Proposing a new dependency to v8

[Yagiz Nizipli]

Hi everybody,

I'm thinking about proposing simdutf (https://github.com/simdutf/simdutf to v8 for faster unicode operations in certain parts of the code. We have been actively using it in Node.js for the past couple of months and upstreaming it can improve the performance on several places.

What is the policy and requirements for proposing and adding a dependency to v8?

Best,

Yagiz

[Leszek Swirski]

Hi Yagiz,

Sorry for the radio silence here, I think we had a small case of bystander syndrome. We've generally avoided external dependencies where possible, due to the security implications of pulling in an external project. I wouldn't say it's completely out of the question but there's a pretty high bar for the benefit it provides vs the overheads of doing a security audit, likely mirroring the repo, and subsequently tracking upstream.

Do you have any usage examples and performance numbers?

- Leszek

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