Why does this terminate my app without throwing an exception?
.net, c#
Solution
Stackoverflow exceptions have limited "catchability" in CLR > 2.0. See the blog post below for more details; the behavior you're experiencing is exactly what's described.
See: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jaredpar/archive/2008/10/22/when-can-you-catch-a-stackoverflowexception.aspx
While annoying, this does make sense: if you've blown your stack, what would a consistent/safe/sane recovery look like?
Problem
I am using the YAX Serializer (current NuGet version). When I run this code: ``` void Main() { try { int zero = 0; int result = 100 / zero; } catch (DivideByZeroException ex) { LogSaveException(ex); } } public void LogSaveException(object value) { try { YAXSerializer serializer = new YAXSerializer(value.GetType()); string loggedString = serializer.Serialize(value); Console.WriteLine(loggedString); } catch (StackOverflowException) { Console.WriteLine("Log Error", "Could Not Log object of type " + value.GetType().ToString() +" due to stack overflow."); } catch (Exception) { Console.WriteLine("Log Error", "Could Not Log object of type " + value.GetType().ToString()); } } ``` The app ends on this line: `string loggedString = serializer.Serialize(value);` I have tried to catch any exception that I can see would happen. But the app just ends. I tried running it in LinqPad and it crashed LinqPad. I tried to debug the crash of LinqPad (even though I do not have the source, sometimes you can get some info from it.) When I did that it said that there was a StackOverflowException. But my catch statement did not catch it. What would cause a total death like that? How how do I guard against it?