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Allow for feature detection #1

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In javascript, it's very important to detect what features you have access to.

In the case of js2cpp, we don't have things like a window or a document or a global (not yet, for another issue). Unfortunately the c++ compiler doesn't allow us to compile if dead code calls something that doesn't exist.

If someone writes some isomorphic code which contains a feature detection, for example:

if (typeof location !== 'undefined') { location.reload(); }

We should remove the entire condition if this feature is not present.

A new option, which lists what is defined in the global scope, should be defined. Early returns such as

if (typeof location !== 'undefined') { return; }
// use location...

should also remove the code that follows them.

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