wasm/common/whwasmutil.js

/**
  2022-07-08

  The author disclaims copyright to this source code.  In place of a
  legal notice, here is a blessing:

  *   May you do good and not evil.
  *   May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
  *   May you share freely, never taking more than you give.

  ***********************************************************************

  The whwasmutil is developed in conjunction with the Jaccwabyt
  project:

  https://fossil.wanderinghorse.net/r/jaccwabyt

  Maintenance reminder: If you're reading this in a tree other than
  the Jaccwabyt tree, note that this copy may be replaced with
  upstream copies of that one from time to time. Thus the code
  installed by this function "should not" be edited outside of that
  project, else it risks getting overwritten.
*/
/**
   This function is intended to simplify porting around various bits
   of WASM-related utility code from project to project.

   The primary goal of this code is to replace, where possible,
   Emscripten-generated glue code with equivalent utility code which
   can be used in arbitrary WASM environments built with toolchains
   other than Emscripten. As of this writing, this code is capable of
   acting as a replacement for Emscripten's generated glue code
   _except_ that the latter installs handlers for Emscripten-provided
   APIs such as its "FS" (virtual filesystem) API. Loading of such
   things still requires using Emscripten's glue, but the post-load
   utility APIs provided by this code are still usable as replacements
   for their sub-optimally-documented Emscripten counterparts.

   Intended usage:

   ```
   self.WhWasmUtilInstaller(appObject);
   delete self.WhWasmUtilInstaller;
   ```

   Its global-scope symbol is intended only to provide an easy way to
   make it available to 3rd-party scripts and "should" be deleted
   after calling it. That symbols is _not_ used within the library.

   Forewarning: this API explicitly targets only browser
   environments. If a given non-browser environment has the
   capabilities needed for a given feature (e.g. TextEncoder), great,
   but it does not go out of its way to account for them and does not
   provide compatibility crutches for them.

   It currently offers alternatives to the following
   Emscripten-generated APIs:

   - OPTIONALLY memory allocation, but how this gets imported is
     environment-specific.  Most of the following features only work
     if allocation is available.

   - WASM-exported "indirect function table" access and
     manipulation. e.g.  creating new WASM-side functions using JS
     functions, analog to Emscripten's addFunction() and
     removeFunction() but slightly different.

   - Get/set specific heap memory values, analog to Emscripten's
     getValue() and setValue().

   - String length counting in UTF-8 bytes (C-style and JS strings).

   - JS string to C-string conversion and vice versa, analog to
     Emscripten's stringToUTF8Array() and friends, but with slighter
     different interfaces.

   - JS string to Uint8Array conversion, noting that browsers actually
     already have this built in via TextEncoder.

   - "Scoped" allocation, such that allocations made inside of a given
     explicit scope will be automatically cleaned up when the scope is
     closed. This is fundamentally similar to Emscripten's
     stackAlloc() and friends but uses the heap instead of the stack
     because access to the stack requires C code.

   - Create JS wrappers for WASM functions, analog to Emscripten's
     ccall() and cwrap() functions, except that the automatic
     conversions for function arguments and return values can be
     easily customized by the client by assigning custom function
     signature type names to conversion functions. Essentially,
     it's ccall() and cwrap() on steroids.

   How to install...

   Passing an object to this function will install the functionality
   into that object. Afterwards, client code "should" delete the global
   symbol.

   This code requires that the target object have the following
   properties, noting that they needn't be available until the first
   time one of the installed APIs is used (as opposed to when this
   function is called) except where explicitly noted:

   - `exports` must be a property of the target object OR a property
     of `target.instance` (a WebAssembly.Module instance) and it must
     contain the symbols exported by the WASM module associated with
     this code. In an Enscripten environment it must be set to
     `Module['asm']`. The exports object must contain a minimum of the
     following symbols:

     - `memory`: a WebAssembly.Memory object representing the WASM
       memory. _Alternately_, the `memory` property can be set on the
       target instance, in particular if the WASM heap memory is
       initialized in JS an _imported_ into WASM, as opposed to being
       initialized in WASM and exported to JS.

     - `__indirect_function_table`: the WebAssembly.Table object which
       holds WASM-exported functions. This API does not strictly
       require that the table be able to grow but it will throw if its
       `installFunction()` is called and the table cannot grow.

   In order to simplify downstream usage, if `target.exports` is not
   set when this is called then a property access interceptor
   (read-only, configurable, enumerable) gets installed as `exports`
   which resolves to `target.instance.exports`, noting that the latter
   property need not exist until the first time `target.exports` is
   accessed.

   Some APIs _optionally_ make use of the `bigIntEnabled` property of
   the target object. It "should" be set to true if the WASM
   environment is compiled with BigInt support, else it must be
   false. If it is false, certain BigInt-related features will trigger
   an exception if invoked. This property, if not set when this is
   called, will get a default value of true only if the BigInt64Array
   constructor is available, else it will default to false.

   Some optional APIs require that the target have the following
   methods:

   - 'alloc()` must behave like C's `malloc()`, allocating N bytes of
     memory and returning its pointer. In Emscripten this is
     conventionally made available via `Module['_malloc']`. This API
     requires that the alloc routine throw on allocation error, as
     opposed to returning null or 0.

   - 'dealloc()` must behave like C's `free()`, accepting either a
     pointer returned from its allocation counterpart or the values
     null/0 (for which it must be a no-op). allocating N bytes of
     memory and returning its pointer. In Emscripten this is
     conventionally made available via `Module['_free']`.

   APIs which require allocation routines are explicitly documented as
   such and/or have "alloc" in their names.

   This code is developed and maintained in conjunction with the
   Jaccwabyt project:

   https://fossil.wanderinghorse.net/r/jaccwabbyt

   More specifically:

   https://fossil.wanderinghorse.net/r/jaccwabbyt/file/common/whwasmutil.js
*/
self.WhWasmUtilInstaller = function(target){
  'use strict';
  if(undefined===target.bigIntEnabled){
    target.bigIntEnabled = !!self['BigInt64Array'];
  }

  /** Throws a new Error, the message of which is the concatenation of
      all args with a space between each. */
  const toss = (...args)=>{throw new Error(args.join(' '))};

  if(!target.exports){
    Object.defineProperty(target, 'exports', {
      enumerable: true, configurable: true,
      get: ()=>(target.instance && target.instance.exports)
    });
  }

  /*********
    alloc()/dealloc() auto-install...

