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kmillikin@chromium.org
faa82f6363 Revert "Clean up Context::Lookup and its uses."
This reverts commit 9223, due to test failures.

R=ricow@chromium.org
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Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7865023

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2011-09-12 09:17:26 +00:00
kmillikin@chromium.org
df11bd7b75 Clean up Context::Lookup and its uses.
Refactor Context::Lookup so it is more obvious.  Change the comment in
contexts.h so it no longer indicates that it can return an arguments
object (it can't) and clean up the call sites that had leftover dead code.

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Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7782030

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2011-09-12 08:57:09 +00:00
keuchel@chromium.org
42388ad5c7 Temporal dead zone behaviour for let bindings.
BUG=
TEST=mjsunit/harmony/block-let-semantics.js

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7671042

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2011-08-30 11:23:57 +00:00
keuchel@chromium.org
3c7ca304fe Preliminary code for block scopes and block contexts.
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Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7549008

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2011-08-11 16:29:28 +00:00
rossberg@chromium.org
f7ff89ea02 Implement `in' for proxies.
R=ager@chromium.org
BUG=v8:1543
TEST=

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7390028

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2011-07-19 09:38:59 +00:00
vitalyr@chromium.org
fe7bdf1fe8 Remove unmarked entries from per context map caches.
Made "map_cache" a weak field of global context and added a pass over
all caches late in the marking phase.

R=vegorov@chromium.org
BUG=v8:1516
TEST=cctest/test-api/Regress1516

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7285031

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2011-07-01 12:47:18 +00:00
kmillikin@chromium.org
5e7da7f04f Remove the fcontext field from all contexts.
Before: every context cached the nearest enclosing function context.  This
assumed that for nested contexts (i.e., with and catch contexts) the
enclosing function had a materialized link in the context chain.

Now: when necessary, we loop up the context chain to find such a context.
This enables catch contexts without forcing the enclosing function to
allocate its own context.

R=ager@chromium.org
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Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7230047

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2011-06-28 15:22:08 +00:00
karlklose@chromium.org
f4e4bc43a8 Merge arguments branch to bleeding edge (second try).
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7187007

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2011-06-16 14:12:58 +00:00
karlklose@chromium.org
cc19d1e278 Revert "Merge arguments branch to bleeding merge."
This reverts commit ceb31498b9d69edca3260820fb4047045891ce6d.

TBR=kmillikin@chromium.org

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7172030

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2011-06-16 06:37:49 +00:00
karlklose@chromium.org
6cfeb2d400 Merge arguments branch to bleeding merge.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7167006

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2011-06-15 15:09:28 +00:00
kmillikin@chromium.org
d77fa99e28 Guard an unsafe cast of a catch context's extension object.
R=ager@chromium.org
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Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7149019

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2011-06-14 15:00:57 +00:00
kmillikin@chromium.org
7d527f857f Change the representation of catch contexts.
Before, they had no extra slots and an extension object with one named
property.  Now, they use the extension slot for the property name and have
an extra slot for the thrown object.  This increases the size of the context
itself, but removes overall allocation and eliminates a level of indirection.

R=ager@chromium.org

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7152002

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2011-06-14 12:16:23 +00:00
kmillikin@chromium.org
4b96218589 Link function contexts directly to the previous context.
Instead of NULL in the previous field of function contexts, put the previous
context.  This saves the indirection of fetching the previous through the
context's closure.

R=ager@chromium.org
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Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7134042

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2011-06-09 12:45:26 +00:00
kmillikin@chromium.org
371af773cf A collection of context-related refactoring changes.
Introduce separate maps for function and with contexts.  Use the function
context map for testing whether a context is a function context (global
contexts are no longer function contexts).

Split the paths for allocating with and catch contexts.

Rename some functions.  Generally refactor code to make it simpler.

R=ager@chromium.org
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Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7003058

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2011-06-09 11:26:01 +00:00
rossberg@chromium.org
670f947a5c Implement set trap for proxies, and revamp class hierarchy in preparation:
- Introduce a class JSReceiver, that is a common superclass of JSObject and
  JSProxy. Use JSReceiver where appropriate (probably lots of places that we
  still have to migrate, but we will find those later with proxy test suite).

- Move appropriate methods to JSReceiver class (SetProperty,
  GetPropertyAttribute, Get/SetPrototype, Lookup, and so on).

- Introduce new JSFunctionProxy subclass of JSProxy. Currently only a stub.

