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.

so how can i see the memory management ?


Il giorno lun 10 set 2018 alle ore 23:06 dan Med <litokis.ta...@gmail.com>
ha scritto:

> 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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