function Module.enableCompileCache

Enable module compile cache in the current Node.js instance.

If cacheDir is not specified, Node.js will either use the directory specified by the NODE_COMPILE_CACHE=dir environment variable if it's set, or use path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'node-compile-cache') otherwise. For general use cases, it's recommended to call module.enableCompileCache() without specifying the cacheDir, so that the directory can be overridden by the NODE_COMPILE_CACHE environment variable when necessary.

Since compile cache is supposed to be a quiet optimization that is not required for the application to be functional, this method is designed to not throw any exception when the compile cache cannot be enabled. Instead, it will return an object containing an error message in the message field to aid debugging. If compile cache is enabled successfully, the directory field in the returned object contains the path to the directory where the compile cache is stored. The status field in the returned object would be one of the module.constants.compileCacheStatus values to indicate the result of the attempt to enable the module compile cache.

This method only affects the current Node.js instance. To enable it in child worker threads, either call this method in child worker threads too, or set the process.env.NODE_COMPILE_CACHE value to compile cache directory so the behavior can be inherited into the child workers. The directory can be obtained either from the directory field returned by this method, or with getCompileCacheDir.