Do C# try-finally CERs break in iterators?

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Apparently, Constrained Execution Region guarantees do not apply to iterators (probably because of how they are implemented and all), but is this a bug or by design? [See the example below.]

i.e. What are the rules on CERs being used with iterators?

using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.ConstrainedExecution;

class Program
{
    static bool cerWorked;
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            cerWorked = true;
            foreach (var v in Iterate()) { }
        }
        catch { System.Console.WriteLine(cerWorked); }
        System.Console.ReadKey();
    }

    [ReliabilityContract(Consistency.WillNotCorruptState, Cer.Success)]
    unsafe static void StackOverflow()
    {
        Big big;
        big.Bytes[int.MaxValue - 1] = 1;
    }

    static System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<int> Iterate()
    {
        RuntimeHelpers.PrepareConstrainedRegions();
        try { cerWorked = false; yield return 5; }
        finally { StackOverflow(); }
    }

    unsafe struct Big { public fixed byte Bytes[int.MaxValue]; }
}

(Code mostly stolen from here.)

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