So, the hole length of this raw memory is set to be Data ? And to use it i
should create a view on top of it like with typedarrays?


So to call arraybuffer::append i should first, try to make the typed array
bigger that action will call the arraybuffer::append  ?  i didn't ask how
memcpy work, i didn't get the Data() thing, in the class that's all.

Il giorno lun 10 set 2018 alle ore 22:55 @soylentgraham <
gra...@grahamreeves.com> ha scritto:

> > How can i understand the structure in memory of an arraybuffer and how big 
> > is the data field which is pointed by this void pointerIt has no structure. 
> > It is just a series of linear bytes, raw memory, allocated by the memory 
> > allocator. (If you implement your own memory allocator you can catch when 
> > this happens)It's just the data(buffer) for an array.
> > How are they represented in memory....It IS memory. It's nothing more (it's 
> > an array of bytes)
> > How big is the data field ?If by "field", you mean, the data buffer... it's 
> > Capacity 
> > <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=76&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523kB%25252BJ1WxDvoDqf1c8Tz5Ol3yne4lD03cRpevK2LHMUZk%25253D&gsn=Capacity&ct=xref_usages>
> >  (capacity is how much it can fit) in length. But not how much is being 
> > used. (bytes_used)
> If you're curious about when memory grows, reallocates, is written to, 
> accessed... it might be worth setting up your environment so you can debug it 
> by stepping through the code as it executes. You can watch memory, (this 
> would show what memcpy changes) see the values passed around, track when 
> memory gets allocated etc.
> Your questions are a mix of very broad, ("How does v8 work") and very 
> specific programming questions (what is memcpy() doing)Broad questions are 
> very hard to answer in general. ("How does a car work")
>
> I agree, simply browsing the code doesn't give a good overview of say, how 
> the javascript compiler works, or how memory is utilised. (How it is 
> allocated is very simple, on the C/++ side it doesn't implement any memory 
> management, and the array buffer/view is a view of the C-side memory)But 
> after using it for a little while, I have found v8 in general is pretty 
> simple. It provides an interface to C functions and memory. This is kinda 
> what it's for.
> But the point of v8 is that it does a lot of that for you. I don't REALLY 
> need to know how the memory is tracked on the javascript side, it just works 
> (if I'm using the API correctly)Then again, if you NEED to know how it works 
> for a specific purpose (very restricted memory, fixing a bug), we can help 
> you a lot more easily by answering a very specific question. ("My car's 
> low-oil light is blinking, where do I fill it up")
> If you're just curious as to how the entire v8 engine works... that's a 
> massive ask. A lot of people work on it, and there is a lot of work and 
> topics involved.Your best bet is reading the (limited) documentation on the 
> wiki, and read the blog posts https://v8project.blogspot.com/ which go into 
> quite a lot of detail on each post topic.I've not seen any real general 
> overview (the wiki itself says it's out of date) so, stepping through all the 
> code as it executes is probably your best bet.
>
>
> On Monday, 10 September 2018 21:25:37 UTC+1, dan Med wrote:
>>
>> in this snippet for example
>>
>> namespace WTF 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=40&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%2523WTF%252523n%252523namespace&gsn=WTF&ct=xref_usages>
>>  {// A utility class to build an ArrayBuffer instance. Validity must be 
>> checked// by isValid() before using an instance.class WTF_EXPORT 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/wtf_export.h?l=46&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=WTF_EXPORT>
>>  ArrayBufferBuilder 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=44&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523ArrayBufferBuilder%25253AWTF%252523c%252523hTnYOn1mFcU%2Bkythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523NyhHD05MjDx8XOe1m%25252BLqXBLvqdjWPsLmDrRvvmR2Ywk%25253D&gsn=ArrayBufferBuilder&ct=xref_usages>
>>  final {  // Disallow copying since it's expensive and we don't want code to 
>> do it by  // accident.  USING_FAST_MALLOC 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/allocator.h?l=146&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=USING_FAST_MALLOC>(ArrayBufferBuilder
>>  
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=44&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=ArrayBufferBuilder>);
>>  public:  // Creates an ArrayBufferBuilder using the default capacity.  
