With v8 3.12.x, there is now an ability to specify a .js file to be
included in the snapshot with the --extra_code flag:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11109538/node-js-v8-how-to-make-my...

http://code.google.com/p/v8/source/detail?r=11871

It has been noted that Node is not loaded at the time of the snapshot.
Would you consider adding the functionality on build to create a snapshot
of V8+Node+<your app> so that everything can be deployed this way?

I can imagine people could use this to deploy client-side Node apps without
giving away the cleartext .js files.
Of course this could also mean faster startup of Node in general.

Well, I have been trying to replace the v8 version in the Node source to
build with this version, but there are fatal build errors.
Are there any pointers on how to modify v8 taken from the svn source so
that it will build under Node?