Adding "xojo." namespace causes compile errors

General
1

This code compiles:

  Dim msg as string
  Dim privateKey As String
  Dim signature As MemoryBlock = Crypto.RSASign( msg, privateKey )

But this code doesn’t:

  Dim msg as string
  Dim privateKey As String
  Dim signature As MemoryBlock = Xojo.Crypto.RSASign( msg, privateKey )

With error:

"Expected xojo.Core.MemoryBlock,xojo.Core.MemoryBlock but these arguments are String,String.

Why does adding “Xojo.” to the namespace cause the error???

2

Because they are different functions, and that one expects new framework MemoryBlocks for its parameters.

3

Because the one using Xojo. is the new framework Xojo.Crypto.RSASign
The other without it the old framework Crypto.RSASign

And they take different types of parameters

4

The Language Reference I’m looking at doesn’t have Xojo.Crypto.

Searching for “crypto” in the Language Reference, there’s absolutely no mention of the fact that there we have both a “Crypto” and a “Xojo.Crypto” - any thoughts to how this could be made a bit more explicit?

5

Look at the badly-named iOS Documentation.

6

Just to be clear: I open 2015 R2.2, click “Language Reference” from the Help menu, search for “xojo.crypto” and I find only a single match to the “Changes 2015R2” release notes, but no match for the Xojo.Crypto page that Norman linked above.

Is this a case of the local LR being out of date or out of sync? I thought the LR would do some sort of magical sync?

(And In Xojo/Preferences, I have “When seeking help: go online for most recent documentation” selected). Hmm.

7

Now pull down the Help menu and look at the iOS Language Reference. That’s where all the new framework stuff is documented.

8

Well, that’s well hidden!

Even then, when I get to the IOS LR home page, searching for “crypto” in the Search bar on the top of the window gives me nothing.
However I see there’s a second search bar on the right below the “XOJO” header, and if I search there, I do find Xojo.Crypto.

I’m not the first to point out that this makes no sense, am I?

9

Probably not, but the LR is in transition right now, as far as I know.

10

The whole framework is in a state of transition.