[Mono-list] StackOverflowException with decimal

[Brandon Perry]

I should also add that the line 50 in the stacktrace is "c = Fib(i);".

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 5:08 PM, Brandon Perry <bperry.volatile at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi, I am doing some of the problems at Project Euler using Mono and C#. I
> am on the second problem, but I get a StackOverflowException error
> everytime. The code is as follows:
>
>         public decimal Solve()
>         {
>             decimal c, i = 0;
>             decimal sum = 0;
>             decimal cap = 4000000;
>
>             for (;i <= cap;i++)
>             {
>                 if (i <= 2)
>                 {
>                     sum += 1;
>                 }
>                 else
>                 {
>                     try
>                     {
>                         c = Fib(i);
>
>                         if (!Convert.ToBoolean(c%2))
>                         {
>                             sum += c;
>                         }
>                     }
>                     catch (Exception ex)
>                     {
>                         Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
>                     }
>                 }
>             }
>
>             return sum;
>         }
>
>         public decimal Fib(decimal n)
>         {
>             return Fib(n-1) + Fib(n-2);
>         }
>
> The stacktrace is here:
> http://volatileminds.net/projects/euler/stacktrace.txt
>
> I haven't had a chance to test this on .NET, but thought I would get a
> second opinion as to whether it is a PEBKAC error or a bug.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
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