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C#

Posted by Cody James
Cody James
2,387 Points

Process is terminated due to StackOverflowException. C#

Hello, I have recently been messing around in C# and wanted to try out some of the new things I have learned. So I started to mess around with Accessors and every time I return the value of it I have been receiving "StackOverflowException". I'm trying to convert seconds to milliseconds as shown below.

namespace RPGConsole_Unamed
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Blue;
            GameText.SetSpeed(1);
            GameText.Write(text: @"Hello World!!");
            GameText.Write("Done");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }
    class GameText
    {
        private static int _textspeed {

            get
            {
                return _textspeed;
            }
            set
            {

                _textspeed = value*1000;
            }
        }
        public static void SetSpeed(int seconds) =>  _textspeed=seconds ;
        public static void Write(string text) {
            for (int i =0; i<text.Length; i++) {

                Thread.Sleep(_textspeed);
                Console.Write(text.Substring(i, 1)); 
            }
            Console.WriteLine("");
        }

    }
}

Thanks for Reading!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points

To make your posted code readable, use the formatting instructions in the Markdown Cheatsheet pop-up as found below the "Add an Answer" area. :arrow_heading_down:

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points

You have a property that is referencing itself in its getter and setter.

So when you call the function that sets the property, the setter has to call the setter which calls the setter which calls the setter ... you get the idea. So the system quickly runs out of stack space.

Normally, you'd have a private field (with a name that starts with underscore) that is managed by a public property (with a non-underscore name). Then setting the property would not cause recursion. Also, you wouldn't need a setter method, you can just set the property directly.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,172 Points

I see one possible issue.

Even with the code unformatted, this stood out for me at first glance:

    public static void SetSpeed(int seconds) => seconds = _textspeed;

I'm guessing that the terms on each side of the assignment are reversed.

Cody James
Cody James
2,387 Points

Even after fixing that mistake I'm still getting the error. I'm not to sure what I'm doing wrong here. I'm using visual studio 2017 and it's states the exception is on this line: C# _textspeed = value*1000;