- Overhaul enum InstanceType:
  * Introduce FIRST/LAST_SPEC_OBJECT_TYPE that ranges over all types that
    represent JS objects, and use that consistently to check language types.
  * Rename FIRST/LAST_JS_OBJECT_TYPE and FIRST/LAST_FUNCTION_CLASS_TYPE
    to FIRST/LAST_[NON]CALLABLE_SPEC_OBJECT_TYPE for clarity.
  * Eliminate the overlap over JS_REGEXP_TYPE.
  * Also replace FIRST_JS_OBJECT with FIRST_JS_RECEIVER, but only use it where
    we exclusively talk about the internal representation type.
  * Insert JS_PROXY and JS_FUNCTION_PROXY in the appropriate places.

- Fix all checks concerning classification, especially for functions, to
  use the CALLABLE_SPEC_OBJECT range (that includes funciton proxies).

- Handle proxies in SetProperty (that was the easiest part :) ).

- A few simple test cases.

R=kmillikin@chromium.org

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/6992072

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2011-05-31 16:38:40 +00:00
rossberg@chromium.org
30ecaa2f6c Move derived get trap from builtins to global context.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7017008

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2011-05-18 14:00:34 +00:00
ager@chromium.org
8a0b1f5bc9 Allow closures to be optimized if outer contexts that call eval are all in strict mode.
R=kmillikin@chromium.org
BUG=
TEST=mjsunit/compiler/eval-introduced-closure.js

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/6993008

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2011-05-11 11:26:11 +00:00
ager@chromium.org
8aeaa5e90a Implement API to disallow code generation from strings for a context.
R=sgjesse@chromium.org
BUG=v8:1258
TEST=test-api/AllowCodeGenFromStrings

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/6905167

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2011-05-03 05:40:47 +00:00
vitalyr@chromium.org
7976ca2cbc Merge isolates to bleeding_edge.
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2011-03-18 20:35:07 +00:00
vitalyr@chromium.org
76e226f832 Revert r7268: it borked the history.
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2011-03-18 19:41:05 +00:00
vitalyr@chromium.org
6ff7fdebd3 Merge isolates to bleeding_edge.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/6685088

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2011-03-18 18:49:56 +00:00
mmaly@chromium.org
4cbf3478d8 Implement strict mode ThrowTypeError functions for arguments object.
* Reverse order of arguments in-object fields for length and callee.
* Introduce arguments ThrowTypeError functions (caller/callee).
* Create strict mode arguments boilerplate object.
* Strict mode "new arguments object" stub.
* Runtime arguments object allocation.
* Update es5conform test expectations.

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/6698015/

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2011-03-17 20:28:41 +00:00
mmaly@chromium.org
1d1018aec7 Strict mode ThrowTypeError functions for
- function.caller
- function.arguments

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/6694044/

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2011-03-17 20:28:17 +00:00
ager@chromium.org
6428822811 Revert "Strict mode ThrowTypeError functions for"
TBR=mmaly@chromium.org

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/6696018

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2011-03-15 11:01:21 +00:00
mmaly@chromium.org
80bd958df2 Strict mode ThrowTypeError functions for
- function.caller
- function.arguments

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/6691003/

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2011-03-14 17:46:37 +00:00
kasperl@chromium.org
90b3370374 Update V8 to version 3.0 (re-land r5920).
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2010-12-07 11:31:57 +00:00
kasperl@chromium.org
51b494d096 Revert r5920. Will re-land shortly.
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2010-12-07 11:01:02 +00:00
kasperl@chromium.org
e5860bd6a8 Update V8 to version 3.0.
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2010-12-07 09:11:56 +00:00
vegorov@chromium.org
b2b7aa6f3b Link all global contexts into a weak list.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/3764011

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2010-10-18 14:59:03 +00:00
whesse@chromium.org
937a9d466e Improve header file inclusions. Drop some unneeded includes, and add some needed ones.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/3253001

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2010-08-30 07:10:40 +00:00
kaznacheev@chromium.org
6bd9d953dd Reapplying r5147 (caching maps for slow case objects).
r5147 wrongly assumed that a code cache for a slow case map is always empty.
This patch solves this: whenever we attempt to add a stub to a map's code cache 
we check that this map is cached. If it is we give the object its own copy
of the map and only then modify the map.

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/3134027

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2010-08-25 13:25:54 +00:00
vegorov@chromium.org
9ed501d95f Merge flush code phase into marking phase.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/3135026

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2010-08-17 11:44:01 +00:00
sgjesse@chromium.org
8e0cd6db8a Handle overwriting valueOf on String objects correctly when adding
This adds a check to the fast case string add to ensure that the String object still have the default valueOf function. The default valueOf is sitting on a hidden prototype of String.prototype.

