[Mono-dev] Cursed Missing Method

[Samuel Kaufman]

I can't seem to manage linking an application and a library with the
same name under Mono 1.1.8.2.  I'd really appreciate any help.  Here's
what's going on...

Lib.cs contains:

using System;
public class Blah
{
   public static void SaySomething()
   {
      Console.WriteLine("Woof!");
   }
}


And App.cs contains:

using System;
public class TheApp
{
   static void Main()
   {
      Blah.SaySomething();
   }
}


I then run...

gmcs -out:Blah.dll -target:library Lib.cs
gmcs -out:Blah.exe -r:Blah.dll -target:exe App.cs
mono Blah.exe

And get...

** (Blah.exe:6625): WARNING **: Missing method SaySomething in
assembly /home/emrys/blah/Blah.exe, type Blah

Unhandled Exception: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference
not set to an instance of an object



If I rename Blah.exe to TheApp.exe, I still get that error.  But if I
recompile the app with -out:TheApp.exe instead, then I'll get my
"Woof!"

I should mention that MS.NET doesn't have this problem and that I
nearly went insane figuring out what was going on here, so if
anything's incoherent, please tell me.  I'll file this as a bug if
that's what it is.