Resolving AssemblyNameReference with null Version

[endlessfalls]

If you attempt to resolve an AssemblyNameReference with a null Version field, a null reference exception is thrown. This only happens when the assembly does not appear within the specified search directories.

eg.
GlobalAssemblyResolver.Instance.Resolve(AssemblyNameReference.Parse("System.Core"));

The exception is thrown in BaseAssemblyResolver.IsZero(). Its worth noting that AssemblyNameReference.Parse() returns a reference with a null version field if no version is specified in the fullname parameter. Is this by design?

[jbevain]

The NRE is fixed. I need to investigate whether it's ok to make AssemblyNameReference.Parse set a zero version instead of null, wrt all the existing code.

Thanks!