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There's a very common problem using Locator, which is that the natural code change to use it:
void DoStuff()
{
+ MSBuildLocator.RegisterDefaults();
var project = new Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project(projectPath);
Doesn't work, because .NET loads all types referenced in a method before executing that method, so it tries to load MSBuild APIs before the Locator has made that possible.
#64 is one example of this but there have been a ton.
We can't fix this in the deployed code, because it won't have been loaded in time to do anything.
It might be possible, though, to create a Roslyn analyzer that ships as part of this package that checks to make sure there are no MSBuild APIs in a method that calls the locator. That would make things much easier for new users.
Reacted by Joao Grassi, Michael Letterle and Chris Yungmann
Why not do it in a static constructor from a type that does not reference any other type? Excluding the usual caveats with exceptions from type constructors.
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cdmihai commentedon Feb 18, 2021
Why not do it in a static constructor from a type that does not reference any other type? Excluding the usual caveats with exceptions from type constructors.