[Mono-list] mono swallows threadpool exceptions

[Stifu]

My suggestion was for Mono 2.8, not older releases.
It makes sense not to break things like that in minor branch revisions,
indeed.


Piotr Wysocki-2 wrote:
> 
> On 07/22/2010 10:21 AM, Stifu wrote:
>  > Piotr Wysocki-2 wrote:
>  >>
>  >> On 07/22/2010 12:00 AM, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
>  >>   >  In this case, the fear that we have is that existing 
> applications that
>  >>   >  were built on the Mono world (not on the .NET one) depend on 
> the broken
>  >>   >  behavior.
>  >>
>  >> How about adding an option --throw-thread-exceptions to mono runtime?
>  >> It would do for me.
>  >>
>  >> I would really appreciate this, as debugging my multi-threaded
>  >> applications will be easier...
>  >
>  > If such a flag was desirable, wouldn't the opposite be better?
>  > Ie: a flag NOT to throw exceptions (current Mono behavior), to be 
> used for
>  > Mono apps that rely on the broken behavior. That way, we'd be
> compatible
>  > with .NET by default.
> 
> I believe (and Miguel has already noticed that too) the default 
> behaviour cannot be changed just like that.
> 
> The purpose of the flag would be to enable the correct (=compatible with 
> .NET) behaviour for those who need it ... now (i.e. Daniel Hughes, me 
> ;)). Adding this flag (--throw-thread-exceptions) would also enable 
> developers from mono world to debug and ,,fix'' their applications.
> 
> I would welcome --throw-thread-exceptions option now (in trunk and 
> mono-2-6 branch) and changing the default behaviour to the correct one
> in 2.8. In 2.8 the option should then become obsolete.
> 
> (However if 2.8 is really going to be released in 6-8 weeks, I wonder,
> if it would be enough time for the mono world developers...)
> 
> 
> Just my 2c
> Cheers
> 
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> Piotr Wysocki
> Mobile Systems Research Labs, Poznan University of Technology
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