NEW 184907
JSC needs to provide a basic handle api 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184907
Summary JSC needs to provide a basic handle api
Oliver Hunt
Reported 2018-04-23 22:53:09 PDT
I'm trying to write an "interesting" js program and it keeps being frustrating to try and manage lifetime in the C API. The problems that I keep hitting is that JSValueProtect/Unprotect require a context argument, that means a smart pointer has to carry both the value and context references. The other problem is weak and conditional ownership. I think an API along the lines of typedef JSHandleRef JSHandleRef JSHandleMake(JSContextRef) JSHandleRef JSHandleMakeWeak(JSContextRef, nullable JSWeakCallback) // Note the lack of a context here -- I believe that is completely achievable. void JSHandleRetain(JSHandleRef) void JSHandleRelease(JSHandleRef) // While it would be nice to just have a "get slot" style api, I think that would // result in ABI heartbreak down the road JSValueRef JSHandleGetValue(JSHandleRef) void JSHandleSetValue(JSHandleRef, JSValueRef)
Attachments
Add attachment proposed patch, testcase, etc.
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.