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Expand Up @@ -688,9 +688,12 @@ process is lower than what the V8 WebAssembly memory cage needs.
added: v9.8.0
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Make built-in language features like `eval` and `new Function` that generate
code from strings throw an exception instead. This does not affect the Node.js
`node:vm` module.
Make built-in language features that generate code from strings, and guarded by
[`HostEnsureCanCompileStrings`][], like `eval` and `new Function`, throw an
exception instead.

This does not affect the `node:vm` module, `node:module` module, and Node.js
module system, like `import` and `require`.

### `--dns-result-order=order`

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[`CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init`]: https://www.openssl.org/docs/man3.0/man3/CRYPTO_secure_malloc_init.html
[`ERR_INVALID_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX`]: errors.md#err_invalid_typescript_syntax
[`ERR_UNSUPPORTED_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX`]: errors.md#err_unsupported_typescript_syntax
[`HostEnsureCanCompileStrings`]: https://tc39.es/ecma262/#sec-hostensurecancompilestrings
[`NODE_OPTIONS`]: #node_optionsoptions
[`NO_COLOR`]: https://no-color.org
[`Web Storage`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Storage_API
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