    This would be convenient but it can also cause us to pick up
    malloc() even when the client code is using a different exported
    allocator (who, me?), which is bad. malloc() may be exported even
    if we're not explicitly using it and overriding the malloc()
    function, linking ours first, is not always feasible when using a
    malloc() proxy, as it can lead to recursion and stack overflow
    (who, me?). So... we really need the downstream code to set up
    target.alloc/dealloc() itself.
  ******/
  /******
  if(target.exports){
    //Maybe auto-install alloc()/dealloc()...
    if(!target.alloc && target.exports.malloc){
      target.alloc = function(n){
        const m = this(n);
        return m || toss("Allocation of",n,"byte(s) failed.");
      }.bind(target.exports.malloc);
    }

    if(!target.dealloc && target.exports.free){
      target.dealloc = function(ptr){
        if(ptr) this(ptr);
      }.bind(target.exports.free);
    }
  }*******/

  /**
     Pointers in WASM are currently assumed to be 32-bit, but someday
     that will certainly change.
  */
  const ptrIR = target.pointerIR || 'i32';
  const ptrSizeof = ('i32'===ptrIR ? 4
                     : ('i64'===ptrIR
                        ? 8 : toss("Unhandled ptrSizeof:",ptrIR)));
  /** Stores various cached state. */
  const cache = Object.create(null);
  /** Previously-recorded size of cache.memory.buffer, noted so that
      we can recreate the view objects if the heap grows. */
  cache.heapSize = 0;
  /** WebAssembly.Memory object extracted from target.memory or
      target.exports.memory the first time heapWrappers() is
      called. */
  cache.memory = null;
  /** uninstallFunction() puts table indexes in here for reuse and
      installFunction() extracts them. */
  cache.freeFuncIndexes = [];
  /**
     Used by scopedAlloc() and friends.
  */
  cache.scopedAlloc = [];

  cache.utf8Decoder = new TextDecoder();
  cache.utf8Encoder = new TextEncoder('utf-8');

  /**
     If (cache.heapSize !== cache.memory.buffer.byteLength), i.e. if
     the heap has grown since the last call, updates cache.HEAPxyz.
     Returns the cache object.
  */
  const heapWrappers = function(){
    if(!cache.memory){
      cache.memory = (target.memory instanceof WebAssembly.Memory)
        ? target.memory : target.exports.memory;
    }else if(cache.heapSize === cache.memory.buffer.byteLength){
      return cache;
    }
    // heap is newly-acquired or has been resized....
    const b = cache.memory.buffer;
    cache.HEAP8 = new Int8Array(b); cache.HEAP8U = new Uint8Array(b);
    cache.HEAP16 = new Int16Array(b); cache.HEAP16U = new Uint16Array(b);
    cache.HEAP32 = new Int32Array(b); cache.HEAP32U = new Uint32Array(b);
    if(target.bigIntEnabled){
      cache.HEAP64 = new BigInt64Array(b); cache.HEAP64U = new BigUint64Array(b);
    }
    cache.HEAP32F = new Float32Array(b); cache.HEAP64F = new Float64Array(b);
    cache.heapSize = b.byteLength;
    return cache;
  };

  /** Convenience equivalent of this.heapForSize(8,false). */
  target.heap8 = ()=>heapWrappers().HEAP8;

  /** Convenience equivalent of this.heapForSize(8,true). */
  target.heap8u = ()=>heapWrappers().HEAP8U;

  /** Convenience equivalent of this.heapForSize(16,false). */
  target.heap16 = ()=>heapWrappers().HEAP16;

  /** Convenience equivalent of this.heapForSize(16,true). */
  target.heap16u = ()=>heapWrappers().HEAP16U;

  /** Convenience equivalent of this.heapForSize(32,false). */
  target.heap32 = ()=>heapWrappers().HEAP32;

  /** Convenience equivalent of this.heapForSize(32,true). */
  target.heap32u = ()=>heapWrappers().HEAP32U;

  /**
     Requires n to be one of:

     - integer 8, 16, or 32.
     - A integer-type TypedArray constructor: Int8Array, Int16Array,
     Int32Array, or their Uint counterparts.

     If this.bigIntEnabled is true, it also accepts the value 64 or a
     BigInt64Array/BigUint64Array, else it throws if passed 64 or one
     of those constructors.

     Returns an integer-based TypedArray view of the WASM heap
     memory buffer associated with the given block size. If passed
     an integer as the first argument and unsigned is truthy then
     the "U" (unsigned) variant of that view is returned, else the
     signed variant is returned. If passed a TypedArray value, the
     2nd argument is ignores. Note that Float32Array and
     Float64Array views are not supported by this function.

     Note that growth of the heap will invalidate any references to
     this heap, so do not hold a reference longer than needed and do
     not use a reference after any operation which may
     allocate. Instead, re-fetch the reference by calling this
     function again.

     Throws if passed an invalid n.

     Pedantic side note: the name "heap" is a bit of a misnomer. In an
     Emscripten environment, the memory managed via the stack
     allocation API is in the same Memory object as the heap (which
     makes sense because otherwise arbitrary pointer X would be
     ambiguous: is it in the heap or the stack?).
  */
  target.heapForSize = function(n,unsigned = false){
    let ctor;
    const c = (cache.memory && cache.heapSize === cache.memory.buffer.byteLength)
          ? cache : heapWrappers();
    switch(n){
        case Int8Array: return c.HEAP8; case Uint8Array: return c.HEAP8U;
        case Int16Array: return c.HEAP16; case Uint16Array: return c.HEAP16U;
        case Int32Array: return c.HEAP32; case Uint32Array: return c.HEAP32U;
        case 8:  return unsigned ? c.HEAP8U : c.HEAP8;
        case 16: return unsigned ? c.HEAP16U : c.HEAP16;
        case 32: return unsigned ? c.HEAP32U : c.HEAP32;
        case 64:
          if(c.HEAP64) return unsigned ? c.HEAP64U : c.HEAP64;
          break;
        default:
          if(this.bigIntEnabled){
            if(n===self['BigUint64Array']) return c.HEAP64U;
            else if(n===self['BigInt64Array']) return c.HEAP64;
            break;
          }
    }
    toss("Invalid heapForSize() size: expecting 8, 16, 32,",
         "or (if BigInt is enabled) 64.");
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     Returns the WASM-exported "indirect function table."
  */
  target.functionTable = function(){
    return target.exports.__indirect_function_table;
    /** -----------------^^^^^ "seems" to be a standardized export name.
        From Emscripten release notes from 2020-09-10:
        - Use `__indirect_function_table` as the import name for the
        table, which is what LLVM does.
    */
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     Given a function pointer, returns the WASM function table entry
     if found, else returns a falsy value.
  */
  target.functionEntry = function(fptr){
    const ft = this.functionTable();
    return fptr < ft.length ? ft.get(fptr) : undefined;
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     Creates a WASM function which wraps the given JS function and
     returns the JS binding of that WASM function. The signature
     argument must be the Jaccwabyt-format or Emscripten
     addFunction()-format function signature string. In short: in may
     have one of the following formats:

     - Emscripten: `x...`, where the first x is a letter representing
       the result type and subsequent letters represent the argument
       types. See below.

     - Jaccwabyt: `x(...)` where `x` is the letter representing the
       result type and letters in the parens (if any) represent the
       argument types. See below.

     Supported letters:

     - `i` = int32
     - `p` = int32 ("pointer")
     - `j` = int64
     - `f` = float32
     - `d` = float64
     - `v` = void, only legal for use as the result type

     It throws if an invalid signature letter is used.

