pythonnet · den-run-ai · Sep 6, 2016 · Aug 25, 2016 · Aug 26, 2016
diff --git a/src/runtime/classmanager.cs b/src/runtime/classmanager.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ internal static ClassBase GetClass(Type type)
             }
             cb = CreateClass(type);
             cache.Add(type, cb);
+            // Initialize the object later, as this might call this GetClass method recursivly (for example when a nested class inherits its declaring class...)
+            InitClassBase(type, cb);
             return cb;
         }
 
@@ -62,12 +64,6 @@ internal static ClassBase GetClass(Type type)
 
         private static ClassBase CreateClass(Type type)
         {
-            // First, we introspect the managed type and build some class
-            // information, including generating the member descriptors
-            // that we'll be putting in the Python class __dict__.
-
-            ClassInfo info = GetClassInfo(type);
-
             // Next, select the appropriate managed implementation class.
             // Different kinds of types, such as array types or interface
             // types, want to vary certain implementation details to make
@@ -115,6 +111,18 @@ private static ClassBase CreateClass(Type type)
                 impl = new ClassObject(type);
             }
 
+
+            return impl;
+        }
+
+        private static void InitClassBase(Type type, ClassBase impl)
+        {
+            // First, we introspect the managed type and build some class
+            // information, including generating the member descriptors
+            // that we'll be putting in the Python class __dict__.
+
+            ClassInfo info = GetClassInfo(type);
+
             impl.indexer = info.indexer;
 
             // Now we allocate the Python type object to reflect the given
@@ -182,10 +190,8 @@ private static ClassBase CreateClass(Type type)
                 }
             }
 
-            return impl;
         }
 
-
         private static ClassInfo GetClassInfo(Type type)
         {
             ClassInfo ci = new ClassInfo(type);
@@ -353,6 +359,7 @@ private static ClassInfo GetClassInfo(Type type)
                         if (!(tp.IsNestedPublic || tp.IsNestedFamily ||
                               tp.IsNestedFamORAssem))
                             continue;
+                        // Note the given instance might be uninitialized
                         ob = ClassManager.GetClass(tp);
                         ci.members[mi.Name] = ob;
                         continue;

diff --git a/src/testing/subclasstest.cs b/src/testing/subclasstest.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ public virtual void OnTestEvent(int value)
         }
     }
 
+    public abstract class RecursiveInheritance
+    {
+        public class SubClass : RecursiveInheritance
+        {
+            public void SomeMethod()
+            {
+
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public class TestFunctions
     {
         public static string test_foo(IInterfaceTest x)

diff --git a/src/tests/test_suite/__init__.py b/src/tests/test_suite/__init__.py
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 
 from .test_import import test_suite as import_tests
 from .test_callback import test_suite as callback_tests
+from .test_recursiveTypes import test_suite as recursiveTypes_tests
 
 def test_suite():
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
     suite.addTests((import_tests(),))
     suite.addTests((callback_tests(),))
+    suite.addTests((recursiveTypes_tests(),))
     return suite
diff --git a/src/tests/test_suite/test_recursiveTypes.py b/src/tests/test_suite/test_recursiveTypes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import unittest, sys
+import clr
+
+this_module = sys.modules[__name__]
+clr.AddReference("Python.Test")
+class RecursiveTypesTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Test if interop with recursive type inheritance works."""
+
+    def testRecursiveTypeCreation(self):
+        """Test that a recursive types don't crash with a StackOverflowException"""
+        import Python.Test as Test
+        from Python.Test import RecursiveInheritance
+        test_instance = RecursiveInheritance.SubClass()
+        test_instance.SomeMethod()
+        pass
+
+
+def test_suite():
+    return unittest.makeSuite(RecursiveTypesTests)
+