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+/*
+* The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public
+* License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+* except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+* the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
+*
+* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
+* IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
+* implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+* rights and limitations under the License.
+*
+* The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
+*
+* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
+* Communications Corporation.  Portions created by Netscape are
+* Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation.
+* All Rights Reserved.
+*
+* Contributor(s): jband@netscape.com, pschwartau@netscape.com
+* Date: 29 Aug 2001
+*
+* SUMMARY: Negative test that JS infinite recursion protection works.
+* We expect the code here to fail (i.e. exit code 3), but NOT crash.
+*
+* See http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96128
+*/
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+var bug = 96128;
+var summary = 'Testing that JS infinite recursion protection works';
+
+
+function objRecurse()
+{
+  /*
+   * jband:
+   *
+   * Causes a stack overflow crash in debug builds of both the browser
+   * and the shell. In the release builds this is safely caught by the
+   * "too much recursion" mechanism. If I remove the 'new' from the code below
+   * this is safely caught in both debug and release builds. The 'new' causes
+   * a lookup for the Constructor name and seems to (at least) double the number
+   * of items on the C stack for the given interpLevel depth.
+   */
+  return new objRecurse();
+}
+
+
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+test();
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+function test() 
+{
+  enterFunc ('test'); 
+  printBugNumber (bug);
+  printStatus (summary);
+
+  // we expect this to fail (exit code 3), but NOT crash. -
+  var obj = new objRecurse();
+ 
+  exitFunc ('test');
+}