[gn] Rework debug configurations

This declares v8_enable_slow_dchecks and v8_optimized_debug
as gn args. It adds support for dcheck_always_on and
debugging with v8_optimized_debug = false.

BUG=chromium:474921
NOTRY=true

Review-Url: https://codereview.chromium.org/2024833002
Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/master@{#36789}
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  6. include/
  7. infra/
  8. samples/
  9. src/
  10. test/
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  14. .clang-format
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  17. .ycm_extra_conf.py
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  22. codereview.settings
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  25. LICENSE.strongtalk
  26. LICENSE.v8
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  28. Makefile
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  31. OWNERS
  32. PRESUBMIT.py
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  34. snapshot_toolchain.gni
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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.