[Mono-bugs] [Bug 77008][Wis] Changed - MCS throws NullReferenceException in DeclSpace.LookupType

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Changed by bmaurer at users.sf.net.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=77008

--- shadow/77008	2005-12-15 16:04:26.000000000 -0500
+++ shadow/77008.tmp.27223	2005-12-15 16:07:12.000000000 -0500
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 Version: 1.1
 OS: unknown
 OS Details: 
 Status: NEW   
 Resolution: 
 Severity: Unknown
-Priority: Normal
+Priority: Wishlist
 Component: C#
 AssignedTo: rharinath at novell.com                            
 ReportedBy: brian at fluggo.com               
 QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
 TargetMilestone: ---
 URL: 
@@ -85,6 +85,23 @@
 
 I shouldn't have to tell you that a NullReferenceException should NEVER
 occur in production code. NEVER. It is a sign of sloppy coding-- it means
 that a routine is not checking its arguments or that the programmer did not
 expect a null return from a method or property. If a debugger existed for
 Mono, I'd be glad to track down the error myself.
+
+------- Additional Comments From bmaurer at users.sf.net  2005-12-15 16:07 -------
+It's hard to track this kind of thing without source code. The best
+way is if you can isolate a smaller test case which you can share. The
+stack trace can help you narrow your search:
+
+in <0x00036> Mono.CSharp.Enum:Emit ()
+
+It is happening while an enum is being emitted
+
+in <0x0009c> Mono.CSharp.Attributes:Emit (Mono.CSharp.EmitContext ec,
+Mono.CSharp.Attributable ias)
+
+The enum (or maybe one of it's values) has an attribute. These two
+things should help you narrow something down. You could also recompile
+MCS with a Console.WriteLine in  Mono.CSharp.Enum:Emit () that printed
+Location. This would tell you exactly which enum was causing the problem.