Stack overflow when setting variable

Question

I am writing a program using the MEF framework to create plugins. When trying to set a variable in one of the plugins, I am getting a stack overflow exception.

the variable in the plugin is defined as public string bnick {get {return bnick;} set {bnick = value;}}

the calling code in the main program:

 public void SetUpPlugins()
        {
        foreach (Plugin p in plugins)
            {
            p.bnick = nick;
            p.HostProgram = this;
            }
        }

Using the debugger I determined that the line p.bnick = nick is only getting called once. And it never gets to the next line.

Why is this filling up the stack and how do I fix it?

Answer 1

public string bnick {get {return bnick;} set {bnick = value;}} 

Here, you are assigning bnick in the body of the setter again, creating a stack overflow. Did you intend to create an instance Variable instead, something like

private string bnick = "";
public string Bnick 
{
  get 
  { 
   return bnick;
  } 
  set 
  { 
    bnick = value;
  }
} 

Note: in C#, the convention is to write properties in PascalCase.