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James M Snell 0cca27b3ff 2018-04-24, Version 10.0.0 (Current)
* Assert
  * Calling `assert.fail()` with more than one argument is deprecated. #70dcacd710
  * Calling `assert.ok()` with no arguments will now throw. #3cd7977a42
  * Calling `assert.ifError()` will now throw with any argument other than `undefined` or `null`. Previously the method would throw with any truthy value. #e65a6e81ef
  * The `assert.rejects()` and `assert.doesNotReject()` methods have been added for working with async functions. #599337f43e
* Async_hooks
  * Older experimental async_hooks APIs have been removed. #1cc6b993b9
* Buffer
  * Uses of `new Buffer()` and `Buffer()` outside of the `node_modules` directory will now emit a runtime deprecation warning. #9d4ab90117
  * `Buffer.isEncoding()` now returns `undefined` for falsy values, including an empty string. #452eed956e
  * `Buffer.fill()` will throw if an attempt is made to fill with an empty `Buffer`. #1e802539b2
* Child Process
  * Undefined properties of env are ignored. #38ee25e2e2, #85739b6c5b
* Console
  * The `console.table()` method has been added. #97ace04492
* Crypto
  * The `crypto.createCipher()` and `crypto.createDecipher()` methods have been deprecated. Please use `crypto.createCipheriv()` and `crypto.createDecipheriv()` instead. #81f88e30dd
  * The `decipher.finaltol()` method has been deprecated. #19f3927d92
  * The `crypto.DEFAULT_ENCODING` property has been deprecated. #6035beea93
  * The `ECDH.convertKey()` method has been added. #f2e02883e7
  * The `crypto.fips` property has been deprecated. #6e7992e8b8
* Dependencies
  * V8 has been updated to 6.6. #9daebb48d6
  * OpenSSL has been updated to 1.1.0h. #66cb29e646
* EventEmitter
  * The `EventEmitter.prototype.off()` method has been added as an alias for `EventEmitter.prototype.removeListener()`. #3bb6f07d52
* File System
  * The `fs.promises` API provides experimental promisified versions of the `fs` functions. #329fc78e49
  * Invalid path errors are now thrown synchronously. #d8f73385e2
  * The `fs.readFile()` method now partitions reads to avoid thread pool exhaustion. #67a4ce1c6e
* HTTP
  * Processing of HTTP Status codes `100`, `102-199` has been improved. #baf8495078
  * Multi-byte characters in URL paths are now forbidden. #b961d9fd83
* N-API
  * The n-api is no longer experimental. #cd7d7b15c1
* Net
  * The `'close'` event will be emitted after `'end'`. #9b7a6914a7
* Perf_hooks
  * The `PerformanceObserver` class is now an `AsyncResource` and can be monitored using `async_hooks`. #009e41826f
  * Trace events are now emitted for performance events. #9e509b622b
  * The `performance` API has been simplified. #2ec6995555
  * Performance milestone marks will be emitted as trace events. #96cb4fb795
* Process
  * Using non-string values for `process.env` is deprecated. #5826fe4e79
  * The `process.assert()` method is deprecated. #703e37cf3f
* REPL
  * REPL now experimentally supports top-level await when using the `--experimental-repl-await` flag. #eeab7bc068
  * The previously deprecated "magic mode" has been removed. #4893f70d12
  * The previously deprecated `NODE_REPL_HISTORY_FILE` environment variable has been removed. #60c9ad7979
  * Proxy objects are shown as Proxy objects when inspected. #90a43906ab
* Streams
  * The `'readable'` event is now always deferred with nextTick. #1e0f3315c7
  * A new `pipeline()` method has been provided for building end-to-data stream pipelines. #a5cf3feaf1
  * Experimental support for async for-await has been added to `stream.Readable`. #61b4d60c5d
* Timers
  * The `enroll()` and `unenroll()` methods have been deprecated. #68783ae0b8
* TLS
  * The `tls.convertNONProtocols()` method has been deprecated. #9204a0db6e
  * Support for NPN (next protocol negotiation) has been dropped. #5bfbe5ceae
  * The `ecdhCurve` default is now `'auto'`. #af78840b19
* Trace Events
  * A new `trace_events` top-level module allows trace event categories to be enabled/disabld at runtime. #da5d818a54
* URL
  * The WHATWG URL API is now a global. #312414662b
* Util
  * `util.types.is[…]` type checks have been added. #b20af8088a
  * Support for bigint formatting has been added to `util.inspect()`. #39dc947409
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# Global Objects
<!--introduced_in=v0.10.0-->
<!-- type=misc -->
These objects are available in all modules. The following variables may appear
to be global but are not. They exist only in the scope of modules, see the
[module system documentation][]:
- [`__dirname`][]
- [`__filename`][]
- [`exports`][]
- [`module`][]
- [`require()`][]
The objects listed here are specific to Node.js. There are a number of
[built-in objects][] that are part of the JavaScript language itself, which are
also globally accessible.
