'ArgumentOutOfRangeException' issues were fixed in recent versions

[daxian-dbw]

Quite a few fixes were made to address the various issues related to the ArgumentOutOfRangeException thrown from PSReadLine.
The exception usually has a stack trace that looks like one of the followings.

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System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: The value must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the console's buffer size in that dimension.
Parameter name: top
Actual value was -7.
   at System.Console.SetCursorPosition(Int32 left, Int32 top)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReallyRender(RenderData renderData, String defaultColor)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ForceRender()
   ...

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: The value must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the console's buffer size in that dimension.
Parameter name: top
Actual value was 9001.
   at System.ConsolePal.SetCursorPosition(Int32 left, Int32 top)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.Menu.DrawMenu(Menu previousMenu, Boolean menuSelect)
   ...

System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: The value must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the console's buffer size in that dimension. (Parameter 'top')
Actual value was 9001.
   at System.ConsolePal.SetCursorPosition(Int32 left, Int32 top)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.AcceptLineImpl(Boolean validate)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.AcceptLine(Nullable`1 key, Object arg)
   ...

The PRs that fixed those issues are:
#979, #967 -- these 2 PRs fixed most of the ArgumentOutOfRangeException thrown from ReallyRender.
#984, #1182, #1206 -- they fixed the exception thrown in other scenarios.

Here is an in-complete list of the closed duplicate issues related to the ArgumentOutOfRangeException:
https://github.com/powershell/psreadline/issues?q=is%3Aissue+label%3AOutOfRange+is%3Aclosed

[DHowett-MSFT]

Would it be possible to link some of that work? As an API provider (on the console side) I'd like to understand if there's some learnings I can take back to my team. 😄

[daxian-dbw]

@DHowett-MSFT Sure, I just added links to those related PRs in the issue description. Hope that helps!

[DHowett-MSFT]

Thanks!