*** ../bash-4.4/lib/readline/history.c	2015-12-28 13:50:31.000000000 -0500
--- lib/readline/history.c	2016-09-30 14:28:40.000000000 -0400
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*** 58,61 ****
--- 58,63 ----
  #define DEFAULT_HISTORY_INITIAL_SIZE	502
  
+ #define MAX_HISTORY_INITIAL_SIZE	8192
+ 
  /* The number of slots to increase the_history by. */
  #define DEFAULT_HISTORY_GROW_SIZE 50
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*** 308,312 ****
  	{
  	  if (history_stifled && history_max_entries > 0)
! 	    history_size = history_max_entries + 2;
  	  else
  	    history_size = DEFAULT_HISTORY_INITIAL_SIZE;
--- 310,316 ----
  	{
  	  if (history_stifled && history_max_entries > 0)
! 	    history_size = (history_max_entries > MAX_HISTORY_INITIAL_SIZE)
! 				? MAX_HISTORY_INITIAL_SIZE
! 				: history_max_entries + 2;
  	  else
  	    history_size = DEFAULT_HISTORY_INITIAL_SIZE;