#416: DRB does not work with MacRuby 5.0 ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- Reporter: gaz@… | Owner: lsansonetti@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: blocker | Milestone: Component: MacRuby | Keywords: drb ------------------------------+--------------------------------------------- I've a problem using Drb and get a problem I don't get if I use bog standard ruby 1.8 My client and server code is below. The server works fine but if I try and invoke any method on the client from the server I get this error: {{{ core:in `open:': can't convert NSMutableDictionary into String (TypeError) from /Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework/Versions/0.5/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.0/drb/drb.rb:1196:in `initialize:' from core:in `__new__:' from /Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework/Versions/0.5/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.0/drb/drb.rb:1163:in `open:' from /Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework/Versions/0.5/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.0/drb/drb.rb:1109:in `with_friend:' from /Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework/Versions/0.5/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.0/drb/drb.rb:1091:in `method_missing:' from /Users/garyliddon/drbtest.rb:1:in `<main>' }}} Any help super gratefully received :) gaz '''SERVER CODE'' {{{ 'require 'drb' class Incrementer def initialize @value = 0 end def increment @value += 1 end end service = DRb.start_service("druby://localhost:4242", Incrementer.new) print "service started on port 4242\n" DRb.thread.join }}} '''CLIENT CODE''' {{{ require 'drb' DRb.start_service server = DRbObject.new_with_uri('druby://localhost:4242') p server.increment #this is what causes the error }}} -- Ticket URL: <http://www.macruby.org/trac/ticket/416> MacRuby <http://macruby.org/>