The term "native module" dates back to some of the oldest code
in the code base. Within the context of Node.js core it usually
refers to modules that are native to Node.js (e.g. fs, http),
but it can cause confusion for people who don't work on this
part of the code base, as "native module" can also refer to
native addons - which is even the case in some of the API
docs and error messages.
This patch tries to make the usage of these terms more consistent.
Now within the context of Node.js core:
- JavaScript scripts that are built-in to Node.js are now referred
to as "built-in(s)". If they are available as modules,
they can also be referred to as "built-in module(s)".
- Dynamically-linked shared objects that are loaded into
the Node.js processes are referred to as "addons".
We will try to avoid using the term "native modules" because it could
be ambiguous.
Changes in this patch:
File names:
- node_native_module.h -> node_builtins.h,
- node_native_module.cc -> node_builtins.cc
C++ binding names:
- `native_module` -> `builtins`
`node::Environment`:
- `native_modules_without_cache` -> `builtins_without_cache`
- `native_modules_with_cache` -> `builtins_with_cache`
- `native_modules_in_snapshot` -> `builtins_in_cache`
- `native_module_require` -> `builtin_module_require`
`node::EnvSerializeInfo`:
- `native_modules` -> `builtins
`node::native_module::NativeModuleLoader`:
- `native_module` namespace -> `builtins` namespace
- `NativeModuleLoader` -> `BuiltinLoader`
- `NativeModuleRecordMap` -> `BuiltinSourceMap`
- `NativeModuleCacheMap` -> `BuiltinCodeCacheMap`
- `ModuleIds` -> `BuiltinIds`
- `ModuleCategories` -> `BuiltinCategories`
- `LoadBuiltinModuleSource` -> `LoadBuiltinSource`
`loader.js`:
- `NativeModule` -> `BuiltinModule` (the `NativeModule` name used in
`process.moduleLoadList` is kept for compatibility)
And other clarifications in the documentation and comments.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/44135
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/44036
Reviewed-By: Jacob Smith <jacob@frende.me>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <midawson@redhat.com>
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <rlau@redhat.com>
Reviewed-By: Jiawen Geng <technicalcute@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Chengzhong Wu <legendecas@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Mohammed Keyvanzadeh <mohammadkeyvanzade94@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: Jan Krems <jan.krems@gmail.com>
Directory symlinks in Windows require the 'dir' flag to be passed to
create the symlink correctly.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/19049
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Khaidi Chu <i@2333.moe>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Daniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
Add punctuation and comments about code that should not throw.
Also remove a obsolete test and refactor some tests.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18669
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
There is actually no reason to use `assert.doesNotThrow()` in the
tests. If a test throws, just let the error bubble up right away
instead of first catching it and then rethrowing it.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/18669
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Currently when running configure with the --debug option in combination
with the tests (./configure --debug && make -j8 test) there are a few
addon tests that fail with error messages similar to this:
=== release test ===
Path: addons/load-long-path/test
fs.js:558
return binding.open(pathModule._makeLong(path), stringToFlags(flags),
mode);
^
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open
'/nodejs/node/test/addons/load-long-path/build/Release/binding.node'
at Object.fs.openSync (fs.js:558:18)
at Object.fs.readFileSync (fs.js:468:33)
at Object.<anonymous>
(/nodejs/node/test/addons/load-long-path/test.js:28:19)
at Module._compile (module.js:560:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:569:10)
at Module.load (module.js:477:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:436:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:428:3)
at Module.runMain (module.js:594:10)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:382:7)
Command: out/Release/node
/nodejs/node/test/addons/load-long-path/test.js
This commit allows for the tests to pass even if the configured build
type is of type debug.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/8836
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Ilkka Myller <ilkka.myller@nodefield.com>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Add the `--preserve-symlinks` flag. This makes the changes added
in #5950 conditional. By default the old behavior is used. With
the flag set, symlinks are preserved, switching to the new
behavior. This should be considered to be a temporary solution
until we figure out how to solve the symlinked peer dependency
problem in a more general way that does not break everything
else.
Additional test cases are included.
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/6537
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
