[Mono-dev] SEGV in mono_class_is_assignable_from in gmcs

[Casey Marshall]

Running gmcs under the mono debugger got me further: I was able to find 
the code causing the issue.

There were two methods in a class that had the form:

   private static XXX<T> FindRelevant<T>(XXX<T>[] candidates);
   private static object FindRelevant<T>(IComparable[] candidates);

And the type XXX is 'public class XXX<T> : IComparable<XXX<T>>'. These 
FindRelevant methods are called in various places in the containing 
class, always with an argument of type XXX<T>[]. Renaming the latter 
method fixed this issue, but I'll still try to make a concise test case.

Casey Marshall wrote:
> I'm getting a SEGV in the function `mono_class_is_assignable_from' when 
> trying to compile some internal code. I can't get the location in my 
> source code where the error occurs, but I'll add some info from GDB to 
> this email. Has anyone seen something like this before?
> 
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