From 930df889a8324108ea5ef6480d6e13033175d9cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: juliusmarminge <julius0216@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 13:28:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: insert "symbols" instead of `null` for deduped
 objects

---
 src/index.test.ts | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 src/plainer.ts    |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/index.test.ts b/src/index.test.ts
index 566d80f..070d3e6 100644
--- a/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/index.test.ts
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ test('regression #245: superjson referential equalities only use the top-most pa
   expect(parsed).toEqual(input);
 });
 
-test('dedupe=true', () => {
+test('dedupe=true, pruned', () => {
   const instance = new SuperJSON({
     dedupe: true,
   });
@@ -1180,14 +1180,48 @@ test('dedupe=true', () => {
   expect(json.a);
 
   // This has already been seen and should be deduped
-  expect(json.b).toBeNull();
+  expect(json.b).toEqual('[Pruned *]');
 
   expect(json).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     Object {
       "a": Object {
         "children": Array [],
       },
-      "b": null,
+      "b": "[Pruned *]",
+    }
+  `);
+
+  expect(instance.deserialize(output)).toEqual(input);
+});
+
+test.only('dedupe=true, circular', () => {
+  const instance = new SuperJSON({
+    dedupe: true,
+  });
+
+  type Node = {
+    children: Node[];
+  };
+  const root: Node = {
+    children: [],
+  };
+  root.children.push(root);
+  const input = {
+    a: root,
+    b: root,
+  };
+  const output = instance.serialize(input);
+
+  const json = output.json as any;
+
+  expect(json).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    Object {
+      "a": Object {
+        "children": Array [
+          "[Circular *]",
+        ],
+      },
+      "b": "[Pruned *]",
     }
   `);
 
diff --git a/src/plainer.ts b/src/plainer.ts
index 1a568df..e369bd4 100644
--- a/src/plainer.ts
+++ b/src/plainer.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export const walker = (
       // short-circuit result if we've seen this object before
       return dedupe
         ? {
-            transformedValue: null,
+            transformedValue: '[Pruned *]',
           }
         : seen;
     }
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export const walker = (
   if (includes(objectsInThisPath, object)) {
     // prevent circular references
     return {
-      transformedValue: null,
+      transformedValue: '[Circular *]',
     };
   }
 

From 925cfd122190075dd556a31665c42f90d845d61a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julius Marminge <julius0216@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 16:35:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update src/index.test.ts

Co-authored-by: Alex / KATT <alexander@n1s.se>
---
 src/index.test.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/index.test.ts b/src/index.test.ts
index 070d3e6..7f719fc 100644
--- a/src/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/index.test.ts
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ test('dedupe=true, pruned', () => {
   expect(instance.deserialize(output)).toEqual(input);
 });
 
-test.only('dedupe=true, circular', () => {
+test('dedupe=true, circular', () => {
   const instance = new SuperJSON({
     dedupe: true,
   });