[snapshot][ptr-compr][cleanup] Write repeats as a prefix

... rather than as a suffix.

This avoids reading previous values which in turn will make things
simpler from the pointer compression point of view in a sense that
this is a step towards replacing UnalignedSlot with MaybeObjectSlot.

Bug: v8:8794, v8:8562
Change-Id: I9a9b4a01f73b8058074d337b7e9e9f75fa1c9de0
Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/1456037
Commit-Queue: Igor Sheludko <ishell@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Jakob Gruber <jgruber@chromium.org>
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#59402}
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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.