Commit ead654f
doc: clarify use of process.env in worker threads on Windows
Signed-off-by: Daeyeon Jeong <daeyeon.dev@gmail.com>
PR-URL: #49008
Fixes: #48955
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl>
Reviewed-By: Deokjin Kim <deokjin81.kim@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Yagiz Nizipli <yagiz@nizipli.com>
Reviewed-By: Darshan Sen <raisinten@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>1 parent 4047947 commit ead654f
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@@ -1668,7 +1668,9 @@ each [`Worker`][] thread has its own copy of `process.env`, based on its | |||
| 1668 | 1668 | parent thread's `process.env`, or whatever was specified as the `env` option | |
| 1669 | 1669 | to the [`Worker`][] constructor. Changes to `process.env` will not be visible | |
| 1670 | 1670 | across [`Worker`][] threads, and only the main thread can make changes that | |
| 1671 | - are visible to the operating system or to native add-ons. | ||
| 1671 | + are visible to the operating system or to native add-ons. On Windows, a copy of | ||
| 1672 | + `process.env` on a [`Worker`][] instance operates in a case-sensitive manner | ||
| 1673 | + unlike the main thread. | ||
| 1672 | 1674 | ||
| 1673 | 1675 | ## `process.execArgv` | |
| 1674 | 1676 | ||
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@@ -844,7 +844,8 @@ Notable differences inside a Worker environment are: | |||
| 844 | 844 | unless otherwise specified. Changes to one copy are not visible in other | |
| 845 | 845 | threads, and are not visible to native add-ons (unless | |
| 846 | 846 | [`worker.SHARE_ENV`][] is passed as the `env` option to the | |
| 847 | - [`Worker`][] constructor). | ||
| 847 | + [`Worker`][] constructor). On Windows, unlike the main thread, a copy of the | ||
| 848 | + environment variables operates in a case-sensitive manner. | ||
| 848 | 849 | * [`process.title`][] cannot be modified. | |
| 849 | 850 | * Signals are not delivered through [`process.on('...')`][Signals events]. | |
| 850 | 851 | * Execution may stop at any point as a result of [`worker.terminate()`][] | |
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