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doc: add performance note to --enable-source-maps docs #43817

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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions doc/api/cli.md
Expand Up @@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ effort to report stack traces relative to the original source file.
Overriding `Error.prepareStackTrace` prevents `--enable-source-maps` from
modifying the stack trace.

Note, Accessing `Error.stack` with source maps enabled can be an expensive
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How about something like:

Note, enabling source maps can introduce latency to your application when Error.stack is accessed. If you access Error.stack in the hot path of your application, take into account the performance implications of --enable-source-maps.

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What exactly do we mean by hot path here? I am guessing it means some place which is called often?

How about

Note, enabling source maps can introduce latency to your application when Error.stack is accessed. If you access Error.stack frequently in your application, take into account the performance implications of --enable-source-maps.

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Have made the above change ^. Let me know if it looks ok and if I understood it correct.

operation. Do check out the performance implications of `--enable-source-maps`
at [nodejs/node#41541](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/41541).

### `--experimental-global-webcrypto`

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