Expose the GC under a name that is less collision prone than window.gc.

src/extensions/gc-extension.cc

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 #include "gc-extension.h"
 
 namespace v8 {
 namespace internal {
 
-const char* const GCExtension::kSource = "native function gc();";
-
+const char* const GCExtension::kSource =
+    "native function v8_force_gc(); function gc() { v8_force_gc(); }";

[Michael Starzinger, 2013/04/22 11:42:03]

This break the optional boolean argument that you can pass to gc() as well. The
correct delegation pattern is the following I think.

function gc() {
  return v8_force_gc.apply(this, arguments);
}

[marja, 2013/04/22 14:04:07]

Done.

 
 v8::Handle<v8::FunctionTemplate> GCExtension::GetNativeFunction(
     v8::Handle<v8::String> str) {
   return v8::FunctionTemplate::New(GCExtension::GC);
 }
 
 
 v8::Handle<v8::Value> GCExtension::GC(const v8::Arguments& args) {
   if (args[0]->BooleanValue()) {
     HEAP->CollectGarbage(NEW_SPACE, "gc extension");
   } else {
     HEAP->CollectAllGarbage(Heap::kNoGCFlags, "gc extension");
   }
   return v8::Undefined();
 }
 
 
 void GCExtension::Register() {
   static GCExtension gc_extension;
   static v8::DeclareExtension declaration(&gc_extension);
 }
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal