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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ JavaScript constructs are forbidden.

Although MQuickJS shares much code with QuickJS, it internals are
different in order to consume less memory. In particular, it relies on
a tracing garbage collector, the VM does not use the CPU stack and
a tracing garbage collector, the VM does not rely on the CPU stack and
strings are stored in UTF-8.

## REPL
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```js
[ 1, , 3 ] // SyntaxError
```
- Only global `eval` is supported so it cannot access to nor modify
- Only global `eval` is supported so it cannot access nor modify
local variables:
```js
eval('1 + 2'); // forbidden
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JavaScript objects require at least 3 CPU words (hence 12 bytes on a
32 bit CPU). Additional data may be allocated depending on the object
class. The properties are stored in a hash table. Each property
requires at least 3 CPU words. Properties may reside in ROM for
standard library objects.
requires at least 3 CPU words. Properties of standard library
objects may reside in ROM.


Property keys are JSValues unlike QuickJS where they have a specific
type. They are either a string or a positive 31 bit integer. String
Expand All @@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ stored explicitly but are still visible when iterating thru 16 bit
code units in JavaScript. Hence full compatibility with JavaScript and
UTF-8 is maintained.

C Functions can be stored as a single value to reduce the overhead. In
C functions can be stored as a single value to reduce the overhead. In
this case, no additional properties can be added. Most standard
library functions are stored this way.

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