Use of MessageBox API in glib with mono

["Ian King" <king eiffel com>]

Hi,

We are currently testing our language run-time on Mono and were wondering
why assert/abort calls call the Windows API MessageBox when they are
triggered in a console application? I would expect that these be printed
on the console.
It prevents us regression testing.

We filed a bug with Ximian and they say the problem is with glib
(http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=82244) so I was wondering if
anyone here could shed some light on to why message boxes are used in
console applications?

Thanks for your time

Ian King