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TC39 Roundup Drama Edition Part I: Shared Structs
Manage episode 453447581 series 3531609
In this episode, Surma talks about the Stage 2 proposal "JavaScript Struct", which introduces fixed-layout objects and the ability to share them between realms.
Notes & Corrections from Shu:Surma was slightly wrong about why private fields were originally considered problematic for sharability. The problem occurs when a class can be evaluated multiple times:
function makeClass() { return class MyClass { #priv; getPrivateField(instance) { return instance.#priv; } }; } const C1 = makeClass(); const C2 = makeClass(); const i1 = new C1(); const i2 = new C2(); // this throws! i1.getPrivateField(i2);This behavior makes it hard to compile private fields just as "slots" on an object, as clearly additional behavior is required. This is somewhat at odds with the goal of achieving a fixed layout.
Also, launching is mid-2025 is very optimistic.
Resources:- SharedArrayBuffer
- Structs proposal
- Return overrides
- Records & Tuples proposal
- Surma’s buffer-backed-object library for SharedArrayBuffer
16 episodes
Manage episode 453447581 series 3531609
In this episode, Surma talks about the Stage 2 proposal "JavaScript Struct", which introduces fixed-layout objects and the ability to share them between realms.
Notes & Corrections from Shu:Surma was slightly wrong about why private fields were originally considered problematic for sharability. The problem occurs when a class can be evaluated multiple times:
function makeClass() { return class MyClass { #priv; getPrivateField(instance) { return instance.#priv; } }; } const C1 = makeClass(); const C2 = makeClass(); const i1 = new C1(); const i2 = new C2(); // this throws! i1.getPrivateField(i2);This behavior makes it hard to compile private fields just as "slots" on an object, as clearly additional behavior is required. This is somewhat at odds with the goal of achieving a fixed layout.
Also, launching is mid-2025 is very optimistic.
Resources:- SharedArrayBuffer
- Structs proposal
- Return overrides
- Records & Tuples proposal
- Surma’s buffer-backed-object library for SharedArrayBuffer
16 episodes
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