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authorRich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>2019-02-13 23:44:14 -0800
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doc: consolidate N-API material in Collaborator Guide
Consolidate the N-API material in the Collaborator Guide to be succinct and direct. PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/26094 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Bryan English <bryan@bryanenglish.com>
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### Additions to N-API
-N-API provides an ABI-stable API guaranteed for future Node.js versions.
-Existing N-API APIs cannot change or disappear, even in semver-major releases.
-Thus, N-API additions call for unusual care and scrutiny.
-
-This
-[guide](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/guides/adding-new-napi-api.md)
-outlines the requirements and principles that we should follow when
-approving and landing new N-API APIs (any additions to `node_api.h` and
-`node_api_types.h`).
+N-API provides an ABI-stable API guaranteed for future Node.js versions. N-API
+additions call for unusual care and scrutiny. If a change adds to `node_api.h`
+or `node_api_types.h`, consult [the relevant
+guide](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/guides/adding-new-napi-api.md).
### Deprecations