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String Type
See original GitHub issueCould we consider the inclusion of string types?
It may be an immutable subtype of extern.
String type marker:
arg = ""+arg;
It would have the following expressions:
str.length: size of the string (a constant). Type:unsigned.str.charCodeAt(index): character code, a nonnegative integer less than 2^16. Type:(unsigned) → fixnum.
This is motivated by the idea that converting an external string into a typed array before passing it in an asm.js exported function is probably not the most efficient approach. Yet, in my experience, string parsing in JS can be boosted a lot.
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Out of curiosity, what are you guys planning to make (or have made) with asm.js + StringView?
@cscott P.S. I have updated the StringView page on MDN with your suggestions. I have also updated the makeIndex() method ( https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Typed_arrays/StringView#StringView.prototype.makeIndex() ) Bye 😃