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.IP NODE_DISABLE_COLORS
If set to 1 then colors will not be used in the REPL.

.IP NODE_USE_UV
If set to 1 then Node will use the new libuv-based backend.

.SH V8 OPTIONS

--crankshaft (use crankshaft)
--harmony_typeof (enable harmony semantics for typeof)
type: bool default: false
--harmony_proxies (enable harmony proxies)
type: bool default: false
--harmony_weakmaps (enable harmony weak maps)
type: bool default: false
--harmony_block_scoping (enable harmony block scoping)
type: bool default: false
--unbox_double_arrays (automatically unbox arrays of doubles)
type: bool default: true
--string_slices (use string slices)
type: bool default: false
--crankshaft (use crankshaft)
type: bool default: true
--hydrogen_filter (hydrogen use/trace filter)
type: string default:
type: string default:
--use_hydrogen (use generated hydrogen for compilation)
type: bool default: true
--build_lithium (use lithium chunk builder)
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type: bool default: true
--use_gvn (use hydrogen global value numbering)
type: bool default: true
--use_peeling (use loop peeling)
type: bool default: false
--use_canonicalizing (use hydrogen instruction canonicalizing)
type: bool default: true
--use_inlining (use function inlining)
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type: bool default: true
--loop_invariant_code_motion (loop invariant code motion)
type: bool default: true
--time_hydrogen (timing for hydrogen)
--hydrogen_stats (print statistics for hydrogen)
type: bool default: false
--trace_hydrogen (trace generated hydrogen to file)
type: bool default: false
--trace_inlining (trace inlining decisions)
type: bool default: false
--trace_alloc (trace register allocator)
type: bool default: false
--trace_all_uses (trace all use positions)
type: bool default: false
--trace_range (trace range analysis)
type: bool default: false
--trace_gvn (trace global value numbering)
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type: bool default: false
--deopt_every_n_times (deoptimize every n times a deopt point is passed)
type: int default: 0
--process_arguments_object (try to deal with arguments object)
type: bool default: true
--trap_on_deopt (put a break point before deoptimizing)
type: bool default: false
--deoptimize_uncommon_cases (deoptimize uncommon cases)
type: bool default: true
--polymorphic_inlining (polymorphic inlining)
type: bool default: true
--aggressive_loop_invariant_motion (aggressive motion of instructions out of loops)
type: bool default: true
--use_osr (use on-stack replacement)
type: bool default: true
--trace_osr (trace on-stack replacement)
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type: bool default: false
--code_comments (emit comments in code disassembly)
type: bool default: false
--emit_branch_hints (emit branch hints)
type: bool default: false
--peephole_optimization (perform peephole optimizations in assembly code)
type: bool default: true
--print_peephole_optimization (print peephole optimizations in assembly code)
type: bool default: false
--enable_sse2 (enable use of SSE2 instructions if available)
type: bool default: true
--enable_sse3 (enable use of SSE3 instructions if available)
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type: bool default: true
--enable_sahf (enable use of SAHF instruction if available (X64 only))
type: bool default: true
--enable_vfp3 (enable use of VFP3 instructions if available (ARM only))
--enable_vfp3 (enable use of VFP3 instructions if available - this implies enabling ARMv7 instructions (ARM only))
type: bool default: true
--enable_armv7 (enable use of ARMv7 instructions if available (ARM only))
type: bool default: true
--enable_fpu (enable use of MIPS FPU instructions if available (MIPS only))
type: bool default: true
--expose_natives_as (expose natives in global object)
type: string default: NULL
--expose_debug_as (expose debug in global object)
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type: bool default: true
--trace (trace function calls)
type: bool default: false
--defer_negation (defer negation operation)
type: bool default: true
--mask_constants_with_cookie (use random jit cookie to mask large constants)
type: bool default: true
--lazy (use lazy compilation)
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type: bool default: false
--prepare_always_opt (prepare for turning on always opt)
type: bool default: false
--debug_info (add debug information to compiled functions)
type: bool default: true
--deopt (support deoptimization)
type: bool default: true
--trace_deopt (trace deoptimization)
type: bool default: false
--strict (strict error checking)
type: bool default: false
--min_preparse_length (minimum length for automatic enable preparsing)
type: int default: 1024
--full_compiler (enable dedicated backend for run-once code)
type: bool default: true
--always_full_compiler (try to use the dedicated run-once backend for all code)
type: bool default: false
--trace_bailout (print reasons for falling back to using the classic V8 backend)
type: bool default: false
--safe_int32_compiler (enable optimized side-effect-free int32 expressions.)
type: bool default: true
--use_flow_graph (perform flow-graph based optimizations)
type: bool default: false
--compilation_cache (enable compilation cache)
type: bool default: true
--loop_peeling (Peel off the first iteration of loops.)
type: bool default: false
--remote_debugging (enable remote debugging)
type: bool default: false
--cache_prototype_transitions (cache prototype transitions)
type: bool default: true
--trace_debug_json (trace debugging JSON request/response)
type: bool default: false
--debugger_auto_break (automatically set the debug break flag when debugger commands are in the queue)
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type: bool default: false
--never_compact (Never perform compaction on full GC - testing only)
type: bool default: false