## Class: Buffer
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.103
-->
<!-- type=global -->
* {Function}
Used to handle binary data. See the [buffer section][].
## \_\_dirname
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`__dirname`].
## \_\_filename
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`__filename`].
## clearImmediate(immediateObject)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.9.1
-->
<!--type=global-->
[`clearImmediate`] is described in the [timers][] section.
## clearInterval(intervalObject)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.0.1
-->
<!--type=global-->
[`clearInterval`] is described in the [timers][] section.
## clearTimeout(timeoutObject)
<!-- YAML
added: v0.0.1
-->
<!--type=global-->
[`clearTimeout`] is described in the [timers][] section.
## console
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.100
-->
<!-- type=global -->
* {Object}
Used to print to stdout and stderr. See the [`console`][] section.
## exports
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`exports`].
## global
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.27
-->
<!-- type=global -->
* {Object} The global namespace object.
In browsers, the top-level scope is the global scope. This means that
within the browser `var something` will define a new global variable. In
Node.js this is different. The top-level scope is not the global scope;
`var something` inside a Node.js module will be local to that module.
## module
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`module`].
## process
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.7
-->
<!-- type=global -->
* {Object}
The process object. See the [`process` object][] section.
## require()
This variable may appear to be global but is not. See [`require()`].
## setImmediate(callback[, ...args])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.9.1
-->
<!-- type=global -->
[`setImmediate`] is described in the [timers][] section.
## setInterval(callback, delay[, ...args])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.0.1
-->
<!-- type=global -->
[`setInterval`] is described in the [timers][] section.
## setTimeout(callback, delay[, ...args])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.0.1
-->
<!-- type=global -->
[`setTimeout`] is described in the [timers][] section.
## URL
<!-- YAML
added: v10.0.0
-->
<!-- type=global -->
The WHATWG `URL` class. See the [`URL`][] section.
## URLSearchParams
<!-- YAML
added: v10.0.0
-->
<!-- type=global -->
The WHATWG `URLSearchParams` class. See the [`URLSearchParams`][] section.
[`__dirname`]: modules.html#modules_dirname
[`__filename`]: modules.html#modules_filename
[`clearImmediate`]: timers.html#timers_clearimmediate_immediate
[`clearInterval`]: timers.html#timers_clearinterval_timeout
[`clearTimeout`]: timers.html#timers_cleartimeout_timeout
[`console`]: console.html
[`exports`]: modules.html#modules_exports
[`module`]: modules.html#modules_module
[`process` object]: process.html#process_process
[`require()`]: modules.html#modules_require
[`setImmediate`]: timers.html#timers_setimmediate_callback_args
[`setInterval`]: timers.html#timers_setinterval_callback_delay_args
[`setTimeout`]: timers.html#timers_settimeout_callback_delay_args
[`URL`]: url.html#url_class_url
[`URLSearchParams`]: url.html#url_class_urlsearchparams
[buffer section]: buffer.html
[built-in objects]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects
[module system documentation]: modules.html
[timers]: timers.html