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diff --git a/doc/api/v8.md b/doc/api/v8.md index de4b9a37bd..7af37fba94 100644 --- a/doc/api/v8.md +++ b/doc/api/v8.md @@ -227,7 +227,18 @@ be reset and a new coverage report will be written to the directory specified by [`NODE_V8_COVERAGE`][]. When the process is about to exit, one last coverage will still be written to -disk. +disk, unless [`v8.stopCoverage()`][] is invoked before the process exits. + +## `v8.stopCoverage()` + +<!-- YAML +added: REPLACEME +--> + +The `v8.stopCoverage()` method allows the user to stop the coverage collection +started by [`NODE_V8_COVERAGE`][], so that V8 can release the execution count +records and optimize code. This can be used in conjunction with +`v8.takeCoverage()` if the user wants to collect the coverage on demand. ## `v8.writeHeapSnapshot([filename])` <!-- YAML @@ -524,7 +535,7 @@ A subclass of [`Deserializer`][] corresponding to the format written by [`Deserializer`]: #v8_class_v8_deserializer [`Error`]: errors.html#errors_class_error [`GetHeapSpaceStatistics`]: https://v8docs.nodesource.com/node-13.2/d5/dda/classv8_1_1_isolate.html#ac673576f24fdc7a33378f8f57e1d13a4 -[`NODE_V8_COVERAGE`]: cli.html#cli_node_v8_coverage_dir +[`NODE_V8_COVERAGE`]: cli.md#cli_node_v8_coverage_dir [`Serializer`]: #v8_class_v8_serializer [`deserializer._readHostObject()`]: #v8_deserializer_readhostobject [`deserializer.transferArrayBuffer()`]: #v8_deserializer_transferarraybuffer_id_arraybuffer @@ -534,6 +545,7 @@ A subclass of [`Deserializer`][] corresponding to the format written by [`serializer.releaseBuffer()`]: #v8_serializer_releasebuffer [`serializer.transferArrayBuffer()`]: #v8_serializer_transferarraybuffer_id_arraybuffer [`serializer.writeRawBytes()`]: #v8_serializer_writerawbytes_buffer +[`v8.stopCoverage()`]: #v8_v8_stopcoverage [`vm.Script`]: vm.html#vm_new_vm_script_code_options [HTML structured clone algorithm]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm [V8]: https://developers.google.com/v8/ |