Before using the fast case valueOf the object is checked for a local valueOf property. For slow case objects this check always reports true (the dictionary is not probed, so valueOf might be there) and for fast case objects the descriptor array is checked for the valueOf symbol (just liniar scan). After that the prototype is checked for beeing the initial value of String.prototype. If this all pass (that is the default valueOf is still in place) this result is cached on the map making the check fast the next time.

This is only implemented in the optimizing compiler, as the two usages of %_IsStringWrapperSafeForDefaultValueOf is never hit by the full compiler.

I will port to x64 and ARM when this has been reviewed for ia32.

I will remove the performance counters prior to final commit.

BUG=http://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=760
TEST=test/mjsunit/regress/regress-760-1.js
TEST=test/mjsunit/regress/regress-760-2.js

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/3117006

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2010-08-12 13:43:08 +00:00
whesse@chromium.org
571eca3118 Revert r5147 due to failing assert, with no simple solution. Issue 808.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/3087001

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2010-08-02 15:08:17 +00:00
kaznacheev@chromium.org
d191b9d7d2 Cache maps for slow case objects.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/3032028

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2010-07-28 15:08:32 +00:00
dgozman@chromium.org
8fee5e810a Added ability to remove prototype from function. In this case, [[Construct]] from function will not be allowed.
Added runtime function %FunctionRemovePrototype for this.
Removed prototypes from all builtin functions.
Some sputnik tests marked as fixed.
Added test to check builtins behavior.

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/1722003

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2010-04-28 12:05:40 +00:00
antonm@chromium.org
a713b27428 Introduce fast native caches and use it in String.search.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/1563005

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2010-04-14 14:46:15 +00:00
lrn@chromium.org
285d5bc48a Native construction of RegExp result objects, with in-object index and input.
Avoid cloning using CloneRegExpResult for results that are just arrays.
Made a more direct path for string.match with string argument.

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/1645001

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2010-04-13 09:31:03 +00:00
kasperl@chromium.org
7d6a3b433f Merge the partial_snapshots branch back into bleeding_edge. For
now, the custom call generator stuff is disabled.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/1094014

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2010-03-23 11:40:38 +00:00
antonm@chromium.org
21af2c360a Reland 4068 which wrapped Array methods into native builtins (reverted in 4075).
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/857002

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2010-03-11 13:13:21 +00:00
ager@chromium.org
5fd33c7527 Revert change to always call builtins for Array functions.
It causes regressions on test shell tests.

TBR=antonm@chromium.org
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/819001

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2010-03-10 08:45:00 +00:00
antonm@chromium.org
52ec954dd2 Always invoke C++ ArrayPush builtin.
Now this builtin checks if it should go into fast case or resort to JS ArrayPush builtin.

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/660298

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2010-03-09 15:43:04 +00:00
peter.rybin@gmail.com
4b6b2dc9c6 Implement BlindReference object and provide couple of liveedit-specific structures
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/650127

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2010-02-24 19:59:09 +00:00
ager@chromium.org
7f422b2a35 Remove caching of ToBoolean on the global context. This was used for
API operations but the API C++ code no longer performs a call to the
JavaScript code for ToBoolean.

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/607009

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2010-02-16 09:24:14 +00:00
kasperl@chromium.org
15fe7a8ad6 Make the ResolvePossiblyDirectEval faster by avoiding the
stack traversal code.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/523051

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2010-01-05 09:38:02 +00:00
mikhail.naganov@gmail.com
30a0a7de43 Split nested namespaces declaration in two lines in accordance with C++ Style Guide.
This issue was raised by Brett Wilson while reviewing my changelist for readability. Craig Silverstein (one of C++ SG maintainers) confirmed that we should declare one namespace per line. Our way of namespaces closing seems not violating style guides (there is no clear agreement on it), so I left it intact.

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/115756


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sgjesse@chromium.org
3e76ba9a78 Propagate information on whether a non function was called as constructor or not.The Arguments object passed to the callback now has IsConstructCall set accordingly.BUG=http://crbug.com/3285
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/113634

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2009-05-20 19:33:44 +00:00
sgjesse@chromium.org
3cdb194c56 Add the ability to set embedder data on created contexts from the API.
Expose the active context where a break event occoured through the debug message handler.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/109013

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2009-05-05 09:38:45 +00:00
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com
1f7e96743d - Extended lazy loading to general objects, not just functions.
- Added lazily loaded JSON object.


