ballercat/walt

Port simple heap for closure plugin

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#70 opened on Jan 28, 2018

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Description

Goal

Stabilize closure plugin.

Overview

Built-in closure plugin doesn't manage memory for closures. I wrote a basic simple-heap in JavaScript a long time ago for emulated malloc/free calls. It should be trivial to port it to a walt file.

Acceptance Criteria

  • Implement actual malloc and free
  • Write some tests

Contributor guide

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
JavaScriptWebAssembly memoryWalt language
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
70
Research direction
Examine the existing simple heap implementation at https://github.com/ballercat/wasm utils/blob/master/lib/simple heap.js and port it to a Walt file within the closure plugin. Implement `malloc` and `free` functions using Walt's syntax. Write unit tests to verify correct memory allocation and deallocation. No linked PRs or comments provide further direction.