Refix issue 1472. The previous fix worked for the example in the bug

test/mjsunit/regress/regress-1472.js

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+
+// Avoid excessive expansions of regexp repetitions inside regexp repetitions.
+// Some of these caused stack overflows, others cause out-of-memory.
+var r1 = /(?:a(?:b(?:c(?:d(?:e(?:f(?:g(?:h(?:i(?:j(?:k(?:l(?:m(?:n(?:o(?:p(?:q(?:r(?:s(?:t(?:u(?:v(?:w(?:x(?:y(?:z(?:FooBar)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)+)/;
+"xxx".match(r1);
+
+var r2 = /(?:a(?:b(?:c(?:d(?:e(?:f(?:g(?:h(?:i(?:j(?:k(?:l(?:FooBar){0,2}){0,2}){0,2}){0,2}){0,2}){0,2}){0,2}){0,2}){0,2}){0,2}){0,2}){0,2}){0,2}/;
+"xxx".match(r2);
+
+var r3 = /(?:a(?:b(?:c(?:d(?:e(?:f(?:g(?:h(?:i(?:j(?:k(?:l(?:FooBar){2}){2}){2}){2}){2}){2}){2}){2}){2}){2}){2}){2}){2}/;
+"xxx".match(r3);
+
+var r4 = /(?:a(?:b(?:c(?:d(?:e(?:f(?:g(?:h(?:i(?:FooBar){3,6}){3,6}){3,6}){3,6}){3,6}){3,6}){3,6}){3,6}){3,6}){3,6}/;
+"xxx".match(r4);