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`RemoveEnvironmentCleanupHook()` before they are run, which has the same
signature.
+In order to be loaded from multiple Node.js environments,
+such as a main thread and a Worker thread, an add-on needs to either:
+- Be an N-API addon, or
+- Be declared as context-aware using `NODE_MODULE_INIT()` as described above
+
### Building
Once the source code has been written, it must be compiled into the binary