[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 265240] JSC core dumped when sorting a big Array in Debug/Release Mode

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265240

--- Comment #7 from EntryHi <entryhii at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Mark Lam from comment #5)
> > Are you sure this is expected behavior? I found this bug has been fixed by Mark Lam in https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265743. Why is the status of my bug not updated. This is a bug I reported. I want to know if my bug has been fixed. This bug should be assigned, shouldn't it？
> 
> Thanks for filing this bug.
> 
> This does appear to be expected behavior.  Reasonable programs would not be
> trying to allocated a Float32Array with the a size as large as 1073741824. 
> We have 2 ways to handle a request like this:
> 1. Crash because the request is too large and unreasonable for a realistic
> program.
> 2. Detect it and throw an OutOfMemory error.
> 
> (1) is our default approach, because it is always correct and it does not
> impact users in real world usage, except for pathological websites.  Even if
> we throw an OOME, the website would to work correctly anyway.  It will just
> error out.  This is a website specific bug, not a browser bug.
> 
> (2) is a "nice to have" polish if we can fix this add an OOME check without
> too much performance and complexity cost.  Regardless, even when possible,
> it is low priority to implement (2).
> 
> Also, IIUC, bugs are not assigned to WebKit developers by default.  This is
> an open project, and developers who want to take on a bug may assign it to
> themselves to tackle and to let others know that they are working on it so
> as to avoid redundant work.


Thanks for your reply. So, the bug I reported has been fixed, but the status here is still 'New', not 'Fixed', right? That seems odd to me.

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