     Jaccwabyt-format signatures support some additional letters which
     have no special meaning here but (in this context) act as aliases
     for other letters:

     - `s`, `P`: same as `p`

     Sidebar: this code is developed together with Jaccwabyt, thus the
     support for its signature format.
  */
  target.jsFuncToWasm = function f(func, sig){
    /** Attribution: adapted up from Emscripten-generated glue code,
        refactored primarily for efficiency's sake, eliminating
        call-local functions and superfluous temporary arrays. */
    if(!f._){/*static init...*/
      f._ = {
        // Map of signature letters to type IR values
        sigTypes: Object.create(null),
        // Map of type IR values to WASM type code values
        typeCodes: Object.create(null),
        /** Encodes n, which must be <2^14 (16384), into target array
            tgt, as a little-endian value, using the given method
            ('push' or 'unshift'). */
        uleb128Encode: function(tgt, method, n){
          if(n<128) tgt[method](n);
          else tgt[method]( (n % 128) | 128, n>>7);
        },
        /** Intentionally-lax pattern for Jaccwabyt-format function
            pointer signatures, the intent of which is simply to
            distinguish them from Emscripten-format signatures. The
            downstream checks are less lax. */
        rxJSig: /^(\w)\((\w*)\)$/,
        /** Returns the parameter-value part of the given signature
            string. */
        sigParams: function(sig){
          const m = f._.rxJSig.exec(sig);
          return m ? m[2] : sig.substr(1);
        },
        /** Returns the IR value for the given letter or throws
            if the letter is invalid. */
        letterType: (x)=>f._.sigTypes[x] || toss("Invalid signature letter:",x),
        /** Returns an object describing the result type and parameter
            type(s) of the given function signature, or throws if the
            signature is invalid. */
        /******** // only valid for use with the WebAssembly.Function ctor, which
                  // is not yet documented on MDN.
        sigToWasm: function(sig){
          const rc = {parameters:[], results: []};
          if('v'!==sig[0]) rc.results.push(f._.letterType(sig[0]));
          for(const x of f._.sigParams(sig)){
            rc.parameters.push(f._.letterType(x));
          }
          return rc;
        },************/
        /** Pushes the WASM data type code for the given signature
            letter to the given target array. Throws if letter is
            invalid. */
        pushSigType: (dest, letter)=>dest.push(f._.typeCodes[f._.letterType(letter)])
      };
      f._.sigTypes.i = f._.sigTypes.p = f._.sigTypes.P = f._.sigTypes.s = 'i32';
      f._.sigTypes.j = 'i64'; f._.sigTypes.f = 'f32'; f._.sigTypes.d = 'f64';
      f._.typeCodes['i32'] = 0x7f; f._.typeCodes['i64'] = 0x7e;
      f._.typeCodes['f32'] = 0x7d; f._.typeCodes['f64'] = 0x7c;
    }/*static init*/
    const sigParams = f._.sigParams(sig);
    const wasmCode = [0x01/*count: 1*/, 0x60/*function*/];
    f._.uleb128Encode(wasmCode, 'push', sigParams.length);
    for(const x of sigParams) f._.pushSigType(wasmCode, x);
    if('v'===sig[0]) wasmCode.push(0);
    else{
      wasmCode.push(1);
      f._.pushSigType(wasmCode, sig[0]);
    }
    f._.uleb128Encode(wasmCode, 'unshift', wasmCode.length)/* type section length */;
    wasmCode.unshift(
      0x00, 0x61, 0x73, 0x6d, /* magic: "\0asm" */
      0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, /* version: 1 */
      0x01 /* type section code */
    );
    wasmCode.push(
      /* import section: */ 0x02, 0x07,
      /* (import "e" "f" (func 0 (type 0))): */
      0x01, 0x01, 0x65, 0x01, 0x66, 0x00, 0x00,
      /* export section: */ 0x07, 0x05,
      /* (export "f" (func 0 (type 0))): */
      0x01, 0x01, 0x66, 0x00, 0x00
    );
    return (new WebAssembly.Instance(
      new WebAssembly.Module(new Uint8Array(wasmCode)), {
        e: { f: func }
      })).exports['f'];
  }/*jsFuncToWasm()*/;

  /**
     Expects a JS function and signature, exactly as for
     this.jsFuncToWasm(). It uses that function to create a
     WASM-exported function, installs that function to the next
     available slot of this.functionTable(), and returns the
     function's index in that table (which acts as a pointer to that
     function). The returned pointer can be passed to
     removeFunction() to uninstall it and free up the table slot for
     reuse.

     As a special case, if the passed-in function is a WASM-exported
     function then the signature argument is ignored and func is
     installed as-is, without requiring re-compilation/re-wrapping.

     This function will propagate an exception if
     WebAssembly.Table.grow() throws or this.jsFuncToWasm() throws.
     The former case can happen in an Emscripten-compiled
     environment when building without Emscripten's
     `-sALLOW_TABLE_GROWTH` flag.

     Sidebar: this function differs from Emscripten's addFunction()
     _primarily_ in that it does not share that function's
     undocumented behavior of reusing a function if it's passed to
     addFunction() more than once, which leads to removeFunction()
     breaking clients which do not take care to avoid that case:

     https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/17323
  */
  target.installFunction = function f(func, sig){
    const ft = this.functionTable();
    const oldLen = ft.length;
    let ptr;
    while(cache.freeFuncIndexes.length){
      ptr = cache.freeFuncIndexes.pop();
      if(ft.get(ptr)){ /* Table was modified via a different API */
        ptr = null;
        continue;
      }else{
        break;
      }
    }
    if(!ptr){
      ptr = oldLen;
      ft.grow(1);
    }
    try{
      /*this will only work if func is a WASM-exported function*/
      ft.set(ptr, func);
      return ptr;
    }catch(e){
      if(!(e instanceof TypeError)){
        if(ptr===oldLen) cache.freeFuncIndexes.push(oldLen);
        throw e;
      }
    }
    // It's not a WASM-exported function, so compile one...
    try {
      ft.set(ptr, this.jsFuncToWasm(func, sig));
    }catch(e){
      if(ptr===oldLen) cache.freeFuncIndexes.push(oldLen);
      throw e;
    }
    return ptr;
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     Requires a pointer value previously returned from
     this.installFunction(). Removes that function from the WASM
     function table, marks its table slot as free for re-use, and
     returns that function. It is illegal to call this before
     installFunction() has been called and results are undefined if
     ptr was not returned by that function. The returned function
     may be passed back to installFunction() to reinstall it.
  */
  target.uninstallFunction = function(ptr){
    const fi = cache.freeFuncIndexes;
    const ft = this.functionTable();
    fi.push(ptr);
    const rc = ft.get(ptr);
    ft.set(ptr, null);
    return rc;
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     Given a WASM heap memory address and a data type name in the form
     (i8, i16, i32, i64, float (or f32), double (or f64)), this
     fetches the numeric value from that address and returns it as a
     number or, for the case of type='i64', a BigInt (noting that that
     type triggers an exception if this.bigIntEnabled is
     falsy). Throws if given an invalid type.

     As a special case, if type ends with a `*`, it is considered to
     be a pointer type and is treated as the WASM numeric type
     appropriate for the pointer size (`i32`).

     While likely not obvious, this routine and its setMemValue()
     counterpart are how pointer-to-value _output_ parameters
     in WASM-compiled C code can be interacted with:

     ```
     const ptr = alloc(4);
     setMemValue(ptr, 0, 'i32'); // clear the ptr's value
     aCFuncWithOutputPtrToInt32Arg( ptr ); // e.g. void foo(int *x);
     const result = getMemValue(ptr, 'i32'); // fetch ptr's value
     dealloc(ptr);
     ```

     scopedAlloc() and friends can be used to make handling of
     `ptr` safe against leaks in the case of an exception:

     ```
     let result;
     const scope = scopedAllocPush();
     try{
       const ptr = scopedAlloc(4);
       setMemValue(ptr, 0, 'i32');
       aCFuncWithOutputPtrArg( ptr );
       result = getMemValue(ptr, 'i32');
     }finally{
       scopedAllocPop(scope);
     }
     ```

     As a rule setMemValue() must be called to set (typically zero
     out) the pointer's value, else it will contain an essentially
     random value.

