[Mono-list] XML Serialization - difference between WinCLR and Mono runtime

[Dave Curylo]

On Friday, May 17, 2013, MarLOne wrote:

> Sadly, the
> XmlSerializer failed the test in which it did not generate the
> InvalidOperationException and then same kind of complain that came from
> .Net's sgen when dealing with a class with non-public property setter. Does
> mono use sgen? But at least it should throw the exception when dealing with
> a class with non-public property setter.
>
>
 I believe sgen is the default GC in mono 3.

That means both mono 2.10.8.1 and the shiny 3.0.11 both fails the tests.
> This kind of difference in runtime behaviour does not instil much
> confidence
> in Mono to implement cross-platform solution. I wonder how many others in
> this category?


 As for the expected InvalidOperationException, I think this is one area
that the mono maintainers seem to take liberty to deviate from MS .NET
behavior. I've logged a few bugs like this in the past where mono does not
throw an exception but MS does and they refuse to fix these because it is
likely to break people's working code. IMHO it would be better to have
compatibility as I think most people expect this when coming from the
Windows world.  I think most .NET developers that start using mono probably
have experience working in Windows and would the same exceptions raised on
either platform...devs want to be able to take their code to any OS,
including Windows.
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