Can you add MonoBehaviour-derived Python classes as components to GameObjects?

Hi,

I've been playing around with IronPython in Unity and I can make sub-classes of my C# classes within Python. These C# classes are extending MonoBehaviour so I was wondering if it was possible to then make components from these, adding them to GameObjects via the usual AddComponent. The problem is that AddComponent takes a string but when I try this, Unity cannot find the required type. I can, however, make objects from these Python classes but you can't add object instances as components (I do get a warning about making MonoBehaviour objects using new though).

I've tried this both from C# and Python (by importing UnityEngine into my Python files). I can use any UnityEngine components I like or my own C# ones and add these in Python via AddComponent but not those Python classes that derive from them.

All I want to do is to be able to mod via Python any MonoBehaviour-derived C# classes and add these modded classes to my GameObjects.

Is this even possible? Can I access the new type from the PythonEngine ScriptScope within C#? Do I have to use the DLR or compile my Python classes and add them as an assembly into C#?