[Mono-bugs] [Bug 633473] New: Type.GetType() can't load assemblies containing spaces

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           Summary: Type.GetType() can't load assemblies containing spaces
    Classification: Mono
           Product: Mono: Class Libraries
           Version: SVN
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: CORLIB
        AssignedTo: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
        ReportedBy: jpryor at novell.com
         QAContact: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
          Found By: ---
           Blocker: ---


Apologies if this is a dup, but I didn't see anything relevant.

The program:

  using System;

  public class Test {
    public static void Main ()
    {
      Console.WriteLine (typeof(Test).AssemblyQualifiedName);
      Console.WriteLine (Type.GetType (typeof(Test).AssemblyQualifiedName)
          != null);
    }
  }

The compilation:

  $ gmcs "/out:a b.exe" file.cs

The execution:

  $ mono "a b.exe"
  Test, a b, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
  False

The problem: Type.GetType() returns null (hence the second line of output being
true).

Expected behavior: Type.GetType() returns non-null, and True is printed on the
second line.

NET supports assembly names containing spaces, and will print out True for the
above program.

Further note: .NET also supports *leading* whitespace in the assembly name,
e.g. `gmcs "/out: a b.exe" file.cs` to generate the assembly " a b.exe".  When
leading whitespace is present, the AssemblyQualifiedName contains embedded
quotes:

    Test, " a b", Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null

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