VerifySet throws TargetInvocationException when constructer refers to itself

[philiphoy]

The exception: System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException with the message " Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation."

Is thrown during a call to VerifySet when code in a classes constructor references a property of this

Steps to Reproduce

This code reproduces the exception

       [TestMethod]
        public void Broken_moq()
        {
            var sut = Mock.Of<Example>();
            Mock.Get(sut).VerifySet(x => x.A = "A", Times.Never);
        }

        public class Example
        {
            public virtual string A { get; set; }
            public virtual string B { get; set; }
            public Example()
            {
                A = "";
                B = this.A;
            }
        }

Expected Behavior

The test above should run without throwing an exception

Exception with Stack Trace

 Recorder.Intercept(Invocation invocation) line 413
Interceptor.Intercept(IInvocation underlying) line 218
AbstractInvocation.Proceed()
ExampleProxy_1.get_A()
Example.ctor() line 124
ExampleProxy_1.ctor(IInterceptor[] )
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethod(Object target, Span`1& arguments, Signature sig, Boolean constructor, Boolean wrapExceptions)
RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture)
Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes)
ProxyGenerator.CreateClassProxyInstance(Type proxyType, List`1 proxyArguments, Type classToProxy, Object[] constructorArguments)
ProxyGenerator.CreateClassProxy(Type classToProxy, Type[] additionalInterfacesToProxy, ProxyGenerationOptions options, Object[] constructorArguments, IInterceptor[] interceptors)
CastleProxyFactory.CreateProxy(Type mockType, IInterceptor interceptor, Type[] interfaces, Object[] arguments) line 110
ActionObserver.CreateProxy(Type type, Object[] ctorArgs, MatcherObserver matcherObserver, Recorder& recorder) line 275
ActionObserver.ReconstructExpression[T](Action`1 action, Object[] ctorArgs) line 53
Mock`1.VerifySet(Action`1 setterExpression, Func`1 times) line 1236

Version Info

4.20.70

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[kzu]

Invoking virtual members from a constructor is pretty much an anti-pattern.

There seems to be some support for that but I don't even know why supporting that (however imperfectly) would be a good thing, TBH.