From 233d4f800a95cc844850acbdf30fa495d0bf6fc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jackson Tian <puling.tyq@alibaba-inc.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 03:07:36 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] lib: remove variables root and GLOBAL

The `root` and `GLOBAL` never be documented.
---
 src/node.js | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index 065c337e743993..7259a7721d941f 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -159,8 +159,17 @@
   startup.globalVariables = function() {
     global.process = process;
     global.global = global;
-    global.GLOBAL = global;
-    global.root = global;
+
+    // Deprecate GLOBAL and root
+    const holders = {GLOBAL: global, root: global};
+    ['GLOBAL', 'root'].forEach(function (name) {
+      const access = NativeModule.require('util').deprecate(function(val) {
+        if (val) holders[name] = val;
+        return holders[name];
+      }, "'" + name + "' is deprecated, use 'global'");
+      Object.defineProperty(global, name, {get: access, set: access});
+    });
+
     global.Buffer = NativeModule.require('buffer').Buffer;
     process.domain = null;
     process._exiting = false;