Error #1023: Stack overflow occurred

at MyClass/get id()

Description:
This will happen if the stack has so much data that it is full. Nothing like Thanksgiving dinner to overflow my stack.  What is a stack and how does it get full you ask. Simply put each method(function) has a stack and that stack stores data associated with the method such as local variables with the method. Although it is a good idea to understand what a stack is you really you don’t need to have an in depth understanding of stacks to understand this error and it’s solution. Basically this error is saying that you are most likely calling the function recursively. Or in other words you might be calling the function from within itself.

Solution:
To rid yourself of ActionScipt error 1023 make sure that you don’t call the method from within itself which will eliminate any type of recursion in your method call. You may be tempted to do this by setting a variable name the same as the function name. Change either one and this will go away. Notice in the ‘Bad Code1’ example that each time the getter returns what you think is an ‘int’ you actually are calling the setter function again recursively. The trace statement will also produce AS3 Error #1023

Bad Code1:

public function set id (myId:int):void
{
this._id = id;
}
public function get id ():int
{
trace(“this.id”,this.id);
return this.id;
}

Good Code1:

public function get id ():int
{
trace(“this.myId”,this.myId);
return this.myId;
}

Bad Code2:

private function recursiveLoop ():void
{
recursiveLoop ();
}

Good Code2:

private function noRecursion():void
{
someOtheFunction ();
}

Adobe actually has a reasonable explanation for this error in liveDocs. Here is a link to the Adobe page that explains ActionScript Error 1023

As always Happy Flashing