The test code illustrated below fails to run if I run the test using the x64 "processor architecture" in visual studio.
If you create a test project (happens using both MSTest and NUnit) with the test below
[TestClass]
public class UnitTest1
{
[TestMethod]
public void GC_test()
{
var obj = new object();
var weakRef = new WeakReference(obj);
obj = null;
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
Assert.IsNull(obj);
Assert.IsNull(weakRef.Target);
}
}
It will fail if set the "Processor Architecture for AnyCPU Projects" to x64. Works fine running with Auto or x86, but fails with x64.
What is going on?
For context, I was trying to make sure some code didn't have any hard references when used that might prevent it from getting collected. My tests were continually failing, so I kept paring back until I had essentially what you see above.
