[Mono-bugs] [Bug 54764][Wis] New - Strange compiling error in BigInteger.cs

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Changed by sebastien@ximian.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=54764

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+Bug#: 54764
+Product: Mono/Compilers
+Version: unspecified
+OS: 
+OS Details: 
+Status: NEW   
+Resolution: 
+Severity: 
+Priority: Wishlist
+Component: C#
+AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
+ReportedBy: sebastien@ximian.com               
+QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
+TargetMilestone: ---
+URL: 
+Cc: 
+Summary: Strange compiling error in BigInteger.cs
+
+Description of Problem:
+After a trivial modification to BigInteger it wouldn't compile (CVS).
+Compiler wasn't updated before/after the fix.
+
+Steps to reproduce the problem:
+1. Get /mcs/class/corlib/Mono.Math/BigInteger.cs version 1.10 from CVS
+2. Try to compile with MCS
+
+
+Actual Results:
+syntax error, got token `CLOSE_PARENS', expecting SEMICOLON
+./Mono.Math/BigInteger.cs(1417) error CS1002: Expecting `;'
+
+
+Expected Results:
+Compile without error (as it did before)
+
+
+How often does this happen? 
+Always
+
+Additional Information:
+- Just changed the code (a little) to make it compile (and not break the
+corlib build). However this just hides the problem.
+- There's a lot of unsafe / pointer code in the file. Maybe the * got
+confused from a multiplication to a pointer ? but why has this worked before ?