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Express recursive route matching can overflow stack
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gistfile1.txt
var express = require("express");
var app = express();
var TOO_MANY = 8000;
function handler(req, res) {
res.send("handler");
}
// test higher routes, eventually you will get
// RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
for (var i = 0; i < TOO_MANY; i++) {
app.get('/' + i, handler);
}
app.listen(8181);
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