--cleanup_ics_at_gc (Flush inline caches prior to mark compact collection.)
type: bool default: true
--cleanup_caches_in_maps_at_gc (Flush code caches in maps during mark compact cycle.)
--cleanup_code_caches_at_gc (Flush inline caches prior to mark compact collection and flush code caches in maps during mark compact cycle.)
type: bool default: true
--random_seed (Default seed for initializing random generator (0, the default, means to use system random).)
type: int default: 0
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type: bool default: false
--strict_mode (allow strict mode directives)
type: bool default: true
--optimize_ast (optimize the ast)
type: bool default: true
--trace_sim (Trace simulator execution)
type: bool default: false
--check_icache (Check icache flushes in ARM simulator)
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type: bool default: false
--preallocate_message_memory (preallocate some memory to build stack traces.)
type: bool default: false
--randomize_hashes (randomize hashes to avoid predictable hash collisions (with snapshots this option cannot override the baked-in seed))
type: bool default: true
--hash_seed (Fixed seed to use to hash property keys (0 means random)(with snapshots this option cannot override the baked-in seed))
type: int default: 0
--preemption (activate a 100ms timer that switches between V8 threads)
type: bool default: false
--trace_regexps (trace regexp execution)
type: bool default: false
--regexp_optimization (generate optimized regexp code)
type: bool default: true
--regexp_entry_native (use native code to enter regexp)
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--debugger_port (Port to use for remote debugging)
type: int default: 5858
--map_counters (Map counters to a file)
type: string default: NULL
type: string default:
--js_arguments (Pass all remaining arguments to the script. Alias for "--".)
type: arguments default:
type: arguments default:
--debug_compile_events (Enable debugger compile events)
type: bool default: true
--debug_script_collected_events (Enable debugger script collected events)
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type: bool default: false
--gdbjit_dump (dump elf objects with debug info to disk)
type: bool default: false
--gdbjit_dump_filter (dump only objects containing this substring)
type: string default:
--enable_slow_asserts (enable asserts that are slow to execute)
type: bool default: false
--trace_codegen (print name of functions for which code is generated)
type: bool default: false
--print_source (pretty print source code)
type: bool default: false
--print_builtin_source (pretty print source code for builtins)
type: bool default: false
--print_ast (print source AST)
type: bool default: false
--print_builtin_ast (print source AST for builtins)
type: bool default: false
--print_json_ast (print source AST as JSON)
type: bool default: false
--print_builtin_json_ast (print source AST for builtins as JSON)
type: bool default: false
--stop_at (function name where to insert a breakpoint)
type: string default:
--verify_stack_height (verify stack height tracing on ia32)
type: bool default: false
--print_builtin_scopes (print scopes for builtins)
type: bool default: false
--print_scopes (print scopes)
type: bool default: false
--trace_contexts (trace contexts operations)
type: bool default: false
--gc_greedy (perform GC prior to some allocations)
type: bool default: false
--gc_verbose (print stuff during garbage collection)
type: bool default: false
--heap_stats (report heap statistics before and after GC)
type: bool default: false
--code_stats (report code statistics after GC)
type: bool default: false
--verify_heap (verify heap pointers before and after GC)
type: bool default: false
--print_handles (report handles after GC)
type: bool default: false
--print_global_handles (report global handles after GC)
type: bool default: false
--trace_ic (trace inline cache state transitions)
type: bool default: false
--trace_normalization (prints when objects are turned into dictionaries.)
type: bool default: false
--trace_lazy (trace lazy compilation)
type: bool default: false
--debug_serialization (write debug information into the snapshot.)
type: bool default: false
--collect_heap_spill_statistics (report heap spill statistics along with heap_stats (requires heap_stats))
type: bool default: false
--trace_isolates (trace isolate state changes)
type: bool default: false
--log_state_changes (Log state changes.)
type: bool default: false
--regexp_possessive_quantifier (enable possessive quantifier syntax for testing)
type: bool default: false
--trace_regexp_bytecodes (trace regexp bytecode execution)
type: bool default: false
--trace_regexp_assembler (trace regexp macro assembler calls.)
type: bool default: false
--log (Minimal logging (no API, code, GC, suspect, or handles samples).)
type: bool default: false
--log_all (Log all events to the log file.)
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type: bool default: false
--log_suspect (Log suspect operations.)
type: bool default: false
--log_producers (Log stack traces of JS objects allocations.)
type: bool default: false
--prof (Log statistical profiling information (implies --log-code).)
type: bool default: false
--prof_auto (Used with --prof, starts profiling automatically)
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type: string default: v8.log
--ll_prof (Enable low-level linux profiler.)
type: bool default: false
--print_code_stubs (print code stubs)
type: bool default: false
--print_code (print generated code)
type: bool default: false
--print_opt_code (print optimized code)
type: bool default: false
--print_unopt_code (print unoptimized code before printing optimized code based on it)
type: bool default: false
--print_code_verbose (print more information for code)
type: bool default: false
--print_builtin_code (print generated code for builtins)
type: bool default: false


.SH RESOURCES AND DOCUMENTATION
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