I thought it would be interesting to extend the work done by PLV8, by including not just V8 but also Node's deps and source so that I could have access to all of Node's features inside Postgres through it's PL extension framework. Doing so required using Node as a shared library, so for anyone who is curious about how this can be done you can check out the fork:
https://github.com/hoonto/plnode There have been some previous messages concerning embedding Node into other applications as a library and as a result of that project I have some questions, being new to hacking at node's core. I had to make a couple modifications to src/node.cc, splitting the: Start(...) method into two functions which I called: buildContext(...) runContext(...) so that I could request Node create a V8 context and share it with the application wrapping Node (in this case, plnode) as well as request Node to invoke libuv after incrementing the reference count through standard Node libraries like http. I'm hoping some folks with a much deeper understanding of the core and the potential implications of these modifications will help guide me in a direction that makes sense, I can't imagine my first stab at embedding Node was done in the best way, probably lots of room for improvement. It also brought up a thought though, that it may be important to provide easy embedding instructions, as in "the right way" as prescribed by those with deeper understanding than myself for others so as to aid in Node proliferation. Like many other platforms, embedding tends to become a more frequent topic as platform maturity increases. So what do you all think? How badly did I screw it up, what can I do to make it better, and do you feel as I do, that it is important to provide easy access to Node embedding - a Node Embedders Guide, so to speak? That little plnode project provides my first attempt at giving a useful guide for doing such things, but as mentioned I had to modify node.cc so before solidifying anything else I wanted to reach out to the community and get your collective thoughts, experience, expertise on the topic! Other questions also - implications of turning on C++ exceptions - I've referenced a few threads on the topic, but would love it if someone would educate me as to whether or not this is a good idea or something that will blow up on me down the road. Thanks! Matt -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