     See: setMemValue()
  */
  target.getMemValue = function(ptr, type='i8'){
    if(type.endsWith('*')) type = ptrIR;
    const c = (cache.memory && cache.heapSize === cache.memory.buffer.byteLength)
          ? cache : heapWrappers();
    switch(type){
        case 'i1':
        case 'i8': return c.HEAP8[ptr>>0];
        case 'i16': return c.HEAP16[ptr>>1];
        case 'i32': return c.HEAP32[ptr>>2];
        case 'i64':
          if(this.bigIntEnabled) return BigInt(c.HEAP64[ptr>>3]);
          break;
        case 'float': case 'f32': return c.HEAP32F[ptr>>2];
        case 'double': case 'f64': return Number(c.HEAP64F[ptr>>3]);
        default: break;
    }
    toss('Invalid type for getMemValue():',type);
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     The counterpart of getMemValue(), this sets a numeric value at
     the given WASM heap address, using the type to define how many
     bytes are written. Throws if given an invalid type. See
     getMemValue() for details about the type argument. If the 3rd
     argument ends with `*` then it is treated as a pointer type and
     this function behaves as if the 3rd argument were `i32`.

     This function returns itself.
  */
  target.setMemValue = function f(ptr, value, type='i8'){
    if (type.endsWith('*')) type = ptrIR;
    const c = (cache.memory && cache.heapSize === cache.memory.buffer.byteLength)
          ? cache : heapWrappers();
    switch (type) {
        case 'i1':
        case 'i8': c.HEAP8[ptr>>0] = value; return f;
        case 'i16': c.HEAP16[ptr>>1] = value; return f;
        case 'i32': c.HEAP32[ptr>>2] = value; return f;
        case 'i64':
          if(c.HEAP64){
            c.HEAP64[ptr>>3] = BigInt(value);
            return f;
          }
          break;
        case 'float': case 'f32': c.HEAP32F[ptr>>2] = value; return f;
        case 'double': case 'f64': c.HEAP64F[ptr>>3] = value; return f;
    }
    toss('Invalid type for setMemValue(): ' + type);
  };

  /**
     Expects ptr to be a pointer into the WASM heap memory which
     refers to a NUL-terminated C-style string encoded as UTF-8.
     Returns the length, in bytes, of the string, as for `strlen(3)`.
     As a special case, if !ptr then it it returns `null`. Throws if
     ptr is out of range for target.heap8u().
  */
  target.cstrlen = function(ptr){
    if(!ptr) return null;
    const h = heapWrappers().HEAP8U;
    let pos = ptr;
    for( ; h[pos] !== 0; ++pos ){}
    return pos - ptr;
  };

  /** Internal helper to use in operations which need to distinguish
      between SharedArrayBuffer heap memory and non-shared heap. */
  const __SAB = ('undefined'===typeof SharedArrayBuffer)
        ? function(){} : SharedArrayBuffer;
  const __utf8Decode = function(arrayBuffer, begin, end){
    return cache.utf8Decoder.decode(
      (arrayBuffer.buffer instanceof __SAB)
        ? arrayBuffer.slice(begin, end)
        : arrayBuffer.subarray(begin, end)
    );
  };

  /**
     Expects ptr to be a pointer into the WASM heap memory which
     refers to a NUL-terminated C-style string encoded as UTF-8. This
     function counts its byte length using cstrlen() then returns a
     JS-format string representing its contents. As a special case, if
     ptr is falsy, `null` is returned.
  */
  target.cstringToJs = function(ptr){
    const n = this.cstrlen(ptr);
    return n ? __utf8Decode(heapWrappers().HEAP8U, ptr, ptr+n) : (null===n ? n : "");
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     Given a JS string, this function returns its UTF-8 length in
     bytes. Returns null if str is not a string.
  */
  target.jstrlen = function(str){
    /** Attribution: derived from Emscripten's lengthBytesUTF8() */
    if('string'!==typeof str) return null;
    const n = str.length;
    let len = 0;
    for(let i = 0; i < n; ++i){
      let u = str.charCodeAt(i);
      if(u>=0xd800 && u<=0xdfff){
        u = 0x10000 + ((u & 0x3FF) << 10) | (str.charCodeAt(++i) & 0x3FF);
      }
      if(u<=0x7f) ++len;
      else if(u<=0x7ff) len += 2;
      else if(u<=0xffff) len += 3;
      else len += 4;
    }
    return len;
  };

  /**
     Encodes the given JS string as UTF8 into the given TypedArray
     tgt, starting at the given offset and writing, at most, maxBytes
     bytes (including the NUL terminator if addNul is true, else no
     NUL is added). If it writes any bytes at all and addNul is true,
     it always NUL-terminates the output, even if doing so means that
     the NUL byte is all that it writes.

     If maxBytes is negative (the default) then it is treated as the
     remaining length of tgt, starting at the given offset.

     If writing the last character would surpass the maxBytes count
     because the character is multi-byte, that character will not be
     written (as opposed to writing a truncated multi-byte character).
     This can lead to it writing as many as 3 fewer bytes than
     maxBytes specifies.

     Returns the number of bytes written to the target, _including_
     the NUL terminator (if any). If it returns 0, it wrote nothing at
     all, which can happen if:

     - str is empty and addNul is false.
     - offset < 0.
     - maxBytes == 0.
     - maxBytes is less than the byte length of a multi-byte str[0].

     Throws if tgt is not an Int8Array or Uint8Array.

     Design notes:

     - In C's strcpy(), the destination pointer is the first
       argument. That is not the case here primarily because the 3rd+
       arguments are all referring to the destination, so it seems to
       make sense to have them grouped with it.

     - Emscripten's counterpart of this function (stringToUTF8Array())
       returns the number of bytes written sans NUL terminator. That
       is, however, ambiguous: str.length===0 or maxBytes===(0 or 1)
       all cause 0 to be returned.
  */
  target.jstrcpy = function(jstr, tgt, offset = 0, maxBytes = -1, addNul = true){
    /** Attribution: the encoding bits are taken from Emscripten's
        stringToUTF8Array(). */
    if(!tgt || (!(tgt instanceof Int8Array) && !(tgt instanceof Uint8Array))){
      toss("jstrcpy() target must be an Int8Array or Uint8Array.");
    }
    if(maxBytes<0) maxBytes = tgt.length - offset;
    if(!(maxBytes>0) || !(offset>=0)) return 0;
    let i = 0, max = jstr.length;
    const begin = offset, end = offset + maxBytes - (addNul ? 1 : 0);
    for(; i < max && offset < end; ++i){
      let u = jstr.charCodeAt(i);
      if(u>=0xd800 && u<=0xdfff){
        u = 0x10000 + ((u & 0x3FF) << 10) | (jstr.charCodeAt(++i) & 0x3FF);
      }
      if(u<=0x7f){
        if(offset >= end) break;
        tgt[offset++] = u;
      }else if(u<=0x7ff){
        if(offset + 1 >= end) break;
        tgt[offset++] = 0xC0 | (u >> 6);
        tgt[offset++] = 0x80 | (u & 0x3f);
      }else if(u<=0xffff){
        if(offset + 2 >= end) break;
        tgt[offset++] = 0xe0 | (u >> 12);
        tgt[offset++] = 0x80 | ((u >> 6) & 0x3f);
        tgt[offset++] = 0x80 | (u & 0x3f);
      }else{
        if(offset + 3 >= end) break;
        tgt[offset++] = 0xf0 | (u >> 18);
        tgt[offset++] = 0x80 | ((u >> 12) & 0x3f);
        tgt[offset++] = 0x80 | ((u >> 6) & 0x3f);
        tgt[offset++] = 0x80 | (u & 0x3f);
      }
    }
    if(addNul) tgt[offset++] = 0;
    return offset - begin;
  };

