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Expand Up @@ -19,10 +19,12 @@ of Node.js.

It is important to remember that *other* Node.js interfaces such as
`libuv` (included in a project via `#include <uv.h>`) are not ABI-stable across
Node.js major versions. Thus, and addon must use N-API and/or `node-addon-api`
Node.js major versions. Thus, an addon must use N-API and/or `node-addon-api`
exclusively and build against a version of Node.js that includes an
implementation of N-API (meaning a version of Node.js newer than 6.14.2) in
order to benefit from ABI stability across Node.js major versions.
order to benefit from ABI stability across Node.js major versions. Node.js
provides an [ABI stability guide][] containing a detailed explanation of ABI
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stability in general, and the N-API ABI stability guarantee in particular.

As new APIs are added to N-API, node-addon-api must be updated to provide
wrappers for those new APIs. For this reason node-addon-api provides
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Licensed under [MIT](./LICENSE.md)

[ABI stability guide]: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/abi-stability/