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Why does Code Contracts shows "Malformed contract. Found Requires after assignment" in method with params keywork?


I've been troubleshooting with this error for hours and I can't seem to understand why this happens. Consider the following code:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics.Contracts;
using System.Linq.Expressions;

namespace Contracts
{
    class Data
    {
        public object TestData1 { get; set; }
        public object TestData2 { get; set; }
    }

    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            Data d = new Data();
            Method(d);
        }

        static void Method(Data d)
        {
            Contract.Requires(Methods.TestMethod1("test"));
            Contract.Requires(Methods.TestMethod2("test1", "test2"));
            Contract.Requires(Methods.TestMethod3(d, x => x.TestData1));
            Contract.Requires(Methods.TestMethod4(d, x => x.TestData1, x => x.TestData2));
        }
    }

    static class Methods
    {
        [Pure]
        public static bool TestMethod1(string str) { return true; }

        [Pure]
        public static bool TestMethod2(params string[] strs) { return true; }

        [Pure]
        public static bool TestMethod3<T>(T obj, Expression<Func<T, object>> exp) { return true; }

        [Pure]
        public static bool TestMethod4<T>(T obj, params Expression<Func<T, object>>[] exps) { return true; }
    }
}

When I compile the project, the line "Contract.Requires(Methods.TestMethod4(d, x => x.TestData1, x => x.TestData2));" causes the following compilation error:

Malformed contract. Found Requires after assignment in method 'Contracts.Program.Method(Contracts.Data)'.

How come "Contract.Requires(Methods.TestMethod2("test1", "test2"));" doesn't cause an error but "Contract.Requires(Methods.TestMethod4(d, x => x.TestData1, x => x.TestData2));" does?

Please help! :(


Solution

  • I posted the problem on the MSDN forums and they think it's a bug too.