Is it possible to use d8 to measure memory usage?

Question

With the release of the Closure compiler, I was hoping to see if there was a difference in memory usage between a js file using the compiler and one which had not.

In particular, on a mobile platform like Palm's WebOS, the very limited amount of memory available means that every little bit will help.

EDIT: I should point out that d8 is the v8 javascript engine debugger.

Answer 1

I don't know about d8 but since the V8 debugger API doesn't have anything that can give you memory consumption so I'm guessing that the answer is no.

However the V8 profiler accepts flags to give information about the heap usage, which should be what you want. Check the project's wiki page for further instructions.