[Mono-dev] NullReferenceException thrown inside catch

[Robert Jordan]

Robert Jordan wrote:
>> That works very well, thanks. It would be nice if both Linux and
>> Windows version would work the same way though.
> 
> Please file a bug, because the SEH handler above only cures the
> symptoms partially.
> 
> It seems that Mono's SIGSEGV handler doesn't get installed
> at all, when mono-1.dll is LoadLibrary'ed from another DLL.
> 
> W/out this handler every true NRE is uncatchable.
> This could lead to nasty bugs, because some library code
> might rely on catching those NREs.

The runtime actually installs a handler, but the handler
doesn't work as expected.

Robert