[Mono-list] Coding advice before I raise a bug

[Edward Ned Harvey (mono)]

> From: mono-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com [mailto:mono-list-
> bounces at lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of David Burnett
> 
> Macintosh:Release vargol$ mono --version
> Mono JIT compiler version 3.2.7 ((no/40f92d5 Thu Feb  6 18:29:16 EST 2014)

A little bit outdated, but not too bad.


> running on OSX 10.6.8, 32 bit edition.

Eek.  You should probably show more concern about security updates...  But to each his own...


> I've tried running the bad version using --llvm and it seems to work correctly.
> A fresh compile against .net also works correctly.

That is telling.


> https://github.com/Vargol/PhotonPump.git
> The branch is mono_bug

Ok, checked out...


> to run the example
> ...
> It should eventually fail

Yes, I got the same result.  To get some more info about this, I'm using Xamarin Studio, and...

Actually, I observe, that as long as the debugger is attached, the program runs without any problem.  As long as there's no debugger, then it crashes.  So I agree that sounds like a bug.  I'm not just talking about running the project in Debug vs Release mode...  I mean...

In Release build, launch with debugging.  It runs to completion, and I get this command line:
"/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/Versions/3.4.0/bin/mono"  --debug --debugger-agent=transport=dt_socket,address=127.0.0.1:53317 "/Users/eharvey/Projects/PhotonPump/SunflowSharp.Test/bin/Release/SunflowSharp.Test.exe" /Users/eharvey/Projects/PhotonPump/examples/particle_chau.sc

Then literally run the same command again on the Terminal prompt, but eliminate "--debugger-agent=..."
And it fails.