>> ArrayBufferBuilder 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=51&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523me5JBk4wDIaIJCK86MiUpy%25252BnGYRZwEr0AvVg3KaU0pw%25253D&gsn=ArrayBufferBuilder&ct=xref_usages>();
>>   ArrayBufferBuilder 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=53&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523VW0P45Tk9IGjtOqM%25252B9dHdJ64so3WDAfcY1jNBLt0GNY%25253D&gsn=ArrayBufferBuilder&ct=xref_usages>(unsigned
>>  capacity 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=53&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523trfcCH7BPCRWiubGq1QF9bypkCRNYtWGHb2AzglMces%25253D&gsn=capacity&ct=xref_usages>)
>>       : bytes_used_ 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=92&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=bytes_used_>(0),
>>  variable_capacity_ 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=93&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=variable_capacity_>(true)
>>  {    buffer_ 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=94&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=buffer_>
>>  = 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/base/memory/scoped_refptr.h?l=226&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=%3D>
>>  ArrayBuffer 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer.h?l=42&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=ArrayBuffer>::Create
>>  
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer.h?l=125&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=Create>(capacity
>>  
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=53&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=capacity>,
>>  1);  }  bool IsValid 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=58&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523Bx72YH%25252BiA4nF5ZIPsFhA9MQpdVCDOCRHSZa0Ksg6Wp4%25253D&gsn=IsValid&ct=xref_usages>()
>>  const { return buffer_ 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=94&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=buffer_>.get
>>  
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/base/memory/scoped_refptr.h?l=211&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=get>();
>>  }  // Appending empty data is not allowed.  unsigned Append 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=61&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523BHKR8BlIFhr03faCJF5mu7RDXZ%25252FPtZDAlnACyKmv1XM%25253D&gsn=Append&ct=xref_usages>(const
>>  char* data 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=61&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%25233VvJP%25252BUI3abzouA4%25252FYSBHt09pw3AiNI9e9QAJGooqYI%25253D&gsn=data&ct=xref_usages>,
>>  unsigned length 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=61&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523xOZXOK9mCrzsbUtqCxdbDuLg939IJhl7gbf0EykKwnY%25253D&gsn=length&ct=xref_usages>);
>>   // Returns the accumulated data as an ArrayBuffer instance. If needed,  // 
>> creates a new ArrayBuffer instance and copies contents from the internal  // 
>> buffer to it. Otherwise, returns a RefPtr pointing to the internal  // 
>> buffer.  scoped_refptr 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/base/memory/scoped_refptr.h?l=167&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=scoped_refptr><ArrayBuffer
>>  
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer.h?l=42&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=ArrayBuffer>>
>>  ToArrayBuffer 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=67&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523JX559OA9Zt0rALNU4DOTOkzcmtws4U5V42xhN0rrbow%25253D&gsn=ToArrayBuffer&ct=xref_usages>();
>>   // Converts the accumulated data into a String using the default encoding. 
>>  String 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/text/wtf_string.h?l=64&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=String>
>>  ToString 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=70&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523VMCyw7t%25252FF0UIo65pz8LTbfX5k5G4pIXrUNQbDNKDjaE%25253D&gsn=ToString&ct=xref_usages>();
>>   // Number of bytes currently accumulated.  unsigned ByteLength 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=73&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523P5Klo%25252BJeJiug%25252FrSAfsaHI8wAnW8h5UBg2%25252BoJByO85kA%25253D&gsn=ByteLength&ct=xref_usages>()
>>  const { return bytes_used_ 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=92&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=bytes_used_>;
>>  }  // Number of bytes allocated.  unsigned Capacity 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=76&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523kB%25252BJ1WxDvoDqf1c8Tz5Ol3yne4lD03cRpevK2LHMUZk%25253D&gsn=Capacity&ct=xref_usages>()
>>  const { return buffer_ 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=94&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=buffer_>->
>>  
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/base/memory/scoped_refptr.h?l=218&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=-%3E>ByteLength
>>  
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer.h?l=249&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=ByteLength>();
>>  }  void ShrinkToFit 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=78&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523WBvAUuWtgva6ffSXIiEGEkt%25252FFFbeCcQcsCz5E%25252FHCKOo%25253D&gsn=ShrinkToFit&ct=xref_usages>();
>>   const void* Data 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=80&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523b8F1aEDx%25252F6En%25252FkOKh2zVkvONjtDNg9gr5KG7gT9XeJk%25253D&gsn=Data&ct=xref_usages>()
>>  const { return buffer_ 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=94&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=buffer_>->
>>  
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/base/memory/scoped_refptr.h?l=218&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=-%3E>Data
>>  
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer.h?l=225&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=Data>();
>>  }  // If set to false, the capacity won't be expanded and when appended 
>> data  // overflows, the overflowed part will be dropped.  void 
>> SetVariableCapacity 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=84&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%25232ib6USbezkKcLs8hjPaCz4GUGrUHdD%25252BeN%25252FKenERnRLA%25253D&gsn=SetVariableCapacity&ct=xref_usages>(bool
>>  value 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=84&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523vUjrriXMW5FurGjU87jcAlZRQs3b8JSgA4Tt1xrSq7I%25253D&gsn=value&ct=xref_usages>)
>>  { variable_capacity_ 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=93&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=variable_capacity_>
>>  = value 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=84&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=value>;
>>  } private:  // Expands the size of m_buffer to size + m_bytesUsed bytes. 
