[Mono-bugs] [Bug 76070][Cri] New - Type.GetType() fails if type is in referenced assembly

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Changed by jo at lumumba.luc.ac.be.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=76070

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+Bug#: 76070
+Product: Mono: Runtime
+Version: 1.1
+OS: 
+OS Details: Ubuntu Linux Breezy Badger 5.10
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Critical
+Component: misc
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs at ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: jo at lumumba.luc.ac.be               
+QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Type.GetType() fails if type is in referenced assembly
+
+Description of Problem:
+
+When trying to get a type defined in a referenced assembly, using
+Type.GetType("NameOfType"), this returns null. However the type surely exists!
+
+Steps to reproduce the problem:
+1. Create a class, compile into a library
+2. Create a Main class, try to get the type of the referenced class from it
+using Type.GetType(string), compile and execute
+
+
+Actual Results:
+
+It returns null.
+
+Expected Results:
+
+It returns the corresponding type.
+
+How often does this happen? 
+
+Always.
+
+Additional Information:
+
+I will upload a test case in a few minutes. Furthermore, I tested it with a
+few Boo classes, which give the same result. It's thus definitely a bug in
+the runtime in my opinion.