Null GuidAttribute Value Crashes CSC by Ryan Lamansky

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as Fixed

Type:	Bug
ID:	771420
Opened:	11/16/2012 11:29:53 AM
Access Restriction:	Public

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Supplying "null" to a System.Runtime.InteropServices.GuidAttribute crashes the C# compiler.

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Visual Studio 2012

Console project with the following:

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.GuidAttribute(null)]
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
    }
}

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Windows 8

English

CS0583: Internal Compiler Error (0xc0000005 at address 00AFFAD5): likely culprit is 'COMPILE'.

Successful compile -or- a helpful error message.

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Posted by Microsoft on 2/7/2013 at 12:49 PM

Thanks for reporting this issue you've encountered with Visual Studio!

We've fixed this issue around null and GuidAttribute in the C# compiler codebase. You'll see this fix in the next version of Visual Studio.

Alex Turner
Senior Program Manager
Visual Basic and C# Compiler

Posted by Microsoft on 11/18/2012 at 7:05 PM

Thank you for submitting feedback on Visual Studio and .NET Framework. Your issue has been reproduced and has been routed to the appropriate VS development team for review. We will contact you if we require any additional information.

Posted by Microsoft on 11/16/2012 at 11:51 AM

Thank you for your feedback, we are currently reviewing the issue you have submitted. If this issue is urgent, please contact support directly(http://support.microsoft.com)

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