  /**
     Works similarly to C's strncpy(), copying, at most, n bytes (not
     characters) from srcPtr to tgtPtr. It copies until n bytes have
     been copied or a 0 byte is reached in src. _Unlike_ strncpy(), it
     returns the number of bytes it assigns in tgtPtr, _including_ the
     NUL byte (if any). If n is reached before a NUL byte in srcPtr,
     tgtPtr will _not_ be NULL-terminated. If a NUL byte is reached
     before n bytes are copied, tgtPtr will be NUL-terminated.

     If n is negative, cstrlen(srcPtr)+1 is used to calculate it, the
     +1 being for the NUL byte.

     Throws if tgtPtr or srcPtr are falsy. Results are undefined if:

     - either is not a pointer into the WASM heap or

     - srcPtr is not NUL-terminated AND n is less than srcPtr's
       logical length.

     ACHTUNG: it is possible to copy partial multi-byte characters
     this way, and converting such strings back to JS strings will
     have undefined results.
  */
  target.cstrncpy = function(tgtPtr, srcPtr, n){
    if(!tgtPtr || !srcPtr) toss("cstrncpy() does not accept NULL strings.");
    if(n<0) n = this.cstrlen(strPtr)+1;
    else if(!(n>0)) return 0;
    const heap = this.heap8u();
    let i = 0, ch;
    for(; i < n && (ch = heap[srcPtr+i]); ++i){
      heap[tgtPtr+i] = ch;
    }
    if(i<n) heap[tgtPtr + i++] = 0;
    return i;
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     For the given JS string, returns a Uint8Array of its contents
     encoded as UTF-8. If addNul is true, the returned array will have
     a trailing 0 entry, else it will not.
  */
  target.jstrToUintArray = (str, addNul=false)=>{
    return cache.utf8Encoder.encode(addNul ? (str+"\0") : str);
    // Or the hard way...
    /** Attribution: derived from Emscripten's stringToUTF8Array() */
    //const a = [], max = str.length;
    //let i = 0, pos = 0;
    //for(; i < max; ++i){
    //  let u = str.charCodeAt(i);
    //  if(u>=0xd800 && u<=0xdfff){
    //    u = 0x10000 + ((u & 0x3FF) << 10) | (str.charCodeAt(++i) & 0x3FF);
    //  }
    //  if(u<=0x7f) a[pos++] = u;
    //  else if(u<=0x7ff){
    //    a[pos++] = 0xC0 | (u >> 6);
    //    a[pos++] = 0x80 | (u & 63);
    //  }else if(u<=0xffff){
    //    a[pos++] = 0xe0 | (u >> 12);
    //    a[pos++] = 0x80 | ((u >> 6) & 63);
    //    a[pos++] = 0x80 | (u & 63);
    //  }else{
    //    a[pos++] = 0xf0 | (u >> 18);
    //    a[pos++] = 0x80 | ((u >> 12) & 63);
    //    a[pos++] = 0x80 | ((u >> 6) & 63);
    //    a[pos++] = 0x80 | (u & 63);
    //  }
    // }
    // return new Uint8Array(a);
  };

  const __affirmAlloc = (obj,funcName)=>{
    if(!(obj.alloc instanceof Function) ||
       !(obj.dealloc instanceof Function)){
      toss("Object is missing alloc() and/or dealloc() function(s)",
           "required by",funcName+"().");
    }
  };

  const __allocCStr = function(jstr, returnWithLength, allocator, funcName){
    __affirmAlloc(this, funcName);
    if('string'!==typeof jstr) return null;
    const n = this.jstrlen(jstr),
          ptr = allocator(n+1);
    this.jstrcpy(jstr, this.heap8u(), ptr, n+1, true);
    return returnWithLength ? [ptr, n] : ptr;
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     Uses target.alloc() to allocate enough memory for jstrlen(jstr)+1
     bytes of memory, copies jstr to that memory using jstrcpy(),
     NUL-terminates it, and returns the pointer to that C-string.
     Ownership of the pointer is transfered to the caller, who must
     eventually pass the pointer to dealloc() to free it.

     If passed a truthy 2nd argument then its return semantics change:
     it returns [ptr,n], where ptr is the C-string's pointer and n is
     its cstrlen().

     Throws if `target.alloc` or `target.dealloc` are not functions.
  */
  target.allocCString =
    (jstr, returnWithLength=false)=>__allocCStr(jstr, returnWithLength,
                                                target.alloc, 'allocCString()');

  /**
     Starts an "allocation scope." All allocations made using
     scopedAlloc() are recorded in this scope and are freed when the
     value returned from this function is passed to
     scopedAllocPop().

     This family of functions requires that the API's object have both
     `alloc()` and `dealloc()` methods, else this function will throw.

     Intended usage:

     ```
     const scope = scopedAllocPush();
     try {
       const ptr1 = scopedAlloc(100);
       const ptr2 = scopedAlloc(200);
       const ptr3 = scopedAlloc(300);
       ...
       // Note that only allocations made via scopedAlloc()
       // are managed by this allocation scope.
     }finally{
       scopedAllocPop(scope);
     }
     ```

     The value returned by this function must be treated as opaque by
     the caller, suitable _only_ for passing to scopedAllocPop().
     Its type and value are not part of this function's API and may
     change in any given version of this code.

     `scopedAlloc.level` can be used to determine how many scoped
     alloc levels are currently active.
   */
  target.scopedAllocPush = function(){
    __affirmAlloc(this, 'scopedAllocPush');
    const a = [];
    cache.scopedAlloc.push(a);
    return a;
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     Cleans up all allocations made using scopedAlloc() in the context
     of the given opaque state object, which must be a value returned
     by scopedAllocPush(). See that function for an example of how to
     use this function.

     Though scoped allocations are managed like a stack, this API
     behaves properly if allocation scopes are popped in an order
     other than the order they were pushed.

     If called with no arguments, it pops the most recent
     scopedAllocPush() result:

     ```
     scopedAllocPush();
     try{ ... } finally { scopedAllocPop(); }
     ```

     It's generally recommended that it be passed an explicit argument
     to help ensure that push/push are used in matching pairs, but in
     trivial code that may be a non-issue.
  */
  target.scopedAllocPop = function(state){
    __affirmAlloc(this, 'scopedAllocPop');
    const n = arguments.length
          ? cache.scopedAlloc.indexOf(state)
          : cache.scopedAlloc.length-1;
    if(n<0) toss("Invalid state object for scopedAllocPop().");
    if(0===arguments.length) state = cache.scopedAlloc[n];
    cache.scopedAlloc.splice(n,1);
    for(let p; (p = state.pop()); ) this.dealloc(p);
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     Allocates n bytes of memory using this.alloc() and records that
     fact in the state for the most recent call of scopedAllocPush().
     Ownership of the memory is given to scopedAllocPop(), which
     will clean it up when it is called. The memory _must not_ be
     passed to this.dealloc(). Throws if this API object is missing
     the required `alloc()` or `dealloc()` functions or no scoped
     alloc is active.

