feat(runtime): lazy-global tier with native TextEncoder/TextDecoder and atob/btoa - #448
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Adds a lazy-global tier and the first four globals on it. LazyGlobals registers each name on the global template as a lazy data property, so the builtin behind it is not compiled, run or allocated until app code first reads the name; V8 then replaces the property with a plain data property. Sibling names share one run per isolate through a Caches state slot, and the metadata interceptor declines every name the tier owns. TextEncoder/TextDecoder follow Node's split: text-encoding.js owns the WebIDL shapes and TextEncoding.cpp the bytes — the complete WHATWG label sets for utf-8, utf-16le, utf-16be and windows-1252, a hand-rolled utf-8 decode state machine with per-maximal-subpart replacement, the shared utf-16 decoder, BOM handling and full streaming. Per-decoder state is a Uint8Array the builtin owns, so no instance needs a native handle. atob/btoa sit on the WHATWG forgiving-base64 codec in Base64.cpp and, with no DOMException in the runtime yet, fail with the name-patched Error stand-in the other builtins use. encodeInto registers a v8::CFunction fast-call overload behind NATIVESCRIPT_ENABLE_FAST_API. It is inert on iOS, which runs V8 jitless.
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Script->>LazyGlobals: read TextEncoder or atob
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BuiltinLoader-->>LazyGlobals: cache and return exports
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Node puts the two encoding interfaces on util, so both the standard module and
its shim carry them, and they are the very objects the globals of those names
hold: require("node:util").TextDecoder === globalThis.TextDecoder, whichever is
reached first.
That identity needs one cache. The lazy-global tier had its own per-isolate
exports slots and the builtin-module registry another one keyed by specifier,
so a builtin reached through both would have run twice and exported two sets of
classes. Both now go through BuiltinLoader::GetExports, which runs a builtin at
most once per isolate — with its binding, built only when the run actually
happens — and hands back that one module.exports. TextEncoding and Base64 own
the accessor for their file; the registry gained a per-specifier binding factory
in place of the switch, which is what let the two schemes converge.
Requiring util still costs nothing extra: ns:util's binding carries the two
names as lazy data properties and both files keep the read inside a getter, so
the text-encoding builtin runs on the first read of util.TextEncoder, not on
the require.
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Matches the updated NativeScript/ios#448. The lazy tier's private exports cache generalizes into BuiltinLoader::GetExports, one per-isolate cache every entry point to a builtin shares — the ns:/node: module registry (whose per-specifier exports map it replaces), the lazy globals, and any binding factory. ns:util re-exports TextEncoder/TextDecoder as the very class objects the globals hold, lazily end to end (SetLazyDataProperty on the binding, getters in ns-util.js/node-util.js), and node:util forwards them as Node does.
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129-131: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueValidate the decoder-state buffer length before
Store.The native and JavaScript constants currently both equal 16. However,
DecodeCallbackpassesinfo[3]toDecoderState::LoadandDecoderState::Store, which reads and writes 10 bytes without checking theUint8Arraylength. If the JavaScript allocation becomes smaller than 10 bytes, the native code can access it out of bounds. Add theByteLength()guard before obtainingrawState.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@NativeScript/runtime/TextEncoding.cpp`:
- Around line 628-641: Update FastEncodeInto to route non-flat source strings to
the existing slow encodeInto callback before calling EncodeIntoImpl, ensuring
cons and sliced strings do not trigger String::Flatten or JS-heap allocation in
the fast path. Preserve the current fast path for flat strings and use the
existing callback/fallback mechanism.
In `@types/ns-util.d.ts`:
- Around line 40-43: Update the decode declaration in the relevant type
definition to remove null from its input union and add SharedArrayBuffer,
matching the runtime-accepted input types while retaining optional undefined and
ArrayBufferView support.
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In `@NativeScript/runtime/TextEncoding.cpp`:
- Around line 129-131: In DecodeCallback, validate info[3].ByteLength() is at
least kDecoderStateBytes before obtaining rawState or calling
DecoderState::Load/Store; reject or return through the existing invalid-input
path when it is too small, while preserving normal decoding for valid buffers.
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WriteUtf8V2 flattens a cons string, and flattening allocates on the JS
heap — which a fast callback must never do, with no fallback mechanism
in this V8 to escape to. The fast overload now takes the source as
kSeqOneByteString, so V8 routes cons and two-byte strings to the slow
callback by construction, and the flat latin-1 units it does receive are
encoded by hand with no V8 string calls at all.
