From 1257546a41991dbf1b613668fc5d00f7605b4112 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sam Roberts Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 10:31:36 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] src: describe what NODE_MODULE_VERSION is for Current comment described what to do with it when the ABI changes, but implied that Node.js would load modules with newer ABI numbers, which it will not. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10414 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen Reviewed-By: Gibson Fahnestock Reviewed-By: Italo A. Casas Reviewed-By: James M Snell Reviewed-By: Santiago Gimeno Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani --- src/node_version.h | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/node_version.h b/src/node_version.h index 61b98b1d50..daefafa8eb 100644 --- a/src/node_version.h +++ b/src/node_version.h @@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ (minor) == NODE_MINOR_VERSION && (patch) <= NODE_PATCH_VERSION)) /** + * Node.js will refuse to load modules that weren't compiled against its own + * module ABI number, exposed as the process.versions.modules property. + * * When this version number is changed, node.js will refuse * to load older modules. This should be done whenever * an API is broken in the C++ side, including in v8 or