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The exception that is thrown when the execution stack overflows by having too many pending method calls. This class cannot be inherited.

StackOverflowException Class Members

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Constructors Visibility Constructor Parameters public StackOverflowException ( ) public StackOverflowException ( String message ) public StackOverflowException ( String message , Exception innerException )

StackOverflowException is thrown for execution stack overflow errors, typically in case of a very deep or unbounded recursion.

The Localloc Microsoft intermediate language ( MSIL ) instruction throws StackOverflowException.

StackOverflowException uses the HRESULT COR_E_STACKOVERFLOW, that has the value 0x800703E9.

For a list of initial property values for an instance of StackOverflowException, see the StackOverflowException constructors.

[ VB ]

Imports System
Imports System.IO

Namespace StackOverflowSpace

    '/ This class contains the entry point for a very simple program
    '/ that will illustrate the StackOverflowException.  The exception
    '/ will be thrown from inside the function call but will keep
    '/ traversing up the stack until we catch it inside Main.
    Class StackOverflowExample

        'entry point for the sample
        Shared Sub Main ( )
            'attempt to call an infinitely recursive function
            Try
                Recurse.InfiniteRecurse ( )

                'this will fire when the recursion went too deep
            Catch overFlowExcept As System.StackOverflowException
                Response.WriteLine ( overFlowExcept.Message )
                Response.WriteLine ( "Program will now end." )
                Return
            End Try

            Response.WriteLine ( "This line will never execute" )
        End Sub 'Main

    End Class 'StackOverflowExample


    '/ Recurse contains one static member designed to recurse forever.
    '/ We could try to catch it inside this function and deal with it
    '/ here, but it's hard to do much without any stack left.
    Class Recurse

        'keeps calling itself forever until it
        'overflows the stack and throws a exception
        Public Shared Sub InfiniteRecurse ( )
            InfiniteRecurse ( )
            Return
        End Sub 'InfiniteRecurse

    End Class 'End of Class Recurse

End Namespace 'End of StackOverflowSpace


[ C# ]

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace StackOverflowSpace
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This class contains the entry point for a very simple program
    /// that will illustrate the StackOverflowException.  The exception
    /// will be thrown from inside the function call but will keep
    /// traversing up the stack until we catch it inside Main.
    /// </summary>
    class StackOverflowExample  
    {

        //entry point for the sample
        static void Main ( )
        {
            //attempt to call an infinitely recursive function
            try {
                Recurse.InfiniteRecurse ( );
            }
        
            //this will fire when the recursion went too deep
            catch ( System.StackOverflowException overFlowExcept ) {
                Response.WriteLine ( overFlowExcept.Message );
                Response.WriteLine ( "Program will now end." );
                return;
            }
        
            Response.WriteLine ( "This line will never execute" );
        
        }   //end of main                     
    }   //end of class Stackoverflow

    /// <summary>
    /// Recurse contains one static member designed to recurse forever.
    /// We could try to catch it inside this function and deal with it
    /// here, but it's hard to do much without any stack left.
    /// </summary>
    class Recurse {

        //keeps calling itself forever until it
        //overflows the stack and throws a exception
        static public void InfiniteRecurse ( ) {
            InfiniteRecurse ( );     
            return;
        }  

    }   //end of class Recurse
}   //end of StackOverFlowSpace Namespace

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