Change the http.Client API so that it provides a single request() method
taking an optional parameter to specify the HTTP method (defaulting to
"GET"), instead of the five methods get(), head(), post(), del() and put().
include() should not be used by libraries because it will pollute the global
namespace. To discourage this behavior and bring Node more in-line with
the current CommonJS module system, include() is removed.
Small scripts like unit tests often times do want to pollute the global
namespace for ease. To avoid the boiler plate code of
var x = require("/x.js");
var foo = x.foo;
var bar = x.bar;
The function node.mixin() is stolen from jQuery's jQuery.extend. So that it
can be written:
node.mixin(require("/x.js"));
Reference:
http://docs.jquery.com/Utilities/jQuery.extendhttp://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/browse_thread/thread/f9ac83e5c11e7e87
To use the benchmarks:
node benchmarks/run.js
or:
make benchmark
The numbers reported are the elapsed milliseconds the script took to
complete. Currently only benching HTTP code and timers.
This is a rather large refactor! Mostly for the better side. I've had to
remove some functionality like req.interrupt(). A lot of other work is left
messy or incomplete.
Ryan Dahl
Christopher Lenz