Re: [v8-users] Setting an execution limit

There is always a stack limit, which always prevents infinite recursion; as well as, in fact, finite but very deep recursion. As Ben said, the only way to prevent infinite or long-running loops is by interrupting the program from another thread. You may have heard of the *Halting Problem*, TL;DR:

Re: [v8-users] Setting an execution limit

I don't think there's any way. V8 JavaScript code is compiled to native code, and no instrumentation is really possible on that. On Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 10:18:24 AM UTC-8, James Lovejoy wrote: > > Really I need something a little more deterministic than a time limit. Is > there a way to

Re: [v8-users] Setting an execution limit

Really I need something a little more deterministic than a time limit. Is there a way to set an instruction limit? Or perhaps something similar to lua_sethook (http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/lua_sethook) in Lua which calls a callback every given number of instructions. On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 4:02

Re: [v8-users] Setting an execution limit

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 10:11 PM, James Lovejoy wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way to set a hard execution limit in the V8 engine? I want to be > able to prevent things like infinite loops and recursions. I realise that > since V8 compiles to machine code I don't get a

[v8-users] Setting an execution limit

Hi, Is there a way to set a hard execution limit in the V8 engine? I want to be able to prevent things like infinite loops and recursions. I realise that since V8 compiles to machine code I don't get a program counter or anything. I feel like setting the "stack limit" is the right way to go