I'd like to introduce kSynthetic type of nodes for Heap Profiler.

include/v8-profiler.h

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  public:
   enum Type {
     kHidden = 0,      // Hidden node, may be filtered when shown to user.
     kArray = 1,       // An array of elements.
     kString = 2,      // A string.
     kObject = 3,      // A JS object (except for arrays and strings).
     kCode = 4,        // Compiled code.
     kClosure = 5,     // Function closure.
     kRegExp = 6,      // RegExp.
     kHeapNumber = 7,  // Number stored in the heap.
-    kNative = 8       // Native object (not from V8 heap).
+    kNative = 8,      // Native object (not from V8 heap).
+    kArtificial = 9   // Artificial object, usualy used for grouping

[mnaganov (inactive), 2012/02/06 15:37:22]

Agreed offline to renamed this to kSynthetic. And please consider updating the
comment, or explain why do you want to leave it as is.

+                      // snapshot items together for reducing
+                      // postprocessing steps.
+                      // example - group of detached DOM trees.
   };
 
   /** Returns node type (see HeapGraphNode::Type). */
   Type GetType() const;
 
   /**
    * Returns node name. Depending on node's type this can be the name
    * of the constructor (for objects), the name of the function (for
    * closures), string value, or an empty string (for compiled code).
    */
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 };
 
 
 }  // namespace v8
 
 
 #undef V8EXPORT
 
 
 #endif  // V8_V8_PROFILER_H_