When I create a Microsoft.DirectX.Direct3D.VertexElement and try to view
 it in the VS2005 variable view, the debuggee crashes, the debugger
crashes, and sometimes the IDE crashes.  The problem is very similar to
what happens in the IDE if you have a infinitely recursive property
getter.  The error is:

The program '[25988] Test1.vshost.exe: Managed' has exited with code
-2147023895 (0x800703e9).

0x80070e39 is apparently a stack overflow.

It doesn't matter if I do

            object o = new VertexElement();
or
            VertexElement e = new VertexElement();

The result is the same.

This is also happening on two different machines (a hyperthreaded P4,
and a dual hyperthreaded Xeon).

Now, with VS2003 the problem is not happening.  I've googled for a
solution and it doesn't seem to be that common.

Any thoughts on a fix?

- John