>> Returns true  // iff successful. If reallocation is needed, copies only data 
>> in  // [0, m_bytesUsed) range.  bool ExpandCapacity 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=90&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523szv9AYLlP3J7qhn%25252Fm%25252BJqzPmSgWf45%25252BRVwVxvXDk3WYQ%25253D&gsn=ExpandCapacity&ct=xref_usages>(unsigned
>>  size 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=90&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523mXwymG5xtblCCeS4C9QcnmOwJxql8nYDr2HLqNZVJ8I%25253D&gsn=size&ct=xref_usages>);
>>   unsigned bytes_used_ 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=92&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523x95FyaH%25252BSeW1SF4BFhX9oIq7qgtHy3xzXCMmc37LcL8%25253D&gsn=bytes_used_&ct=xref_usages>;
>>   bool variable_capacity_ 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=93&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523FKWGJXbcZ%25252BRuy6YD7uxQ765XV8Mhciv4FM%25252FF5B3bNvU%25253D&gsn=variable_capacity_&ct=xref_usages>;
>>   scoped_refptr 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/base/memory/scoped_refptr.h?l=167&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=scoped_refptr><ArrayBuffer
>>  
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer.h?l=42&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=ArrayBuffer>>
>>  buffer_ 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=94&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523aFDjYtlmS2tmLXL2XyJ158HoigBmsAdzguhOSb6XQIw%25253D&gsn=buffer_&ct=xref_usages>;
>>   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN 
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/base/macros.h?l=33&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN>(ArrayBufferBuilder
>>  
>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=96&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.h%2523E6nSXqAY3ipexrHDKPfjzHqWqWIsAlT3EH3KVhT57GQ%25253D&gsn=ArrayBufferBuilder&ct=xref_usages>);};}
>>   // namespace WTF
>>
>>
>>
>> How can i understand the structure in memory of an arraybuffer and how big 
>> is the data field which is pointed by this void pointerHow are they 
>> represented in memory....How big is the data field ?
>>
>>
>> Il giorno lun 10 set 2018 alle ore 22:19 dan Med <litoki...@gmail.com>
>> ha scritto:
>>
>>> i already did that and btw it is under the WTF/webkit .
>>> I'm interested how v8 handles javascript into every detail if u can
>>> guide me...
>>> Tell me which repository are being used by v8 on the related topic that
>>> would help me really much.
>>>
>>> By when it is called i mean, which javascript code will enable me to
>>> call that funciton cause if u click u can't go any further than that,
>>>
>>> Il giorno lun 10 set 2018 alle ore 21:53 Jakob Kummerow <
>>> jkum...@chromium.org> ha scritto:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 12:22 PM dan Med <litoki...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't quite see if this google group is useful or not, everybody
>>>>> keeps answering me with superficial things,
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You said you wanted to read the compiler's source but couldn't find it,
>>>> so I told you that it's in src/compiler/. If that was not the answer you
>>>> wanted, then try asking a different question?
>>>>
>>>> Please also keep in mind that people's time is limited. The
>>>> easier/quicker it is to answer your question, the more likely you are to
>>>> get an answer.
>>>>
>>>> i don't care about the trminology like tell me which allocator it uses
>>>>> when and why or at least if there's something i can read to 
>>>>> understand.....
