Infinite recursion (CA2011)

Key dotnet.codequality.infinite-recursion · Severity critical · Category codequality

Microsoft analyzer CA2011. Flags a property setter that assigns the property itself, which recurses until the process dies with a stack overflow. A getter that reads itself and a method that calls itself are reported by Unconditional recursion (ARCH717).

Incorrect

public string Name
{
    get => _name;
    set => Name = value;   // assigns itself
}

Correct

private string _name = "";

public string Name
{
    get => _name;
    set => _name = value;
}