I'm observing some strange behavior when using the F# interactive interpreter.

Running the following code two times:
let getType1 = Type.GetType("namespace.does.not.exist, doesntexistlib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null",false);;
let getType2 = Type.GetType("namespace.does.not.exist, doesntexistlib,

Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null",false);;

results in fsi catching a FileLoadException even though the throwOnError parameter is set to false (see Exception below). The first time it returns a null second time the exception occurs.

Running the same code in a regular program (not interactively) results in expected behavior where getType = null.

Does FSI.exe stop on all exceptions? Is it possible to set FSI to ignore these exeptions?

Exception:
> let getType = Type.GetType("namespace.does.not.exist, doesntexistlib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null",false);;

stdin(0,1): error FS0082: Could not resolve this reference. Could not locate the assembly "doesntexistlib.dll". Check to make sure the assembly exists on disk. If this reference is required by your code, you may get compilation errors. (Code=MSB3245)

stdin(0,1): error FS0084: Assembly reference 'doesntexistlib.dll' was not found or is invalid
System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'doesntexistlib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. General Exception (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131500)
File name: 'doesntexistlib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' ---> Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.ErrorLogger+StopProcessing: Exception of type 'Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.ErrorLogger+StopProcessing' was thrown.
at Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Shell.ErrorLoggerThatStopsOnFirstError.ErrorSink[a](PhasedError err)
at Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Shell.ErrorLoggerThatStopsOnFirstError.Microsoft-FSharp-Compiler-ErrorLogger-ErrorLogger-ErrorSink(PhasedError err)
at Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.Build.ReportAssemblyNotResolved@2439-1.Invoke(AssemblyReference originalReference)
at Microsoft.FSharp.Primitives.Basics.List.iter[T](FSharpFunc`2 f, FSharpList`1 x)
at Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.ListModule.Iterate[T](FSharpFunc`2 action, FSharpList`1 list)
at Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.Build.ReportAssemblyNotResolved@2438.Invoke(Tuple`2 tupledArg)
at Microsoft.FSharp.Primitives.Basics.List.iter[T](FSharpFunc`2 f, FSharpList`1 x)
at Microsoft.FSharp.Collections.ListModule.Iterate[T](FSharpFunc`2 action, FSharpList`1 list)
at Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.Build.TcConfig.TryResolveLibsUsingMSBuildRules(TcConfig tcConfig, FSharpList`1 originalReferences, range errorAndWarningRange, ResolveLibFileMode mode)
at Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.Build.TcImports.TryResolveLibFile(AssemblyReference assemblyReference, ResolveLibFileMode mode)
at Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.Build.TcImports.ResolveLibFile(AssemblyReference assemblyReference, ResolveLibFileMode mode)
at Microsoft.FSharp.Compiler.Interactive.Shell.MagicAssemblyResolution.overallSearchResult@1450-1.Invoke(Object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
at System.AppDomain.OnAssemblyResolveEvent(String assemblyFullName)
at System.RuntimeTypeHandle._GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean loadTypeFromPartialName)
at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.RuntimeType.PrivateGetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.Type.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError)
at <StartupCode$FSI_0006>.$FSI_0006.main@()