     See scopedAllocPush() for an example of how to use this function.

     The `level` property of this function can be queried to query how
     many scoped allocation levels are currently active.

     See also: scopedAllocPtr(), scopedAllocCString()
  */
  target.scopedAlloc = function(n){
    if(!cache.scopedAlloc.length){
      toss("No scopedAllocPush() scope is active.");
    }
    const p = this.alloc(n);
    cache.scopedAlloc[cache.scopedAlloc.length-1].push(p);
    return p;
  }.bind(target);

  Object.defineProperty(target.scopedAlloc, 'level', {
    configurable: false, enumerable: false,
    get: ()=>cache.scopedAlloc.length,
    set: ()=>toss("The 'active' property is read-only.")
  });

  /**
     Works identically to allocCString() except that it allocates the
     memory using scopedAlloc().

     Will throw if no scopedAllocPush() call is active.
  */
  target.scopedAllocCString =
    (jstr, returnWithLength=false)=>__allocCStr(jstr, returnWithLength,
                                                target.scopedAlloc, 'scopedAllocCString()');

  /**
     Wraps function call func() in a scopedAllocPush() and
     scopedAllocPop() block, such that all calls to scopedAlloc() and
     friends from within that call will have their memory freed
     automatically when func() returns. If func throws or propagates
     an exception, the scope is still popped, otherwise it returns the
     result of calling func().
  */
  target.scopedAllocCall = function(func){
    this.scopedAllocPush();
    try{ return func() } finally{ this.scopedAllocPop() }
  }.bind(target);

  /** Internal impl for allocPtr() and scopedAllocPtr(). */
  const __allocPtr = function(howMany, method){
    __affirmAlloc(this, method);
    let m = this[method](howMany * ptrSizeof);
    this.setMemValue(m, 0, ptrIR)
    if(1===howMany){
      return m;
    }
    const a = [m];
    for(let i = 1; i < howMany; ++i){
      m += ptrSizeof;
      a[i] = m;
      this.setMemValue(m, 0, ptrIR);
    }
    return a;
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     Allocates a single chunk of memory capable of holding `howMany`
     pointers and zeroes them out. If `howMany` is 1 then the memory
     chunk is returned directly, else an array of pointer addresses is
     returned, which can optionally be used with "destructuring
     assignment" like this:

     ```
     const [p1, p2, p3] = allocPtr(3);
     ```

     ACHTUNG: when freeing the memory, pass only the _first_ result
     value to dealloc(). The others are part of the same memory chunk
     and must not be freed separately.
  */
  target.allocPtr = (howMany=1)=>__allocPtr(howMany, 'alloc');

  /**
     Identical to allocPtr() except that it allocates using scopedAlloc()
     instead of alloc().
  */
  target.scopedAllocPtr = (howMany=1)=>__allocPtr(howMany, 'scopedAlloc');

  /**
     If target.exports[name] exists, it is returned, else an
     exception is thrown.
  */
  target.xGet = function(name){
    return target.exports[name] || toss("Cannot find exported symbol:",name);
  };

  const __argcMismatch =
        (f,n)=>toss(f+"() requires",n,"argument(s).");

  /**
     Looks up a WASM-exported function named fname from
     target.exports. If found, it is called, passed all remaining
     arguments, and its return value is returned to xCall's caller. If
     not found, an exception is thrown. This function does no
     conversion of argument or return types, but see xWrap() and
     xCallWrapped() for variants which do.

     As a special case, if passed only 1 argument after the name and
     that argument in an Array, that array's entries become the
     function arguments. (This is not an ambiguous case because it's
     not legal to pass an Array object to a WASM function.)
  */
  target.xCall = function(fname, ...args){
    const f = this.xGet(fname);
    if(!(f instanceof Function)) toss("Exported symbol",fname,"is not a function.");
    if(f.length!==args.length) __argcMismatch(fname,f.length)
    /* This is arguably over-pedantic but we want to help clients keep
       from shooting themselves in the foot when calling C APIs. */;
    return (2===arguments.length && Array.isArray(arguments[1]))
      ? f.apply(null, arguments[1])
      : f.apply(null, args);
  }.bind(target);

  /**
     State for use with xWrap()
  */
  cache.xWrap = Object.create(null);
  const xcv = cache.xWrap.convert = Object.create(null);
  /** Map of type names to argument conversion functions. */
  cache.xWrap.convert.arg = Object.create(null);
  /** Map of type names to return result conversion functions. */
  cache.xWrap.convert.result = Object.create(null);

  xcv.arg.i64 = (i)=>BigInt(i);
  xcv.arg.i32 = (i)=>(i | 0);
  xcv.arg.i16 = (i)=>((i | 0) & 0xFFFF);
  xcv.arg.i8  = (i)=>((i | 0) & 0xFF);
  xcv.arg.f32 = xcv.arg.float = (i)=>Number(i).valueOf();
  xcv.arg.f64 = xcv.arg.double = xcv.arg.f32;
  xcv.arg.int = xcv.arg.i32;
  xcv.result['*'] = xcv.result['pointer'] = xcv.arg[ptrIR];

  for(const t of ['i8', 'i16', 'i32', 'int', 'i64',
                  'f32', 'float', 'f64', 'double']){
    xcv.arg[t+'*'] = xcv.result[t+'*'] = xcv.arg[ptrIR]
    xcv.result[t] = xcv.arg[t] || toss("Missing arg converter:",t);
  }
  xcv.arg['**'] = xcv.arg[ptrIR];

  /**
     In order for args of type string to work in various contexts in
     the sqlite3 API, we need to pass them on as, variably, a C-string
     or a pointer value. Thus for ARGs of type 'string' and
     '*'/'pointer' we behave differently depending on whether the
     argument is a string or not:

     - If v is a string, scopeAlloc() a new C-string from it and return
       that temp string's pointer.

     - Else return the value from the arg adaptor defined for ptrIR.

     TODO? Permit an Int8Array/Uint8Array and convert it to a string?
     Would that be too much magic concentrated in one place, ready to
     backfire?
  */
  xcv.arg.string = xcv.arg['pointer'] = xcv.arg['*'] = function(v){
    if('string'===typeof v) return target.scopedAllocCString(v);
    return v ? xcv.arg[ptrIR](v) : null;
  };
  xcv.result.string = (i)=>target.cstringToJs(i);
  xcv.result['string:free'] = function(i){
    try { return i ? target.cstringToJs(i) : null }
    finally{ target.dealloc(i) }
  };
  xcv.result.json = (i)=>JSON.parse(target.cstringToJs(i));
  xcv.result['json:free'] = function(i){
    try{ return i ? JSON.parse(target.cstringToJs(i)) : null }
    finally{ target.dealloc(i) }
  }
  xcv.result['void'] = (v)=>undefined;
  xcv.result['null'] = (v)=>v;

  if(0){
    /***
        This idea can't currently work because we don't know the
        signature for the func and don't have a way for the user to
        convey it. To do this we likely need to be able to match
        arg/result handlers by a regex, but that would incur an O(N)
        cost as we check the regex one at a time. Another use case for
        such a thing would be pseudotypes like "int:-1" to say that
        the value will always be treated like -1 (which has a useful
        case in the sqlite3 bindings).
    */
    xcv.arg['func-ptr'] = function(v){
      if(!(v instanceof Function)) return xcv.arg[ptrIR];
      const f = this.jsFuncToWasm(v, WHAT_SIGNATURE);
    }.bind(target);
  }

  const __xArgAdapter =
        (t)=>xcv.arg[t] || toss("Argument adapter not found:",t);

  const __xResultAdapter =
        (t)=>xcv.result[t] || toss("Result adapter not found:",t);

  cache.xWrap.convertArg = (t,v)=>__xArgAdapter(t)(v);
  cache.xWrap.convertResult =
    (t,v)=>(null===t ? v : (t ? __xResultAdapter(t)(v) : undefined));

  /**
     Creates a wrapper for the WASM-exported function fname. Uses
     xGet() to fetch the exported function (which throws on
     error) and returns either that function or a wrapper for that
     function which converts the JS-side argument types into WASM-side
     types and converts the result type. If the function takes no
     arguments and resultType is `null` then the function is returned
     as-is, else a wrapper is created for it to adapt its arguments
     and result value, as described below.

     (If you're familiar with Emscripten's ccall() and cwrap(), this
     function is essentially cwrap() on steroids.)

     This function's arguments are:

     - fname: the exported function's name. xGet() is used to fetch
       this, so will throw if no exported function is found with that
       name.

     - resultType: the name of the result type. A literal `null` means
       to return the original function's value as-is (mnemonic: there
       is "null" conversion going on). Literal `undefined` or the
       string `"void"` mean to ignore the function's result and return
       `undefined`. Aside from those two special cases, it may be one
       of the values described below or any mapping installed by the
       client using xWrap.resultAdapter().

     If passed 3 arguments and the final one is an array, that array
     must contain a list of type names (see below) for adapting the
     arguments from JS to WASM.  If passed 2 arguments, more than 3,
     or the 3rd is not an array, all arguments after the 2nd (if any)
     are treated as type names. i.e.:

     ```
     xWrap('funcname', 'i32', 'string', 'f64');
     // is equivalent to:
     xWrap('funcname', 'i32', ['string', 'f64']);
     ```

     Type names are symbolic names which map the arguments to an
     adapter function to convert, if needed, the value before passing
     it on to WASM or to convert a return result from WASM. The list
     of built-in names:

     - `i8`, `i16`, `i32` (args and results): all integer conversions
       which convert their argument to an integer and truncate it to
       the given bit length.

     - `N*` (args): a type name in the form `N*`, where N is a numeric
       type name, is treated the same as WASM pointer.

     - `*` and `pointer` (args): have multple semantics. They
       behave exactly as described below for `string` args.

     - `*` and `pointer` (results): are aliases for the current
       WASM pointer numeric type.

     - `**` (args): is simply a descriptive alias for the WASM pointer
       type. It's primarily intended to mark output-pointer arguments.

     - `i64` (args and results): passes the value to BigInt() to
       convert it to an int64.

     - `f32` (`float`), `f64` (`double`) (args and results): pass
       their argument to Number(). i.e. the adaptor does not currently
       distinguish between the two types of floating-point numbers.

     Non-numeric conversions include:

     - `string` (args): has two different semantics in order to
       accommodate various uses of certain C APIs (e.g. output-style
       strings)...

       - If the arg is a string, it creates a _temporary_ C-string to
         pass to the exported function, cleaning it up before the
         wrapper returns. If a long-lived C-string pointer is
         required, that requires client-side code to create the
         string, then pass its pointer to the function.

       - Else the arg is assumed to be a pointer to a string the
         client has already allocated and it's passed on as
         a WASM pointer.

     - `string` (results): treats the result value as a const C-string,
       copies it to a JS string, and returns that JS string.

     - `string:free` (results): treats the result value as a non-const
       C-string, ownership of which has just been transfered to the
       caller. It copies the C-string to a JS string, frees the
       C-string, and returns the JS string. If such a result value is
       NULL, the JS result is `null`.

     - `json` (results): treats the result as a const C-string and
       returns the result of passing the converted-to-JS string to
       JSON.parse(). Returns `null` if the C-string is a NULL pointer.

     - `json:free` (results): works exactly like `string:free` but
       returns the same thing as the `json` adapter.

     The type names for results and arguments are validated when
     xWrap() is called and any unknown names will trigger an
     exception.

     Clients may map their own result and argument adapters using
     xWrap.resultAdapter() and xWrap.argAdaptor(), noting that not all
     type conversions are valid for both arguments _and_ result types
     as they often have different memory ownership requirements.

     TODOs:

     - Figure out how/whether we can (semi-)transparently handle
       pointer-type _output_ arguments. Those currently require
       explicit handling by allocating pointers, assigning them before
       the call using setMemValue(), and fetching them with
       getMemValue() after the call. We may be able to automate some
       or all of that.

     - Figure out whether it makes sense to extend the arg adapter
       interface such that each arg adapter gets an array containing
       the results of the previous arguments in the current call. That
       might allow some interesting type-conversion feature. Use case:
       handling of the final argument to sqlite3_prepare_v2() depends
       on the type (pointer vs JS string) of its 2nd
       argument. Currently that distinction requires hand-writing a
       wrapper for that function. That case is unusual enough that
       abstracting it into this API (and taking on the associated
       costs) may well not make good sense.
  */
  target.xWrap = function(fname, resultType, ...argTypes){
    if(3===arguments.length && Array.isArray(arguments[2])){
      argTypes = arguments[2];
    }
    const xf = this.xGet(fname);
    if(argTypes.length!==xf.length) __argcMismatch(fname, xf.length)
    if((null===resultType) && 0===xf.length){
      /* Func taking no args with an as-is return. We don't need a wrapper. */
      return xf;
    }
    /*Verify the arg type conversions are valid...*/;
    if(undefined!==resultType && null!==resultType) __xResultAdapter(resultType);
    argTypes.forEach(__xArgAdapter)
    if(0===xf.length){
      // No args to convert, so we can create a simpler wrapper...
      return function(){
        return (arguments.length
                ? __argcMismatch(fname, xf.length)
                : cache.xWrap.convertResult(resultType, xf.call(null)));
      };
    }
    return function(...args){
      if(args.length!==xf.length) __argcMismatch(fname, xf.length);
      const scope = this.scopedAllocPush();
      try{
        const rc = xf.apply(null,args.map((v,i)=>cache.xWrap.convertArg(argTypes[i], v)));
        return cache.xWrap.convertResult(resultType, rc);
      }finally{
        this.scopedAllocPop(scope);
      }
    }.bind(this);
  }.bind(target)/*xWrap()*/;

  /** Internal impl for xWrap.resultAdapter() and argAdaptor(). */
  const __xAdapter = function(func, argc, typeName, adapter, modeName, xcvPart){
    if('string'===typeof typeName){
      if(1===argc) return xcvPart[typeName];
      else if(2===argc){
        if(!adapter){
          delete xcvPart[typeName];
          return func;
        }else if(!(adapter instanceof Function)){
          toss(modeName,"requires a function argument.");
        }
        xcvPart[typeName] = adapter;
        return func;
      }
    }
    toss("Invalid arguments to",modeName);
  };

  /**
     Gets, sets, or removes a result value adapter for use with
     xWrap(). If passed only 1 argument, the adapter function for the
     given type name is returned.  If the second argument is explicit
     falsy (as opposed to defaulted), the adapter named by the first
     argument is removed. If the 2nd argument is not falsy, it must be
     a function which takes one value and returns a value appropriate
     for the given type name. The adapter may throw if its argument is
     not of a type it can work with. This function throws for invalid
     arguments.

     Example:

     ```
     xWrap.resultAdapter('twice',(v)=>v+v);
     ```

     xWrap.resultAdapter() MUST NOT use the scopedAlloc() family of
     APIs to allocate a result value. xWrap()-generated wrappers run
     in the context of scopedAllocPush() so that argument adapters can
     easily convert, e.g., to C-strings, and have them cleaned up
     automatically before the wrapper returns to the caller. Likewise,
     if a _result_ adapter uses scoped allocation, the result will be
     freed before because they would be freed before the wrapper
     returns, leading to chaos and undefined behavior.

     Except when called as a getter, this function returns itself.
  */
  target.xWrap.resultAdapter = function f(typeName, adapter){
    return __xAdapter(f, arguments.length, typeName, adapter,
                      'resultAdaptor()', xcv.result);
  };

  /**
     Functions identically to xWrap.resultAdapter() but applies to
     call argument conversions instead of result value conversions.

     xWrap()-generated wrappers perform argument conversion in the
     context of a scopedAllocPush(), so any memory allocation
     performed by argument adapters really, really, really should be
     made using the scopedAlloc() family of functions unless
     specifically necessary. For example:

     ```
     xWrap.argAdapter('my-string', function(v){
       return ('string'===typeof v)
         ? myWasmObj.scopedAllocCString(v) : null;
     };
     ```

     Contrariwise, xWrap.resultAdapter() must _not_ use scopedAlloc()
     to allocate its results because they would be freed before the
     xWrap()-created wrapper returns.

     Note that it is perfectly legitimate to use these adapters to
     perform argument validation, as opposed (or in addition) to
     conversion.
  */
  target.xWrap.argAdapter = function f(typeName, adapter){
    return __xAdapter(f, arguments.length, typeName, adapter,
                      'argAdaptor()', xcv.arg);
  };

  /**
     Functions like xCall() but performs argument and result type
     conversions as for xWrap(). The first argument is the name of the
     exported function to call. The 2nd its the name of its result
     type, as documented for xWrap(). The 3rd is an array of argument
     type name, as documented for xWrap() (use a falsy value or an
     empty array for nullary functions). The 4th+ arguments are
     arguments for the call, with the special case that if the 4th
     argument is an array, it is used as the arguments for the call
     (again, falsy or an empty array for nullary functions). Returns
     the converted result of the call.

     This is just a thin wrapp around xWrap(). If the given function
     is to be called more than once, it's more efficient to use
     xWrap() to create a wrapper, then to call that wrapper as many
     times as needed. For one-shot calls, however, this variant is
     arguably more efficient because it will hypothetically free the
     wrapper function quickly.
  */
  target.xCallWrapped = function(fname, resultType, argTypes, ...args){
    if(Array.isArray(arguments[3])) args = arguments[3];
    return this.xWrap(fname, resultType, argTypes||[]).apply(null, args||[]);
  }.bind(target);

  return target;
};

/**
   yawl (Yet Another Wasm Loader) provides very basic wasm loader.
   It requires a config object:

   - `uri`: required URI of the WASM file to load.

   - `onload(loadResult,config)`: optional callback. The first
     argument is the result object from
     WebAssembly.instanitate[Streaming](). The 2nd is the config
     object passed to this function. Described in more detail below.

   - `imports`: optional imports object for
     WebAssembly.instantiate[Streaming](). The default is am empty set
     of imports. If the module requires any imports, this object
     must include them.

   - `wasmUtilTarget`: optional object suitable for passing to
     WhWasmUtilInstaller(). If set, it gets passed to that function
     after the promise resolves. This function sets several properties
     on it before passing it on to that function (which sets many
     more):

     - `module`, `instance`: the properties from the
       instantiate[Streaming]() result.

     - If `instance.exports.memory` is _not_ set then it requires that
       `config.imports.env.memory` be set (else it throws), and
       assigns that to `target.memory`.

     - If `wasmUtilTarget.alloc` is not set and
       `instance.exports.malloc` is, it installs
       `wasmUtilTarget.alloc()` and `wasmUtilTarget.dealloc()`
       wrappers for the exports `malloc` and `free` functions.

   It returns a function which, when called, initiates loading of the
   module and returns a Promise. When that Promise resolves, it calls
   the `config.onload` callback (if set) and passes it
   `(loadResult,config)`, where `loadResult` is the result of
   WebAssembly.instantiate[Streaming](): an object in the form:

   ```
   {
     module: a WebAssembly.Module,
     instance: a WebAssembly.Instance
   }
   ```

   (Note that the initial `then()` attached to the promise gets only
   that object, and not the `config` one.)

   Error handling is up to the caller, who may attach a `catch()` call
   to the promise.
*/
self.WhWasmUtilInstaller.yawl = function(config){
  const wfetch = ()=>fetch(config.uri, {credentials: 'same-origin'});
  const wui = this;
  const finalThen = function(arg){
    //log("finalThen()",arg);
    if(config.wasmUtilTarget){
      const toss = (...args)=>{throw new Error(args.join(' '))};
      const tgt = config.wasmUtilTarget;
      tgt.module = arg.module;
      tgt.instance = arg.instance;
      //tgt.exports = tgt.instance.exports;
      if(!tgt.instance.exports.memory){
        /**
           WhWasmUtilInstaller requires either tgt.exports.memory
           (exported from WASM) or tgt.memory (JS-provided memory
           imported into WASM).
        */
        tgt.memory = (config.imports && config.imports.env
                      && config.imports.env.memory)
          || toss("Missing 'memory' object!");
      }
      if(!tgt.alloc && arg.instance.exports.malloc){
        tgt.alloc = function(n){
          return this(n) || toss("Allocation of",n,"bytes failed.");
        }.bind(arg.instance.exports.malloc);
        tgt.dealloc = function(m){this(m)}.bind(arg.instance.exports.free);
      }
      wui(tgt);
    }
    if(config.onload) config.onload(arg,config);
    return arg /* for any then() handler attached to
                  yetAnotherWasmLoader()'s return value */;
  };
  const loadWasm = WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming
        ? function loadWasmStreaming(){
          return WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(wfetch(), config.imports||{})
            .then(finalThen);
        }
        : function loadWasmOldSchool(){ // Safari < v15
          return wfetch()
            .then(response => response.arrayBuffer())
            .then(bytes => WebAssembly.instantiate(bytes, config.imports||{}))
            .then(finalThen);
        };
  return loadWasm;
}.bind(self.WhWasmUtilInstaller)/*yawl()*/;