The uncatchable exception, pt 2

Question

Update: I\'ve filed a bug report on Microsoft Connect: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/568271/debugger-halting-on-exception-thrown-i

Answer 1

I can reproduce this on my .NET 4 box, and you're right -- it only happens on .NET 4.0.

This smells very much like a bug to me, and should go on MS Connect. Major bummer if this is tripping your crash handler. Sounds like a non-pleasing way to work around this is to wrap the invoked method inside its own handler. :-(

One thing I can not reproduce, though, is tripping the crash handler. Here's my program:

namespace trash {
    public class Class1 {
        public void CallMe() {
            string blah = null;
            blah.ToLower();
        }
    }

    class Program {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException += new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler(CurrentDomain_UnhandledException);           
            var class1 = typeof(Class1);
            var method = class1.GetMethod("CallMe");

            try {
                var obj = new Class1();
                method.Invoke(obj, null); // exception is not being caught!
            }
            catch (System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException) {
                Console.Write("what you would expect");
            }

        }

        static void CurrentDomain_UnhandledException(object sender, UnhandledExceptionEventArgs e) {
            Console.Write("it would be horrible if this got tripped but it doesn't!");
        }
    }
}