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+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+
+if (process.config.variables.arm_version === '7') {
+  common.skip('Too slow for armv7 bots');
+}
+
+// The process should not crash when the REPL receives the string, 'ss'.
+// Test for https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/42407.
+
+const repl = require('repl');
+
+const r = repl.start();
+
+r.write('var buf = Buffer.from({length:200e6},(_,i) => i%256);\n');
+r.write('var ss = buf.toString("binary");\n');
+r.write('ss');
+r.write('.');
+
+r.close();