Re: [mono-android] StackOverflowException is MIA

2012-03-20 Thread Jonathan Pryor
On Mar 20, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Miha Markic wrote: > Hopefully is on to-do list. Yes, but it's hard to properly support, and thus other things tend to get higher priority (like sgen fixes, shortening the lifetime of Java.Lang.Object subclasses, etc.). > Do you have any suggestions how to track su

Re: [mono-android] StackOverflowException is MIA

2012-03-20 Thread Miha Markic
Behalf Of Jonathan Pryor Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:24 PM To: Discussions related to Mono for Android Subject: Re: [mono-android] StackOverflowException is MIA On Mar 20, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Miha Markic wrote: > Why isn't StackOverflowException caught and thrown? Instead application just

Re: [mono-android] StackOverflowException is MIA

2012-03-20 Thread Jonathan Pryor
On Mar 20, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Miha Markic wrote: > Why isn't StackOverflowException caught and thrown? Instead application just > exits. Historically, stack overflow support has been a "it's nice if it works" affair. We've never reliably handled it. Sorry, - Jon ___

[mono-android] StackOverflowException is MIA

2012-03-20 Thread Miha Markic
Hi guys, Why isn't StackOverflowException caught and thrown? Instead application just exits. Imagine this code. Test(); ... void Test() { Test(); } The reason I am asking is because it is hard to pinpoint the endless recursion (source of the exception) when it happens. Miha