---- Reported by colin@breame.net 2006-04-22 14:38:17 MST ----

If the current directory contains:     
 test.exe     
 test.dll     
     
And we ask it load "test.dll" it insteads loads "test.exe".  Compile and 
run the program below.    
    
It outputs:    
 hello from test.exe    
    
but should output (as LoadFrom's parameter is test.dll /not/ test.exe):    
 hello from test.dll    
   
Am I missing something?  
     
make.sh:     
mcs -out:test.exe test_exe.cs     
mcs -out:test.dll -target:library test_dll.cs     
     
test_exe.cs:     
sing System;    
using System.Reflection;    
    
public class Test {    
        public static void Main() {    
                Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom("test.dll");    
                object o = assembly.CreateInstance("Test");    
                Console.WriteLine(o.ToString());    
        }    
    
        public override string ToString() {    
                return "hello from test.exe";    
        }    
}     
     
test_dll.cs:     
public class Test {    
        public override string ToString() {    
                return "hello from test.dll";    
        }    
}



---- Additional Comments From robertj@gmx.net 2006-04-22 18:28:22 MST ----

The bug is in assembly.c:mono_assembly_load_from_full ()
It uses search_loaded () to find out whether the
assembly is already loaded. Since the search is based
on the AssemblyName, it returns the wrong assembly if 2
different assemblies have the same name, like in the test
case above.

The test case works on MS.NET as expected.

Colin, despite of the bug (if it's one), giving 2 assemblies
the same name is a bad idea. Even if the files are
called test.dll and test.exe, the AssemblyName is "test"
because the extension is not relevant.

If you really need test.exe and test.dll, compile the
exe into another file using mcs /out:testapp.exe and
rename it to test.exe




---- Additional Comments From vargaz@gmail.com 2006-04-22 20:43:22 MST ----

Can be considered a dup of:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=MONO74982


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