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Mono.Cecil throws ArgumentException on AssemblyDefinition.ReadAssembly()
System.ArgumentException: Value does not fall within the expected range.
at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers.InitializeArray(Array array, RuntimeFieldHandle fldHandle)
at Mono.Cecil.Mixin.GetSize(CodedIndex self, Func`2 counter)
at Mono.Cecil.PE.Image.GetCodedIndexSize(CodedIndex coded_index)
at Mono.Cecil.PE.ImageReader.GetCodedIndexSize(CodedIndex index)
at Mono.Cecil.PE.ImageReader.ComputeTableInformations()
at Mono.Cecil.PE.ImageReader.ReadTableHeap()
at Mono.Cecil.PE.ImageReader.ReadMetadata()
at Mono.Cecil.PE.ImageReader.ReadImage()
at Mono.Cecil.PE.ImageReader.ReadImageFrom(Stream stream)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleDefinition.ReadModule(Stream stream, ReaderParameters parameters)
at Mono.Cecil.ModuleDefinition.ReadModule(String fileName, ReaderParameters parameters)
at Mono.Cecil.AssemblyDefinition.ReadAssembly(String fileName, ReaderParameters parameters)
at NHtmlUnit.Generator.Program.Transform() in Program.cs:line 48
at NHtmlUnit.Generator.Program.Main(String[] args) in Program.cs:line 26
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jbevain commented Dec 16, 2011

This in a .net bug which arises when using a Mono.Cecil.dll compiled with a Mono compiler on .net x64. The solution is to recompile it with Microsoft's csc, or use the nugget package.

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Aha. Using the NuGet package indeed fixed the problem.

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