Top "V8" questions

V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine.

MongoDB SpiderMonkey doesn't understand UTF-8

If I add non-ASCII characters to MongoDB database then all db.find() fail telling "non ascii character detected". It's problem …

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Calling Javascript function from a C++ callback in V8

I'm trying to call a registered JS function when a c++ callback is called, but I'm getting a segfault for …

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Under the hood, are Javascript objects hash tables?

I was wondering about how Objects are implemented under the hood in Javascript engines (V8, Spidermonkey, etc). Are they really …

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The meaning of "'x' is not a function or its return value is not iterable" error

I accidentally witnessed that this causes an error in V8 (Chrome, Node.js, etc): for (let val of Symbol()) { /*...*/ } TypeError: …

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What are the differences between Firefox's Javascript engine and Chrome's V8?

I have found in some articles saying that FF's Javascript engine partially adopt Chrome's V8 feature ,or even some sourcecode …

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how to render 32bit unicode characters in google v8 (and nodejs)

does anyone have an idea how to render unicode 'astral plane' characters (whose CIDs are beyond 0xffff) in google v8, …

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*v8::String::Utf8Value(args[0]->ToString()) does not return the string of node.js addon argument

I've found that *v8::String::Utf8Value(args[0]->ToString()) returns the proper string on node 0.8.2 32-bit and does …

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How to compile the smallest possible V8 library for Windows?

I'm making a game engine for school, and I want to use Google's V8 to allow for JavaScript scripting in-engine. …

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error MSB4057: The target "v8" does not exist in the project

I'm trying to build V8 as part of ArangoDB using the official build scripts and following the official Windows build …

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Why does the value of typeof null change inside a loop?

Executing this snippet in the Chrome console: should print 1000 times false, but on some machines will print false for a …

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