There is a known bug in the Microsoft CLR on the x86_64 platform with
regards to initializing an array whose members are enum values
(http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/635365/runtimehelpers-initializearray-fails-on-64b-framework).
It appears that the Microsoft csc compiler somehow works around this
whereas gmcs does not. For example, the following compiled with gmcs
does not run on the Microsoft CLR on x86_64 (it throws an exception in
InitializeArray) but does when compiled with csc:
class Program
{
enum e { A, B, C, D, E };
static void Main()
{
e[] array = new e[] { e.A, e.B, e.C, e.D, e.E };
}
}
I appreciate this is apparently a bug with the Microsoft 64 bit CLR
rather than mono, but at the moment Microsoft's csc appears to work
around this where mono does not. Is there a way of telling gmcs to not
use a call to InitializeArray when instantiating arrays of enums
(instead doing something like: e[] array = new e[5]; e[0] = e.A; e[1] =
e.B; ... for the above example), or if not would there be any support
for adding this (e.g. via an optional command line flag to gmcs)?
Regards,
John.
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