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// Copyright (C) 2015 André Bargull. All rights reserved.
// This code is governed by the BSD license found in the LICENSE file.
/*---
esid: sec-arraybuffer-length
description: >
Throws a RangeError if requested Data Block is too large.
info: |
ArrayBuffer( length )
...
6. Return AllocateArrayBuffer(NewTarget, byteLength).
6.2.6.1 CreateByteDataBlock(size)
...
2. Let db be a new Data Block value consisting of size bytes. If it is
impossible to create such a Data Block, throw a RangeError exception.
...
---*/
assert.throws(RangeError, function() {
// Allocating 7 PiB should fail with a RangeError.
// Math.pow(1024, 5) = 1125899906842624
new ArrayBuffer(7 * 1125899906842624);
}, "`length` parameter is 7 PiB");
assert.throws(RangeError, function() {
// Allocating almost 8 PiB should fail with a RangeError.
// Math.pow(2, 53) = 9007199254740992
new ArrayBuffer(9007199254740992 - 1);
}, "`length` parameter is Math.pow(2, 53) - 1");
reportCompare(0, 0);