The problem with the code above is not really in the comparison between the two references to item (the variable and the element in the array) but rather with the non-failing comparison between item and the new instance of SelfContainer in position 0 in the array, which causes the stack overflow. That is quite easy to fix, but while working on it and writing some tests I encountered an interesting scenario:
object[] array1 = new object[2]; array1[0] = 1; array1[1] = array1; object[] array2 = new object[2]; array2[0] = 1; array2[1] = array2; Should array1 and array2 be considered equal? The first element is definitely equal, it's 1. What about the second element of each of them? They are self references to the arrays, which in turn contain 1 at the first element and another self reference, and so on forever. We can implement it either way, but I'm not sure what is the "correct" one. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of NUnit Developers, which is subscribed to NUnit V2. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1051847 Title: self contained item in array causes stack overflow Status in NUnit V2 Test Framework: Confirmed Bug description: using System.Collections; using System.Collections.Generic; using NUnit.Framework; [TestFixture] public class Reproduction { class SelfContainer : IEnumerable { public IEnumerator GetEnumerator() { yield return this; } } [Test] public void SelfContainedItemFoundInArray() { var item = new SelfContainer(); var items = new SelfContainer[] { new SelfContainer(), item }; // work around Assert.True(((ICollection<SelfContainer>)items).Contains(item)); // causes StackOverflowException Assert.Contains(item, items); } } Reproduced in NUnit 2.6.1 See also bug #491300 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nunitv2/+bug/1051847/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~nunit-core Post to : nunit-core@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~nunit-core More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp