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Created January 3, 2020 15:31
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json stringify can deal with circular reference
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11616630/json-stringify-avoid-typeerror-converting-circular-structure-to-json/11616993#11616993
var o = {};
o.o = o;
var cache = [];
JSON.stringify(o, function(key, value) {
if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
if (cache.indexOf(value) !== -1) {
// Circular reference found, discard key
return;
}
// Store value in our collection
cache.push(value);
}
return value;
});
cache = null; // Enable garbage collection
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