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+require("../common");
+var http = require("http"),
+  sys = require("sys"),
+  server,
+  server_response = "Thank you, come again.",
+  client_requests = [],
+  cur, timer, req_num, exception_count = 0;
+
+server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+  intentionally_not_defined();
+  res.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
+  res.write(server_response);
+  res.end();
+});
+server.listen(PORT);
+
+function check_reqs() {
+  var done_reqs = 0;
+  client_requests.forEach(function (v) {
+    if (v.done) {
+      done_reqs += 1;
+    }
+  });
+  if (done_reqs === 4) {
+    sys.puts("Got all requests, which is bad.");
+    clearTimeout(timer);
+  }
+}
+
+function add_client(num) {
+  var req = http.createClient(PORT).request('GET', '/busy/' + num);
+
+  req.addListener('response', function(res) {
+    var response_body = "";
+    res.setEncoding("utf8");
+    res.addListener('data', function(chunk) {
+      response_body += chunk;
+    });
+    res.addListener('end', function() {
+      assert.strictEqual(response_body, server_response);
+      req.done = true;
+      check_reqs();
+    });
+  });
+  req.end();
+
+  return req;
+}
+
+for (req_num = 0; req_num < 4 ; req_num += 1) {
+  client_requests.push(add_client(req_num));
+}
+
+function exception_handler(err) {
+  sys.puts("Caught an exception: " + err);
+  if (err.name === "AssertionError") {
+    throw(err);
+  }
+  exception_count += 1;
+}
+process.addListener("uncaughtException", exception_handler);
+
+timer = setTimeout(function () {
+  process.removeListener("uncaughtException", exception_handler);
+  server.close();
+  assert.strictEqual(4, exception_count);
+  process.exit(0);
+}, 300);