StackOverFlowException

Description

Occurs when the calling chain becomes too long.

Super Class

RuntimeException

Notes

Not surprisingly, a StackOverflowException occurs when the stack overflows. This happens when the calling chain gets too long. This can easily happen when your code makes a recursive call without providing a way to terminate the recursion-or the condition that terminates the recursive call takes too many calls to occur.

Examples

The following method calls itself until the stack overflows:

Function Square (value as Integer) as Integer Return Square(value)

You can handle the function with the following simple Exception handler:

Function Square (value as Integer) as Integer Return Square(value) Exception err If err IsA StackOverflowException then MsgBox "The stack has overflowed!"  end if

See Also

RuntimeException class; Function, Raise, Sub statements, Nil datatype; Exception, Try statements.