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Bare Global API

The Bare global is available without import. There is no process or Buffer global — those require explicit modules.

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Properties

• Bare.platform — "linux", "darwin", "win32", "android", "ios"
• Bare.arch — "x64", "arm64", "arm", "ia32", "mips", "mipsel", "riscv64"
• Bare.simulator — boolean, true if compiled for simulator
• Bare.argv — command line arguments
• Bare.pid — process ID
• Bare.exitCode — exit code (used if exit() called without argument)
• Bare.version — version string
• Bare.versions — object with dependency versions
• Bare.suspended — boolean, current suspension state
• Bare.exiting — boolean, whether process is exiting

Methods

• Bare.exit([code]) — immediately terminate
• Bare.suspend([linger]) — suspend process and all threads (mobile lifecycle)
• Bare.wakeup([deadline]) — wake during suspension for limited work
• Bare.idle() — immediately suspend event loop
• Bare.resume() — resume after suspension

Events

• uncaughtException — unhandled JS exception
• unhandledRejection — unhandled promise rejection
• beforeExit — loop out of work, chance to schedule more
• exit — process exiting (must not schedule work)
• suspend — process suspending (defer/cancel work)
• wakeup — waking during suspension
• idle — idle after suspension (loop will block)
• resume — resuming (restart deferred work)

Sub-namespaces

Bare.Thread

Lightweight threads with synchronous joins and SharedArrayBuffer support.

• Bare.Thread.isMainThread — boolean
• Bare.Thread.self — current thread reference
• new Bare.Thread(filename[, options]) — spawn
• thread.join() — synchronous wait
• thread.suspend() / thread.resume() / thread.terminate()

Bare.Addon

Native addon loading.

• Bare.Addon.resolve(specifier) — resolve path
• Bare.Addon.load(specifier) — load addon
• Bare.Addon.host — platform-arch string
• Bare.Addon.cache — loaded addon cache

Bare.IPC

Optional streaming communication with embedder. Returns a Duplex stream or null if not embedded.

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Source: https://github.com/holepunchto/bare and https://docs.pears.com/reference/api.html

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