[Mono-bugs] [Bug 56148][Wis] Changed - unhelpful message if bad args are passed to DllImport attribute

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Changed by vladimir@pobox.com.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=56148

--- shadow/56148	2004-03-29 00:43:46.000000000 -0500
+++ shadow/56148.tmp.21645	2004-03-29 00:47:07.000000000 -0500
@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@
 Product: Mono: Compilers
 Version: unspecified
 OS: Red Hat 9.0
 OS Details: 
 Status: NEW   
 Resolution: 
-Severity: 
-Priority: Normal
+Severity: Unknown
+Priority: Wishlist
 Component: C#
 AssignedTo: mono-bugs@ximian.com                            
 ReportedBy: vladimir@pobox.com               
 QAContact: mono-bugs@ximian.com
 TargetMilestone: ---
 URL: 
 Cc: 
-Summary: mcs bails with InvalidCastException while compiling attached file
+Summary: unhelpful message if bad args are passed to DllImport attribute
 
 Trying to compile the attached file with CVS mcs on 28 Mar results in:
 
 Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidCastException: Cannot cast from source
 type to destination type.
 in [0x001ea] (at /home/vladimir/proj/mono-cvs/mcs/mcs/attribute.cs:1131)
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
 Mono.CSharp.Driver:Main (string[])
 
 ------- Additional Comments From vladimir@pobox.com  2004-03-29 00:43 -------
 Created an attachment (id=7127)
 bug19.cs
 
+
+------- Additional Comments From vladimir@pobox.com  2004-03-29 00:47 -------
+Ooh, this is my fault -- CallingConvention expects an enum value, not
+a string, as looking at attribute.cs revealed.  Some better
+diagnostics might be helpful here.