Node v0.5.9

By ryandahl,

2011.10.10, Version 0.5.9 (unstable)

  • fs.watch interface backed by kqueue, inotify, and ReadDirectoryChangesW (Igor Zinkovsky, Ben Noordhuis)
  • add dns.resolveTxt (Christian Tellnes)
  • Remove legacy http library (Ben Noordhuis)
  • child_process.fork returns and works on Windows. Allows passing handles. (Igor Zinkovsky, Bert Belder)
  • #1774 Lint and clean up for --harmony_block_scoping (Tyler Larson, Colton Baker)
  • #1813 Fix ctrl+c on Windows (Bert Belder)
  • #1844 unbreak --use-legacy (Ben Noordhuis)
  • process.stderr now goes through libuv. Both process.stdout and process.stderr are blocking when referencing a TTY.
  • net_uv performance improvements (Ben Noordhuis, Bert Belder)

Download: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.9/node-v0.5.9.tar.gz

Windows Executable: https://nodejs.org/dist/v0.5.9/node.exe

Website: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.5.9/

Documentation: https://nodejs.org/docs/v0.5.9/api/