build: enable cctest to use objects (gyp part)

this is a re-base of the gyp part of
6a09a69e
after bumping GYP version to
https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp/+/eb296f67da078ec01f5e3a9ea9cdc6d26d680161

Original-PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/11956
Original-Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/9163


Original-Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/12450


Reviewed-By: João Reis <reis@janeasystems.com>