As it stands now in my test code, it is optional because I'm calling v8::V8::LowMemoryNotification(); before v8::V8::Dispose(); If you want fast shutdown, don't call either! Win, Win!
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Mike Moening <[email protected]>wrote: > > > "But it's not going to be at the v8 level." A few years back one of the v8 >> devs said (in a post on this list, but i have no link handy) that v8 does >> not gc at shutdown because (i'm paraphrasing), "it negatively impacts >> Chrome's shutdown time." i think most of us will agree that shutting down >> cleanly is better than shutting down quickly, but JS was not really >> intended (it was pointed out in that thread or a similar one) to be used >> with types which require proper destructor calls to ensure proper behaviour >> of the system. >> >> So, that's a "positive" answer in the sense that i'm positive v8 will >> never guaranty such a feature. v8's only _real_ concern, as far as directly >> adapting to customer needs, is Chromium and friends. (That's based off of >> my own observations over my years on this list, and not a sentiment >> expressed directly from anyone working on v8 (more implied by various >> answers they've provided).) >> > > That's not positive at all! The past doesn't matter. Nor does something > that somebody said x months ago. Please spare us from meaningless > speculation. > Software evolves and changes all the time. (threading support via Isolates > are an example of this) > > Passing an optional boolean to indicate that full GC at shutdown is > desired is very easy to add. > > -- > -- > v8-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "v8-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/v8-users/ta9wkdEY08o/unsubscribe?hl=en. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- v8-users mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "v8-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
