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Enable Node.js to run with Microsoft's ChakraCore engine

Rodrigo Muino Tomonari requested to merge github/fork/nodejs/nodejs-chakracore into master

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Enable Node.js to optionally build and run on Microsoft's ChakraCore JavaScript engine.

We implemented a V8 API shim (aka chakrashim) which takes advantage of ChakraCore runtime hosting APIs (JSRT). This shim implements most essential V8 APIs so that the underlying JavaScript engine changes are transparent to Node.js and native addon modules written for V8.

Here is the summary of commits :

  • chakrashim source code
  • ChakraCore v1.1.0.1 source code
  • build script changes to build Node.js with ChakraCore on Windows OS for x86, x64 and ARM
  • node-gyp changes to build Node.js with ChakraCore on Windows OS for x86, x64 and ARM 1
  • gyp changes to to build chakrashim and ChakraCore on Windows OS for x86, x64 and ARM 2
  • node source code changes needed to run on ChakraCore
  • unit test updated for ChakraCore

1 node-gyp changes won't directly be submitted via PR, but will be first submitted to upstream branch as pointed out in nodejs/node-gyp#873. They are included in PR so reviewers can build and test Node.js with chakracore. Node-gyp changes are divided in two commits, first is based on changes needed to build node.js with chakracore for x86 and x64 for Windows OS and other based on changes need to support building it for ARM architecture for Windows OS.

2 gyp changes are also divided in two commits. One for x86/x64 and other for ARM.

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