Materializing an on-heap typed array's buffer is an allocation too, so
the op now returns a status code: the fast path declines such views with
kEncodeIntoRetrySlow and the builtin finishes the call through
encodeIntoFallback, the same slow callback registered without a fast
overload. The {read, written} array moves to the binding, built on a
native ArrayBuffer, which is off-heap from birth and can never bounce
the fast path.
Also aligns the ns:util decode() declaration with the runtime: null is
rejected, shared buffers are accepted, ArrayBufferLike keeps the file
free of lib assumptions beyond es5.
A worker that dies in the fresh-isolate identity spec now reports the actual error instead of surfacing as a jasmine timeout. The shared bump pins the utf-16 end-of-queue step emitting a single U+FFFD when a lead surrogate and an odd trailing byte are pending together.
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Adds native, WHATWG-conformant
TextEncoder,TextDecoder,atobandbtoaglobals — and, more importantly, the lazy-global tier they ride on, which is the foundation for bringing further web globals (Blob,fetch,crypto,DOMException, …) into the runtime with zero cost when unused.Lazy-global tier (
LazyGlobals)SetLazyDataPropertybeforeContext::New: the builtin behind it is not compiled, run, or allocated until app code first reads the name, and V8 then replaces the property with a plain data property so later reads cost nothing.TextEncoder+TextDecoder) share a single run per isolate via aCachesstate slot.runtime/js/README.md: lazy builtins run at arbitrary times, so they may only consumeinternalskeys published by eager builtins.TextEncoder / TextDecoder
Node's split:
js/text-encoding.jsowns the WebIDL surface (brand checks via private fields, enumerable prototype members,Symbol.toStringTag),TextEncoding.cppowns the bytes.RangeError. (Precedent: Node without ICU ships utf-8/utf-16le; utf-16be and windows-1252 are cheap, and windows-1252 covers theascii/latin1/iso-8859-1aliases web code actually uses. More encodings can follow via CFString if ever needed.)decode(…, {stream}): incomplete sequences (including split BOMs and split utf-16 code units) carry across calls in a 16-byteUint8Arraythe builtin owns — no per-instance native handle, no finalizer.fatalthrowsTypeError;ignoreBOMhonored.encode()/encodeInto()with correct USV conversion and partial-write boundaries (never splits an encoded code point).String::NewFromOneByte; results downgrade to one-byte strings when possible.atob / btoa
WHATWG forgiving-base64 in
Base64.cpp(whitespace stripping, padding rules, alphabet validation). With noDOMExceptionin the runtime yet, failures throw the name-patchedError(InvalidCharacterError) stand-in the other builtins already use — a follow-up PR will introduceDOMExceptionand upgrade these plusAbortSignal's reasons.V8 Fast API
encodeIntoregisters av8::CFunctionfast-call overload behindNATIVESCRIPT_ENABLE_FAST_API(default on). It is inert on iOS, which runs V8 in lite/jitless mode, but positions the runtime for JIT-enabled embeds (macOS/Catalyst). This build's V8 restricts fast returns to scalars, so the string-returning ops (decode,atob,btoa) have no fast overload — current Node makes the same call in its encoding binding.Tests
0f45dc8adds 94 feature-detecting specs (pending, not failing, on runtimes without these globals; per-encoding sub-suites probe constructor support so runtimes with different encoding coverage still pass). Independently validated against Node 24 (full ICU) as a conformance reference: 94/94.ns:util/node:utilMatching Node, both util modules export
TextEncoderandTextDecoder— and they are the very objects the globals hold (require('node:util').TextDecoder === globalThis.TextDecoder, whichever is reached first). Guaranteeing that identity unified the two builtin-exports caches (the lazy tier's and the module registry's) into a singleBuiltinLoader::GetExportsthat runs a builtin at most once per isolate, building its native binding only when the run actually happens. The exports stay lazy on the modules too: requiring util does not run the text-encoding builtin; the first read ofutil.TextEncoderdoes. (atob/btoadeliberately stay off util — Node keeps those onbuffer.)Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
TextEncoderandTextDecoderAPIs with UTF-8 encoding, decoding, streaming, BOM handling, fatal-error handling, and supported encoding options.atobandbtoaBase64 utilities with input validation and standard padding.TextEncoderandTextDecoderthroughns:utilandnode:util, sharing the global constructors.Documentation