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          November 27, 2012 22:53 
        
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    fun with JS arrays
  
        
  
    
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  | var a = []; | |
| a[Math.pow(2, 32) - 2] = "max index"; // highest non-expando indexed property | |
| console.log(a.length === Math.pow(2, 32) - 1); // true | |
| try { | |
| a.push("whoa", "EVEN MOAR WHOA"); | |
| } catch (e) { | |
| console.log(e instanceof RangeError); // true | |
| } | |
| console.log(a.length === Math.pow(2, 32) - 1); // true | |
| console.log(a[Math.pow(2, 32) - 1] === "whoa"); // true | |
| console.log(a[Math.pow(2, 32)] === "EVEN MOAR WHOA"); // true | 
  
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As for the initial comment, see https://bugs.ecmascript.org/show_bug.cgi?id=131