BUG: Creating circular references between UserControls closes Visual Basic .NET without a warning (316554)

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Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start a new Windows Control Library project using Visual Basic .NET. UserControl1 is created by default.
2. On the Project menu, click Add User Control, and then add UserControl2 to the project.
3. Double-click the UserControl1 designer to view the code.
4. Above the UserControl1_Load sub, type the Dim u as New UserControl2 statement so that the code resembles the following:

   Dim u As New UserControl2()
   Private Sub UserControl1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
   
   End Sub
   					

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for UserControl2 so that the code resembles the following:

   Dim u As New UserControl1()
   Private Sub UserControl2_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
   
   End Sub
   					

6. On the Build menu, click Build Solution.
7. In the Toolbox on the designer for UserControl1, double-click UserControl2 to add it to UserControl1.

When you perform the same steps in Visual C#, you experience slightly different behavior. The IDE does not close immediately. The Just-In-Time (JIT) debugger starts with the following error message:

If you click No to dismiss the JIT dialog box, then the IDE closes without warning.