Re: How to crash the IDE/Compiler in 5 lines of code (BUG)
From: Nak (a_at_a.com)
Date: 09/28/04
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:25:09 +0100
Hi Brent,
It sounds like you had a b1tch of a day/week trying to get around that
one! Typical, but at least your capable of being able to pin point that
kind of bug, most people would have exploded and cursed Microsoft into
oblivion, not that you didn't curse them of course I bet! Anyway,cheers for
sharing that one, it kind of made me laugh, but only with empathy, honestly!
And good on you for finding the problem!
I remember having a problem with the new key word ages ago, but I can't
remember exactly what it was now. Probably a derivative of "your" bug,
anyway I hope things are sorted for you now! :-)
Nick.
"Rarlfth Nadar" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uU$4UfapEHA.2864@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I'm using 2003 Enterprise, and I came across it the hard way - slow,
> painful, deduction.
>
> I have a large solution (24 projects). I was changing one of the
> projects, copying and pasting code (changed some architecture/namespaces),
> when the crash happened. I had another guy helping me, and he found a KB
> article which described the exact symptoms I was having, and apparently
> happened mostly with large solutions. The fix was to call MS, which I
> did. They sent the hotfixes email, which didn't fix the problem, so I
> rolled back the project I was working on (after copying it to a different
> folder). I then opened the copied project, and began cutting/pasting
> little by little into my newly-rolled-back-one. I crashed a couple more
> times doing this, and slowly narrowed it down to a single constructor -
> then I saw the error, corrected it, pasted it in and voila!. I did this a
> couple of times, alternately pasting in the "fixed" code and the "broken"
> code, and could duplicate the problem. Finally I created a new project,
> class, and constructor, typed in the .NEW line, and the rest is a lost day
> :)
>
> Now, don't you wish you hadn't asked how I came across that one?
>
> Brent
> "Nak" <a@a.com> wrote in message
> news:egYAjPapEHA.3364@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Rarlfth,
>>
>>> After talking with MS Support, they emailed me a couple of hotfixes, but
>>> they didn't fix the problem. From the changes in behavior, it looks
>>> like the hotfixes just replaced the compiler dll with one that loaded
>>> slightly differenly (errors occurred at different times, etc) if that
>>> makes any sense.
>>
>> LOL! This doesn't suprise me, I bet they have known about this one
>> for a long time, or at least you would have hoped anyway! I must admit I
>> didn't try it for as long as you after the crash, so I shall take your
>> word for it. Out of interest, what version are you using? I'm using
>> VB.NET 2002 Standard because I'm a cheap tight assed barstweard! (J/K).
>> But I am using that version anyway, I've come to accept allot of the
>> bugs, not that I like them of course!
>>
>> By the way, how the hell did you come across this one? ;-)
>>
>> Nick.
>>
>>
>
>
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