StackOverflowException in .NET

Question

After hitting a few StackOverflowExceptions in .NET I noticed they completely bypass the unhandled exception handlers that .NET offers (Application.ThreadException / AppDoma

Answer 1

Not really; a stack overflow, or an out of memory exception happens within the CLR itself means something has gone critically wrong (I usually get it when I've been a dumbass and created a recursive property).

When this state occurs there is no way for the CLR to allocate new function calls or memory to enable it to call into the exception handlers; it's a "we must halt now" scenario.

If, however, you throw the exception yourself your exception handlers will be called.