16323 2007-12-06 01:14:12 -0800 Regexp functions fail silently when stack limit is exceeded 2009-06-26 18:18:32 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit JavaScriptCore 523.x (Safari 3) Mac OS X 10.4 NEW P2 Normal --- 1 eric webkit-unassigned darin dmandelin ggaren jwalden+bwo oldest_to_newest 63438 0 eric 2007-12-06 01:14:12 -0800 Regexp functions fail silently when stack limit is exceeded var re = new RegExp("(\cd{4,}|[(\u006c)]*?)*", "imy"); "foo".match(re); All this does is print: jsRegExpExecute failed with result -5 To the console. I would have expected it to throw an exception. 63477 1 ddkilzer 2007-12-06 08:25:53 -0800 What does Firefox or MSIE do in this case? 63481 2 darin 2007-12-06 08:39:25 -0800 Changing this will be very simple once we decide what behavior we want. 63546 3 eric 2007-12-06 16:21:30 -0800 Actually this same regexp fails that way: var re = new RegExp("(a*)*"); "a".match(re); Which it shouldn't. This is a bug in our regexp correctness.