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ager@chromium.org
0c7af39737 Speed up access to global variables from eval scopes. Traverse the
surrounding context to figure out if the variable could be global.  If
the variable could be global we check context extension objects at
runtime and use a global LoadIC if no variables have been introduced
by eval.

Fix crash bug when loading function arguments from inside eval.  The 
shadowed variable in the DYNAMIC_LOCAL case does not rewrite to a slot in 
that case.

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/28027

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2009-02-24 13:11:53 +00:00
sgjesse@chromium.org
d131ecf3dd Changed the debugger API to allow only one debug event listener to be registered. The public API now only has SetDebugEventListener instead of AddDebugEventListener and RemoveDebugEventListener.
Moved the registrered debug event listener from the context to a global handle in the Debugger class. Storing it in the context did not make much sense.

Changed a lot of tests to handle the API change.

BUG=1242707
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/19753

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2009-02-03 07:59:12 +00:00
olehougaard
392e6f849b Fixing a subtle bug in receiver resolution when a thrown and caught function is called from a catch-block.
Second attempt - now with better memory efficiency.
Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/14834

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2008-12-18 11:28:13 +00:00
kasperl@chromium.org
c128b8d9de Improve code for looking up in context slots in runtime.cc and
use safe casting operations to slot access on contexts when
possible.


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2008-10-24 10:59:40 +00:00
feng@chromium.org
42ef2c3d77 Split window support from V8.
Here is a description of the background and design of split window in Chrome and V8:
https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/Doc?id=chhjkpg_47fwddxbfr

This change list splits the window object into two parts: 1) an inner window object used as the global object of contexts; 2) an outer window object exposed to JavaScript and accessible by the name 'window'. Firefox did it awhile ago, here are some discussions: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Gecko:SplitWindow. One additional benefit of splitting window in Chrome is that accessing global variables don't need security checks anymore, it can improve applications that use many global variables.

V8 support of split window:
  There are a small number of changes on V8 api to support split window:
Security context is removed from V8, so does related API functions;
A global object can be detached from its context and reused by a new context;
Access checks on an object template can be turned on/off by default;
An object can turn on its access checks later;

  V8 has a new object type, ApiGlobalObject, which is the outer window object type. The existing JSGlobalObject becomes the inner window object type. Security checks are moved from JSGlobalObject to ApiGlobalObject. ApiGlobalObject is the one exposed to JavaScript, it is accessible through Context::Global(). ApiGlobalObject's prototype is set to JSGlobalObject so that property lookups are forwarded to JSGlobalObject. ApiGlobalObject forwards all other property access requests to JSGlobalObject, such as SetProperty, DeleteProperty, etc.

  Security token is moved to a global context, and ApiGlobalObject has a reference to its global context. JSGlobalObject has a reference to its global context as well. When accessing properties on a global object in JavaScript, the domain security check is performed by comparing the security token of the lexical context (Top::global_context()) to the token of global object's context. The check is only needed when the receiver is a window object, such as 'window.document'. Accessing global variables, such as 'var foo = 3; foo' does not need checks because the receiver is the inner window object.

  When an outer window is detached from its global context (when a frame navigates away from a page), it is completely detached from the inner window. A new context is created for the new page, and the outer global object is reused. At this point, the access check on the DOMWindow wrapper of the old context is turned on. The code in old context is still able to access DOMWindow properties, but it has to go through domain security checks.


It is debatable on how to implement the outer window object. Currently each property access function has to check if the receiver is ApiGlobalObject type. This approach might be error-prone that one may forget to check the receiver when adding new functions. It is unlikely a performance issue because accessing global variables are more common than 'window.foo' style coding.

I am still working on the ARM port, and I'd like to hear comments and suggestions on the best way to support it in V8.


Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/7366

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2008-10-21 19:07:58 +00:00
bak@chromium.org
e05eba857e - Added a map cache for literal objects. This will
canonicalize maps for object literals. JSON objects
  with the same set of properties names will then
  share the same map.
  This reduces the amount of generated code associated 
  with object literals.
- Added a flag canonicalize_object_literal_maps.
  (default true)
- Changed the format of a function's literal array.
  Only the global context is now stored in the literal prefix.

Review URL: http://codereview.chromium.org/4078

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2008-09-25 07:46:07 +00:00
christian.plesner.hansen@gmail.com
9bed566bdb Changed copyright header from google inc. to v8 project authors.
Added presubmit step to check copyright.



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christian.plesner.hansen
43d26ecc35 Initial export.
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