Consider @jitinl patches to VAD

binding.gyp

@@ -2,25 +2,26 @@
     'targets': [
         {
             'target_name': 'vad',
-            'product_extension': 'node',
-            'type': 'loadable_module',
-            'defines': [],
-            'include_dirs': ["<!(node -e \"require('nan')\")", "./src"],
+            'defines': ["NAPI_VERSION=<(napi_build_version)",],
+            'include_dirs': ["<!@(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').include\")", "<!(node -e \"require('nan')\")", "./src"],
             'sources': [
                 'src/simplevad.c',
                 'src/vad_bindings.cc'
             ],
             'dependencies': [
-                './vendor/webrtc_vad/webrtc_vad.gyp:webrtc_vad'
+                "./vendor/webrtc_vad/webrtc_vad.gyp:webrtc_vad",
+                "<!(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').gyp\")"
             ],
-            'conditions': [
-                ['OS=="mac"', {
-                    "xcode_settings": {
-                        "MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET": "10.9",
-                        "CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY": "libc++"
-                    }
-                }]
-            ]
+            'cflags!': [ '-fno-exceptions' ],
+            'cflags_cc!': [ '-fno-exceptions' ],
+            'xcode_settings': {
+                'GCC_ENABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS': 'YES',
+                'CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY': 'libc++',
+                'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '11.0'
+            },
+            'msvs_settings': {
+                'VCCLCompilerTool': { 'ExceptionHandling': 1 },
+            }
         }
     ]
 }

check.js

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/// dummy copy of  internal function
+function Module(id, parent) {
+    this.id = id;
+    this.exports = {};
+    this.parent = parent;
+    // updateChildren(parent, this, false);
+    this.filename = null;
+    this.loaded = false;
+    this.children = [];
+ }
+
+
+ // try to determine the ABI version for a native module
+const getNativeABI = (filename) => {
+    var moduleVersion = 0
+    try {
+        var test = new Module(filename, null);
+        process.dlopen(module, filename) //,os.constants.dlopen.RTLD_NOW);
+        // if this works the node version is the same 
+        moduleVersion = process.versions['modules']
+        // but now we need to unload it :-( 
+        return moduleVersion
+    } catch (error) {
+        var match
+        var versionRegexp = /NODE_MODULE_VERSION (\d*)./gm
+        var platformRegexp = /(is not a valid Win32 application|invalid ELF header|wrong ELF class)/g
+        // check for ABI version mismatch 
+            // Uncaught Error: The module '..\bindings.node'
+            // was compiled against a different Node.js version using
+            // NODE_MODULE_VERSION 47. This version of Node.js requires
+            // NODE_MODULE_VERSION 70. Please try re-compiling or re-installing
+        match = versionRegexp.exec(error.message)
+        if (match != null){
+            return match[1] // first version is that of the module 
+        } 
+        // not for valid on this win32 / linux 
+        match = platformRegexp.exec(error.message)
+        if (match != null){
+            // todo: @linux : use error for elfclass to determine architecture :: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32
+            return 0 // can't validate cross platform
+        } 
+        // other error 
+        console.debug( error.message)
+    }
+    return moduleVersion // just in case
+}
+
+
+console.log(getNativeABI("./prebuilds/build/Release/vad.node"));