mtouch argument -aot "nimt-trampolines=512" is causing build failure on VS for Mac 17.3.6 (20) - xamarin

Question

After upgrading Visual Studio to version 17.3.6 (build 20), the Xamarin.iOS project is failing to build with the following error:
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/External/xbuild/Xamarin/iOS/Xamarin.Shared.targets(4,4): Error MSB4028: The "ParseBundlerArguments" task's outputs could not be retrieved from the "Aot" parameter. Parameter "includeEscaped" cannot have zero length. (MSB4028)
The problem lies in the project file itself:
<MtouchExtraArgs>-i18n=west -aot "nimt-trampolines=512" --registrar:static</MtouchExtraArgs>
It's complaning about -aot parameter and it's value. If I replace it with as following (space replaced with equal sign) then all is compiling fine:
<MtouchExtraArgs>-i18n=west -aot="nimt-trampolines=512" --registrar:static</MtouchExtraArgs>
Does anyone can help to confirm that this is a new correct way for specifying the -aot parameter?
My VS details:
Visual Studio Community 2022 for Mac
Version 17.3.6 (build 20)
Installation UUID: 2895cffa-b375-4042-bae5-5ad18ed7c073
Runtime
.NET 6.0.5 (64-bit)
Architecture: X64
Roslyn (Language Service)
4.3.0-3.22312.2+52adfb8b2dc71ed4278debcf13960f2116868608
NuGet
Version: 6.2.1.2
.NET SDK (x64)
SDK: /usr/local/share/dotnet/sdk/6.0.401/Sdks
SDK Versions:
6.0.401
3.1.423
MSBuild SDKs: /Applications/Visual Studio.app/Contents/MonoBundle/MSBuild/Current/bin/Sdks
.NET Runtime (x64)
Runtime: /usr/local/share/dotnet/dotnet
Runtime Versions:
6.0.9
5.0.17
3.1.29
Xamarin.Profiler
Version: 1.8.0.19
Location: /Applications/Xamarin Profiler.app/Contents/MacOS/Xamarin Profiler
Updater
Version: 11
Xamarin Designer
Version: 17.3.0.208
Hash: 0de472ea0
Branch: remotes/origin/d17-3
Build date: 2022-09-22 15:23:48 UTC
Apple Developer Tools
Xcode 14.0.1 (21336)
Build 14A400
Xamarin.Mac
Xamarin.Mac not installed. Can't find /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.Mac.framework/Versions/Current/Version.
Xamarin.Android
Version: 13.0.0.0 (Visual Studio Community)
Commit: xamarin-android/d17-3/030cd63
Android SDK: /Users/danielklokov/Library/Developer/Xamarin/android-sdk-macosx
Supported Android versions:
12.1 (API level 32)
12.0 (API level 31)
11.0 (API level 30)
13.0 (API level 33)
SDK Command-line Tools Version: 7.0
SDK Platform Tools Version: 33.0.2
SDK Build Tools Version: 32.0.0
Build Information:
Mono: dffa5ab
Java.Interop: xamarin/java.interop/d17-3#7716ae53
SQLite: xamarin/sqlite/3.38.5#df4deab
Xamarin.Android Tools: xamarin/xamarin-android-tools/main#14076a6
Microsoft Build of OpenJDK
Java SDK: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/microsoft-11.jdk
11.0.12
Android Designer EPL code available here:
https://github.com/xamarin/AndroidDesigner.EPL
Eclipse Temurin JDK
Java SDK: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-8.jdk
1.8.0.302
Android Designer EPL code available here:
https://github.com/xamarin/AndroidDesigner.EPL
Android SDK Manager
Version: 17.3.0.23
Hash: 965bf40
Branch: remotes/origin/d17-3
Build date: 2022-09-22 15:23:52 UTC
Android Device Manager
Version: 0.0.0.1169
Hash: fafb1d5
Branch: fafb1d5
Build date: 2022-09-22 15:23:52 UTC
Xamarin.iOS
Version: 16.0.0.72 (Visual Studio Community)
Hash: 6756a1146
Branch: release/6.0.4xx-xcode14
Build date: 2022-09-21 08:51:06-0400
Build Information
Release ID: 1703060020
Git revision: f7a6334599543f127e737d6de1f362bbe36cebca
Build date: 2022-09-22 15:21:08+00
Build branch: release-17.3
Build lane: release-17.3
Operating System
Mac OS X 12.6.0
Darwin 21.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 21.6.0
Mon Aug 22 20:17:10 PDT 2022
root:xnu-8020.140.49~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64

Answer 1

You should specify the -aot parameter like below:
--aot=ARGUMENT
Add ARGUMENT as an argument to the static compiler.