Test for v6.10.1:
D:\AppServ\www\test\nodejs>node -v
v6.10.1
D:\AppServ\www\test\nodejs>node
> new Uint8Array(1 << 30 - 5)
<--- Last few GCs --->
12990 ms: Mark-sweep 1367.6 (1396.1) -> 1333.6 (1361.4) MB, 469.2 / 0.0 ms [a
llocation failure] [GC in old space requested].
13556 ms: Mark-sweep 1333.6 (1361.4) -> 1333.6 (1361.4) MB, 565.7 / 0.0 ms [a
llocation failure] [GC in old space requested].
14132 ms: Mark-sweep 1333.6 (1361.4) -> 1333.6 (1357.4) MB, 575.9 / 0.0 ms [l
ast resort gc].
14693 ms: Mark-sweep 1333.6 (1357.4) -> 1333.6 (1357.4) MB, 560.9 / 0.0 ms [l
ast resort gc].
<--- JS stacktrace --->
==== JS stack trace =========================================
Security context: 0000003A5F4CFB49 <JS Object>
1: arrayToHash(aka arrayToHash) [util.js:~252] [pc=00000050E7B3E5C5] (this=0
000003A5F404381 <undefined>,array=000002A57819ED51 <JS Array[33554432]>)
2: formatValue(aka formatValue) [util.js:370] [pc=00000050E7CA9513] (this=00
00003A5F404381 <undefined>,ctx=000002A57819EA49 <an Object with map 0000037323D3
1541>,value=000002A57819E539 <an Uint8Array with map 000000C929008039>,recurseTi
me...
FATAL ERROR: CALL_AND_RETRY_LAST Allocation failed - JavaScript heap out of memo
ry
So, we have the result:
// Node.js v6.10.1 new Uint8Array(1 << 30 - 6) // Node.js v8.9.0 // NOTE: `new Uint8Array(1 << 30 - 4)` crashes Node.js, but doesn't throw `RangeError` new Uint8Array(1 << 30 - 5) // Chrome Canary Version 65 // Google Chrome Version 66.0.3359.139 (Official Build) (64-bit) new Uint8Array(((1 << 30) * 2) - (1 << 12) - 1);
