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doc: update stability index
This simplifies the stability index to 4 levels: 0 - deprecated 1 - experimental / feature-flagged 2 - stable 3 - locked Domains has been downgraded to deprecated, assert has been downgraded to stable. Timers and Module remain locked. All other APIs are now stable. PR-URL: #943 Fixes: #930 Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Jeremiah Senkpiel <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Vladimir Kurchatkin <[email protected]>
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# Assert
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This module is used for writing unit tests for your applications, you can
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# Buffer
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Pure JavaScript is Unicode friendly but not nice to binary data. When
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dealing with TCP streams or the file system, it's necessary to handle octet

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# Child Process
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io.js provides a tri-directional `popen(3)` facility through the
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`child_process` module.

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# Cluster
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A single instance of io.js runs in a single thread. To take advantage of
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multi-core systems the user will sometimes want to launch a cluster of io.js

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# console
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# Crypto
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Use `require('crypto')` to access this module.
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# Debugger
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# UDP / Datagram Sockets
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# DNS
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Stability: 1 - Experimental
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This feature was introduced recently, and may change
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or be removed in future versions. Please try it out and provide feedback.
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If it addresses a use-case that is important to you, tell the node core team.
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This feature is subject to change, and is gated by a command line flag.
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It may change or be removed in future versions.
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The API is in the process of settling, but has not yet had
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sufficient real-world testing to be considered stable. Backwards-compatibility
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The API has proven satisfactory. Compatibility with the npm ecosystem
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This API has been tested extensively in production and is
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Unless serious bugs are found, this code will not ever
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change. Please do not suggest changes in this area; they will be refused.
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Only fixes related to security, performance, or bug fixes will be accepted.
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Please do not suggest API changes in this area; they will be refused.
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