V8 JavaScript Engine

V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine.

V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262.

V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google.

V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.

V8 Project page: https://github.com/v8/v8/wiki

Getting the Code

Checkout depot tools, and run

    fetch v8

This will checkout V8 into the directory v8 and fetch all of its dependencies. To stay up to date, run

    git pull origin
    gclient sync

For fetching all branches, add the following into your remote configuration in .git/config:

    fetch = +refs/branch-heads/*:refs/remotes/branch-heads/*
    fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*

Contributing

Please follow the instructions mentioned on the V8 wiki.

S390 Specific Instructions

To build a driver:

    make s390 i18nsupport=off     (31-bit)
    make s390x i18nsupport=off    (64-bit)

To run the V8 tests:

    tools/run-tests.py --progress=dots --noi18n --no-presubmit --arch-and-mode=s390.release --junitout v8tests-junit.xml     (31-bit)
    tools/run-tests.py --progress=dots --noi18n --no-presubmit --arch-and-mode=s390x.release --junitout v8tests-junit.xml    (64-bit)