Could you please file a bug report? I&#39;ll try to look into it ASAP.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br> - Matt<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Gaz Liddon <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:gaz@gazaxian.com">gaz@gazaxian.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">Hiya :)<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve a problem using Drb and get a problem I don&#39;t get if I use bog standard ruby 1.8</div>
<div><br></div><div>My client and server code is below.</div><div><br></div><div>The server works fine but if I try and invoke any method on the client from the server I get this error:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
<div><div>core:in `open:&#39;: can&#39;t convert NSMutableDictionary into String (TypeError)</div><div><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>from /Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework/Versions/0.5/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.0/drb/drb.rb:1196:in `initialize:&#39;</div>
<div><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>from core:in `__new__:&#39;</div><div><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>from /Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework/Versions/0.5/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.0/drb/drb.rb:1163:in `open:&#39;</div>
<div><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>from /Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework/Versions/0.5/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.0/drb/drb.rb:1109:in `with_friend:&#39;</div><div><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>from /Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework/Versions/0.5/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.0/drb/drb.rb:1091:in `method_missing:&#39;</div>
<div><span style="white-space: pre;">	</span>from /Users/garyliddon/drbtest.rb:1:in `&lt;main&gt;&#39;</div><div><br></div><div>Any help super gratefully received :)</div><div><br></div><div>gaz</div><div><br></div><div><br>
</div></div><div><br></div><div><b>SERVER CODE</b></div><div><div>require &#39;drb&#39;</div><div><br></div><div>class Incrementer</div><div><br></div><div>  def initialize</div><div>    @value = 0</div><div>  end</div><div>
<br></div><div>  def increment</div><div>    @value += 1</div><div>  end</div><div><br></div><div>end</div><div><br></div><div>service = DRb.start_service(&quot;<a>druby://localhost:4242</a>&quot;, Incrementer.new)</div><div>
print &quot;service started on port 4242\n&quot;</div><div>DRb.thread.join</div><div><br></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>CLIENT CODE</b></div><div><div><div>require &#39;drb&#39;</div><div>DRb.start_service</div><div>
server = DRbObject.new_with_uri(&#39;druby://localhost:4242&#39;)</div><div>p server.increment #this is what causes the error</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>

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