Re: catching Runtime Stack Overflow Exception

From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] (skeet_at_pobox.com)
Date: 09/02/04

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    assaf <assafwo@hotmail.com> wrote:
    > there must be a way to prevent the application from crashing.
    > the stack-overflowing thread is just a background graphics analysis
    > operation.
    > my system should be able to recover from it.
    >
    > here is its code that blows up the stack:
    > RectangleF[] rects = this._Region..GetRegionScans(this._Matrix);
    >
    > as u can see, it is caused by a Region containing too many rectangles.
    > since a RectangleF is a struct, a value type,
    > the entire array is allocated on the stack.

    No it's not. Arrays themselves are *always* reference types. The values
    will be on the heap. It's more likely that GetRegionScans is recursing
    too deeply. 

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