Rename ShortExternalString to UncachedExternalString.

"short" external strings are not short, they mean that the external data
pointer is not cached. Rename the various classes and objects to align
with the actual meaning.

Bug: chromium:877044
Change-Id: Ie3d5baa9ad352ac6ca89f5ba1d066760825e4beb
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/1185192
Reviewed-by: Toon Verwaest <verwaest@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Yang Guo <yangguo@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Michael Starzinger <mstarzinger@chromium.org>
Commit-Queue: Benoit L <lizeb@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#55432}
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README.md

V8 JavaScript Engine

V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine.

V8 implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262.

V8 is written in C++ and is used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google.

V8 can run standalone, or can be embedded into any C++ application.

V8 Project page: https://github.com/v8/v8/wiki

Getting the Code

Checkout depot tools, and run

    fetch v8

This will checkout V8 into the directory v8 and fetch all of its dependencies. To stay up to date, run

    git pull origin
    gclient sync

For fetching all branches, add the following into your remote configuration in .git/config:

    fetch = +refs/branch-heads/*:refs/remotes/branch-heads/*
    fetch = +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*

Contributing

Please follow the instructions mentioned on the V8 wiki.