>>>>> I'm surprised u don't know what a JIT page is, basically if you call a
>>>>> function foo() let's say 100 times then v8,had enough time to understand
>>>>> the parameters given to that specific function and how to optimize it
>>>>> efficently based on it's prediction/observation.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not interested in the terminology of things, (that's just a matter
>>>>> of reading the source code ) i'm more in reading how it works when and 
>>>>> why..
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It's great that you want to understand how things work. Terminology is
>>>> an important aspect of that though, because it enables communication. If we
>>>> use different words for the same thing, we won't understand each other.
>>>> Based on your explanation, I'm guessing that by "JIT page" you mean
>>>> "the strategy V8 uses to select functions for optimization". The core of
>>>> that logic is in MarkCandidatesForOptimization in src/runtime-profiler.cc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> For example when is ArrayBufferBuilder::Append called ??
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't know; it's not part of V8. But you can use Code Search to find
>>>> out where anything is called, just click the function in question to get a
>>>> list of call sites:
>>>> https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?q=ArrayBufferBuilder&sq=package:chromium&g=0&l=61
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> And i thing i've looked at the entire v8 source code but didn't find
>>>>> much, apart from the array.js file which describes some javascript
>>>>> function, i don't understand where's the rest....
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Il giorno lun 10 set 2018 alle ore 20:45 Jakob Kummerow <
>>>>> jkum...@chromium.org> ha scritto:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 8:54 AM dan Med <litoki...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh and one more thing, i've surfed perhaps the entire source code of
>>>>>>> v8 at least the interesting parts, but what i came across was just very
>>>>>>> short code execpt for some builtins written in javascript i believe, 
>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>> find all of the things i've found on the documentation such as the
>>>>>>> interpreter
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> src/interpreter/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and the JIT compilers,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> src/compiler/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> one more thing i'd like to understand how the memory is handeled
>>>>>>> like how can i read about the JIT pages,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's a JIT page?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> or which memory allocator does v8 use
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It uses several allocation techniques for different purposes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and it's garbage collector
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> src/heap/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you !
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Il giorno dom 9 set 2018 alle ore 17:51 dan Med <litoki...@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> ha scritto:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't have understood this part, let me explain it to you.
>>>>>>>> This is how i get it tell me if i'm wrong at any part.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I need to understand how is the structure in memory of the
>>>>>>>> arraybuffer how is it represented and if the data of the array are 
>>>>>>>> directly
>>>>>>>> stored at an offset accessed by buffer_ -> data().
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> before the call to expand capacity it does create an array
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> the arraybuffer in src <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/>/
>>>>>>>> third_party <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/>/
>>>>>>>> blink <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/>/
>>>>>>>> renderer
>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/>/
>>>>>>>> platform
>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/>
>>>>>>>> /wtf
>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/>
>>>>>>>> /typed_arrays
>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/>
>>>>>>>> /array_buffer_builder.cc
>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.cc>
>>>>>>>>  is
>>>>>>>> called whenever the renderer  (has to execute some javascript which 
>>>>>>>> defines
>>>>>>>> arraybuffers)
>>>>>>>> First when is arraybuffer::append  called, cause i know that if
>>>>>>>> someone need to reallocate a bigger arraybuffer then a new instance 
>>>>>>>> will be
>>>>>>>> created and filled with the old values if the length in the original 
>>>>>>>> array
>>>>>>>> isn't has much as the user reqeusted ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One more thing is, when this class is called, the arraybuffer is
>>>>>>>> always set to the initial length of static const int
>>>>>>>> kDefaultBufferCapacity
>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.cc?l=38&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.cc%2523YXDT7WTpXCAcuhdyTlkuCzsfCzI%25252BoHLRFAlkbCrkx4g%25253D&gsn=kDefaultBufferCapacity&ct=xref_usages>
>>>>>>>> = 32768; if in the javascript i declare an arraybuffer of 20bytes
>>>>>>>> will it allocate of
>>>>>>>> 32768bytes anyway =?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Il giorno mar 4 set 2018 alle ore 12:14 Graham Reeves <
