How does AssemblyName.ReferenceMatchesDefinition work?
- by Fabian Schmied
Given the following code:
var n1 = new AssemblyName ("TestDll, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089");
var n2 = new AssemblyName ("TestDll, Version=2.0.0.2001, Culture=en-US, PublicKeyToken=ab7a5c561934e089");
Console.WriteLine (AssemblyName.ReferenceMatchesDefinition (n1, n2));
Console.WriteLine (AssemblyName.ReferenceMatchesDefinition (n2, n1));
Why do both of these checks print "True"? I would have thought that AssemblyName.ReferenceMatchesDefinition should consider differences in the version, culture, and public key token attributes of an assembly name, shouldn't they?
If not, what does ReferenceMatchesDefinition do that a comparison of the simple names doesn't?
