v8like - a V8 API for JavaScriptCore

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Isaac Burns

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Jan 30, 2015, 7:10:45 PM1/30/15

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Posting here just in case anyone else is interested...

I've started a project to add a V8 API to JavaScriptCore. (Currently 3.14, the version used by node.js 0.10)

https://github.com/flyover/v8like/tree/3.14

I've also created a fork of the node.js project with patches applied for building for iOS and OS X using both the V8 simulator and v8like. (Currently 0.10.36, the latest stable version of node.js)

https://github.com/flyover/node/tree/v0.10.36-release

There is also an Android/iOS project that uses Cordova to interface with these projects using the Ace editor as a GUI.

https://github.com/flyover/nodegap

There is a hack for accessing typed arrays by wrapping node's Buffer class in a native object. This could, most likely, be removed if a typed array API is ever added to JavaScriptCore.

I've been bugging the WebKit team for this.

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120112

There's also still a bug where node Buffer's are not being garbage collected. This could either be something to do with the native object hack, something with the v8::Persistent implementation, or something completely different.