>>>>>>>> gra...@grahamreeves.com> ha scritto:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> > is std::numeric_limits
>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/buildtools/third_party/libc%2B%2B/trunk/include/limits?l=442&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=numeric_limits>
>>>>>>>>> <unsigned>::max
>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/buildtools/third_party/libc%2B%2B/trunk/include/limits?l=450&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=max>();
>>>>>>>>> referring to the max unsigned int value ? cause the source code won't 
>>>>>>>>> find
>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>> Yes, that's the maximum value unsigned (an unsigned int) can be,
>>>>>>>>> but what do you mean by, the source won't find it?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Monday, 3 September 2018 19:55:48 UTC+1, dan Med wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can someone help me out?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Il giorno sab 1 set 2018 alle ore 15:30 <litoki...@gmail.com> ha
>>>>>>>>>> scritto:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> array_buffer_builder.cc in src
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/>/third_party
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/>/blink
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/>/
>>>>>>>>>>> renderer
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/>
>>>>>>>>>>> /platform
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/>
>>>>>>>>>>> /wtf
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/>
>>>>>>>>>>> /typed_arrays
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/>
>>>>>>>>>>> /array_buffer_builder.cc
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.cc>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> the ArrayBufferBuilder
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=44&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=ArrayBufferBuilder>
>>>>>>>>>>> ::Append
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.cc?l=74&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.cc%2523NFGzJegTouRzc7WYe5NO52sD3rtLZRfs3mHeMLIQn8I%25253D&gsn=Append&ct=xref_usages>
>>>>>>>>>>>  method
>>>>>>>>>>> will be called through a view on top of the arraybuffer? something 
>>>>>>>>>>> like,
>>>>>>>>>>> there's a arraybuffer of 30bytes in length and we define a view on 
>>>>>>>>>>> top of
>>>>>>>>>>> it (so a typedarray) wehn i call on the new typedarray object the 
>>>>>>>>>>> .append
>>>>>>>>>>> method it will call ArrayBufferBuilder
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=44&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=ArrayBufferBuilder>
>>>>>>>>>>> ::Append
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.cc?l=74&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.cc%2523NFGzJegTouRzc7WYe5NO52sD3rtLZRfs3mHeMLIQn8I%25253D&gsn=Append&ct=xref_usages>
>>>>>>>>>>> and then inside it's code it will execute ArrayBufferBuilder
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=44&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=ArrayBufferBuilder>
>>>>>>>>>>> ::ExpandCapacity
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.cc?l=45&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.cc%2523Fu6GnwJLuMqh5Thz%25252BDq0LStBEA8HzkICqnAPtIOPIhY%25253D&gsn=ExpandCapacity&ct=xref_usages>
>>>>>>>>>>>  if
>>>>>>>>>>> it needs to reallocate the array ?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> if so inside the expandCapacity definition bytes_used
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=92&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=bytes_used_>
>>>>>>>>>>>  referes
>>>>>>>>>>> to the elements inside the actual arraybuffer so if i have a 
>>>>>>>>>>> arraybuffer
>>>>>>>>>>> which is 8 bytes in length [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] and i fill in 
>>>>>>>>>>> only 3
>>>>>>>>>>> bytes so
>>>>>>>>>>> [1][2][3][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ] the bytes_used
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=92&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=bytes_used_>
>>>>>>>>>>>  when
>>>>>>>>>>> retrieved will be set to 3 bytes ??
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ArrayBufferBuilder 
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=44&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=ArrayBufferBuilder>::ArrayBufferBuilder
>>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.cc?l=40&gs=kythe%253A%252F%252Fchromium%253Flang%253Dc%25252B%25252B%253Fpath%253Dsrc%252Fthird_party%252Fblink%252Frenderer%252Fplatform%252Fwtf%252Ftyped_arrays%252Farray_buffer_builder.cc%2523lcp23D0sHKN2WnDoJe7UbBQtgQbZY3lJ%25252Bn9qnDlawck%25253D&gsn=ArrayBufferBuilder&ct=xref_usages>()
>>>>>>>>>>>     : bytes_used_ 
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=92&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=bytes_used_>(0),
>>>>>>>>>>>  variable_capacity_ 
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=93&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=variable_capacity_>(true)
>>>>>>>>>>>  {  buffer_ 
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer_builder.h?l=94&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=buffer_>
>>>>>>>>>>>  = 
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/base/memory/scoped_refptr.h?l=226&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=%3D>
>>>>>>>>>>>  ArrayBuffer 
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer.h?l=42&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=ArrayBuffer>::
>>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/blink/renderer/platform/wtf/typed_arrays/array_buffer.h?l=125&ct=xref_jump_to_def&gsn=Create>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>

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