I'm running this C# code in Visual Studio in debug mode:

public class MyHandlerFactory : IHttpHandlerFactory
{
  private static Dictionary<string, bool> myDictionary = new Dictionary<string, bool>();
  static MyHandlerFactory()
  {
    myDictionary.Add("someKey",true);
    myDictionary.Add("someKey",true); // fails due to duplicate key
  }
}

Outside of the static constructor, when I get to the line with the error Visual Studio highlights it and pops up a message about the exception. But in the static constructor I get no such message. I am stepping through line-by-line, so I know that I'm getting to that line and no further.

Why is this?

(I have no idea if that fact that my class implements IHttpHandlerFactory matters, but I included it just in case.)

This is VS2005, .Net 2.0