye to you" > > ... end > > ... end > > => nil > > >>> ClrModels::StaticCaller.new.calls_static > > => ''Goodbye world!'' > > > > --- > Met vriendelijke groeten - Best regards - Salutations > Ivan Porto Carrero > Blog: http://flanders.co.nz > Twitter: http://twitter.com/casualjim > Author of IronRuby in Action (http://manning.com/carrero) > > Don Marquis <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/don_marquis.html> - "Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday." > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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