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+// scrub out circular references
+var traverse = require('traverse');
+
+var obj = { a : 1, b : 2, c : [ 3, 4 ] };
+obj.c.push(obj);
+
+var scrubbed = traverse(obj).map(function (x) {
+    if (this.circular) this.remove()
+});
+console.dir(scrubbed);