Trevor Norris
Trevor Norris
@mikeal I believe Bert was the first to coin that term when I was explaining the concept a while back, and I jokingly went with it. While it's convenient to...
@No9 Opening a new issue directly addressing sync calls would be best. This thread covers a large number of topics. Thanks!
I'm currently working on a standardized low-level API for Node as part of a future API Compliance WG. My plan is that the current API will be built on top...
@hax Because of changes in V8, `Uint8Array` backed `Buffer`s are being forced upon us.
+1 on @timoxley suggestion. I like the `'@'` syntax, and seems most intuitive.
> I can't see it being significantly slower than v8 bindings It is significantly slower than using a native module.
A call into C++ from JS in recent V8 is a bit under 30 ns. Converting well formed arguments is in the single digit ns. So even a non trivial...
@mikeal FWIW I've already been working on a new JS API to be the "thinnest possible" layer between JS and the native side. That's something I've been wanting to happen...
@mikeal Since I know node's internal interfaces I'm able to write most of it as a module. Since it does rely on internals it'll probably break with any minor version...
@jwerle Is this change still applicable? I'm trying to reassess everything now that the `ipc-cleanup` branch has landed.