fix(runtime): make boxed string indices virtual - #9814
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughBoxed strings now expose UTF-16 character indices as virtual properties. Runtime object operations handle their reflection, enumeration, copying, and immutable mutation semantics. String boxing no longer eagerly allocates one property per character. ChangesVirtual string indices
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Object rest on boxed strings can crash or retain an invalid value when an expando getter returns a heap object and GC runs during the subsequent write. This should be fixed before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ObjectKeys
participant StringWrapper
participant StringObject
ObjectKeys->>StringWrapper: request keys, values, or entries
StringWrapper->>StringObject: recheck ownership and enumerability
StringObject-->>StringWrapper: current property state
StringWrapper-->>ObjectKeys: enumerable virtual indices and expandos
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/string_wrapper.rs`:
- Line 166: In the getter-to-setter path around js_object_set_field_by_name,
root the movable value returned by js_object_get_field_by_name using
iter_scope.root_nanbox_u64 before invoking the setter, then pass the rooted
value’s bits to js_object_set_field_by_name instead of reading directly from the
unrooted value local.
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| result_h.with_mut_ptr(|result| { | ||
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| super::js_object_set_field_by_name(result, key, f64::from_bits(value.bits())) |
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Root the getter result before the setter call.
When js_object_set_field_by_name allocates after js_object_get_field_by_name returns a movable heap value, the raw value local is not a GC root. Evacuation can leave stale bits before the setter stores the value. Root the value with iter_scope.root_nanbox_u64 and pass the rooted value to the setter.
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| super::js_object_set_field_by_name(result, key, f64::from_bits(value.bits())) | |
| let value = source_h.with_const_ptr(|source| { | |
| key_ptr_h.with_const_ptr(|key| super::js_object_get_field_by_name(source, key)) | |
| }); | |
| let value_h = iter_scope.root_nanbox_u64(value.bits()); | |
| result_h.with_mut_ptr(|result| { | |
| key_ptr_h.with_const_ptr(|key| { | |
| super::js_object_set_field_by_name( | |
| result, | |
| key, | |
| f64::from_bits(value_h.get_nanbox_u64()), | |
| ) | |
| }) | |
| }); |
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/object/string_wrapper.rs` at line 166, In the
getter-to-setter path around js_object_set_field_by_name, root the movable value
returned by js_object_get_field_by_name using iter_scope.root_nanbox_u64 before
invoking the setter, then pass the rooted value’s bits to
js_object_set_field_by_name instead of reading directly from the unrooted value
local.
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Heads-up on an overlap, so the merge order is deliberate rather than accidental: They are not the same change, and this one is the stronger version of the
#9794's other two items are independent of this and do not overlap: canonical So: whichever lands second should drop the overlapping half rather than merge One measurement from the gc-churn lane that may save you a step, and that Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014UZWia6L37DpA93VLtNK9m |
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Summary
Non-strict calls with a string receiver eagerly installed one own property and descriptor per UTF-16 code unit. Make those character indices virtual so boxing has constant storage and no longer walks the receiver string. Wrappers retain their identity, primitive payload, prototype, and ordinary expando properties.
Changes
benchmarks/string_receiver_boxing.cjs, including assertions that sloppy calls create independent wrappers.Related issue
Fixes #9810.
Test plan
Developed and tested in
/root/worktrees/perry-9810onperrymaster.skelpo.net.cargo build --release -p perry -p perry-runtime-static -p perry-stdlib-static.cargo test --lib -p perry-runtime, with four build jobs and one test thread: 3,138 passed, 4 ignored../scripts/pre-tag-check.sh --quick: passed.string-wrapper-gc 4040, matching Node).test_issue_3579_function_call_apply_eval.ts, fails its indirect-eval/global-this assertion on Node, the unchanged baseline, and this branch.Performance
20,000 operations, 200-character receiver; elapsed milliseconds on the remote host:
.call, unusedthis.call, readsthis.length.apply.callcontrolObject(string)The fixed paths remain flat across 1-, 200-, and 4,000-character receivers. Reproduce with
perry compile --no-auto-optimize benchmarks/string_receiver_boxing.cjs -o /tmp/string-receiverand/tmp/string-receiver 200 20000.These are offline benchmark results. The Claude Code render-window profile from the issue has not been rerun.
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