Maximum Call Stack Exceeded When Destroying a nested model

bower.json

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "qunit": "~1.12.0"
+    "qunit": "~1.12.0",
+    "zepto": "~1.0.0"
   }
 }

map/attributes/attributes.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-steal('can/util', 'can/map', function(can, Map) {
+steal('can/util', 'can/map', 'can/list', function(can, Map) {
 can.each([ can.Map, can.Model ], function(clss){
 	// in some cases model might not be defined quite yet.
 	if(clss === undefined){
@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ can.Map.prototype.__convert = function(prop, value){
  *
  *		contact.serialize('birthday') //-> 'YYYY-MM-DD'
  */
+can.List.prototype.serialize = function(attrName, stack) {
+	return can.makeArray(can.Map.prototype.serialize.apply(this, arguments));
+}
+
 can.Map.prototype.serialize = function(attrName, stack) {
 	var where = {},
 		Class = this.constructor,
@@ -386,6 +390,10 @@ can.Map.prototype.serialize = function(attrName, stack) {
 		}
 	});
 
+	if(typeof attrs.length !== 'undefined') {
+		where.length = attrs.length;
+	}
+
 	return attrName != undefined ? where[attrName] : where;
 };
 return can.Map;

map/attributes/attributes_test.js

@@ -693,4 +693,45 @@ test("Convert can.Model using .model and .models (#293)", 5, function() {
 	equal(link.attr('levelsCompleted.1.index'), 1, 'Data ran through Level.models');
 });
 
+test('Maximum call stack size exceeded with global models (#476)', function() {
+	stop();
+
+	window.Character = can.Model.extend({
+		attributes: {
+			game: 'Game.model'
+		}
+	}, {});
+
+	window.Game = can.Model.extend({
+		attributes: {
+			characters: 'Character.models'
+		},
+		findOne: function() {
+			var dfd = can.Deferred();
+			setTimeout(function() {
+				dfd.resolve({
+					"id": "LOZ",
+					"name": "The Legend of Zelda",
+					"characters": [{
+						"id": "1",
+						"name": "Link",
+						"game": {
+							"id": "LOZ"
+						}
+					}]
+				});
+			}, 100);
+			return dfd;
+		}
+	}, {});
+
+	window.Game.findOne({id: 'LOZ'}).then(function(g) {
+		ok(g.serialize(), 'No error serializing the object');
+		start();
+	});
+
+	delete window.Game;
+	delete window.Character;
+});
+
 })();