Self instantiation in static initializer

I have run into a problem trying to load classes in IKVM that include the
following pattern:

class Foo {
    static Foo instance = new Foo();

    ...

}


I'm getting errors as soon as I try to use the class at all.

System.MethodAccessException:
Attempt by method 'IKVM.Internal.ReflectUtil.isReflectionOnly(Type)' to
access method 'System.Reflection.Assembly.get_IsReflectionOnly(Type)'
failed.

The error occurs on this line
https://github.com/gluck/ikvm/blob/master/runtime/ReflectUtil.cs#L85

A first naive attempt at a fix was to just wrap that line in a try/catch.
But then I get a similar error on this line:
https://github.com/gluck/ikvm/blob/master/runtime/AssemblyClassLoader.cs#L74

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If I change the pattern to something like:

class Foo {
    static Foo instance = null;

    static Foo getInstance() {
        if (instance == null) instance = new Foo();
        return instance;
    }

}

It works fine.


I am working with a slightly modified source base for IKVM to try to build
UWP apps.  I'm following some of the suggestions from previous threads on
the issue (e.g. -noautoserialization, -t:net-2.0, etc.. for building)

Is this a known issue?  Any suggestions on a way to work around this?

Any help appreciated.

Best regards

Steve

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