+ additional fixes uncovered by bug, and addressed remaining feedback
from original CL (https://codereview.chromium.org/2806073002/).
Note that the regression test differs slightly from the bug reported one,
in that it catches the RangeError which will eventually be thrown due
to call stack size being exceeded.
BUG=chromium:712569
Review-Url: https://codereview.chromium.org/2825073002
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#44700}
