diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 js/src/tests/ecma_5/JSON/parse-arguments.js
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+++ b/js/src/tests/ecma_5/JSON/parse-arguments.js	Wed Dec 31 06:09:35 2014 +0100
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+// Any copyright is dedicated to the Public Domain.
+// http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/
+
+var gTestfile = 'parse-arguments.js';
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+var BUGNUMBER = 653847;
+var summary = "JSON.parse handling of omitted arguments";
+
+print(BUGNUMBER + ": " + summary);
+
+/**************
+ * BEGIN TEST *
+ **************/
+
+try
+{
+  var r = JSON.parse();
+  throw new Error("didn't throw, returned " + r);
+}
+catch (e)
+{
+  assertEq(e instanceof SyntaxError, true, "expected syntax error, got: " + e);
+}
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
+if (typeof reportCompare === "function")
+  reportCompare(true, true);
+
+print("Tests complete");