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[severity:I'm frustrated, but able to complete my work]

Example:

Module Module1

Sub Main()

Dim z As Integer = 2
        Const w As Integer = 2 ^ z

End Sub

End Module

Running latest Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2019 (Version 16.7.2)

No Compiler/IntelliSense Error, not even a Warning.

But it fails to build/run with the misterious error:
Error BC36970 Failed to emit module 'tempTest1.exe': Unable to determine specific cause of the failure.

In my example, that is very simple, is not that hard to find the offending line ("Const w"), that compiles if we change it to "Dim w", but yesterday, on a very larger piece of code, this was not easy to debug.

This is a defect (BUG), and I kindly ask you to take a look and fix it.

Original Comments

Feedback Bot on 8/28/2020, 00:41 AM:

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Feedback Bot on 9/16/2020, 11:27 AM:

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