Native executables used to terminate with a signal when recursion
exhausted the stack. Functions that can take part in unbounded recursion
now compare the stack pointer against a per-stack guard on entry and
throw Node's `RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded` through the
ordinary exception path, so catch handlers, finally blocks, worker error
events and the uncaught-error exit code behave as they do under Node.
- The checked set is every function on a cycle of the call graph, where
operations that can reenter compiled code indirectly (indirect calls,
callbacks, dynamic and library operations) reach closure targets and
class members. Non-recursive functions, including leaf callbacks, stay
check-free, and the may-throw analysis accounts for the new throw.
- The runtime installs the guard per context (main thread from the stack
rlimit, workers from their thread attributes) and per async fiber, with
a reserve for the throw, unwinding and error reporting. Worker threads
now get an explicit 8 MiB stack.
- Scalar call results pass through the unwind path as its dummy value, so
calls in tail position keep tail-call and recursion elimination.
The default build's largest size contributor on the stack was H23's
-falign-functions=64 on every x86-64 runtime unit (2-11 KB per program;
results/h45-size-budget). Release and library flavors now keep the
compiler's default function alignment; the opt-in speed flavor keeps the
blanket 64-byte alignment. Vendored archives stay 64-byte aligned
(lre_exec keeps its pinned placement) except libunicode.c, whose small
table helpers were most of the regex programs' padding. The runtime-first
link order is unchanged.
Docs and usage text describe speed without the reverted runtime profile.
- Preserve callback identity, receiver binding, and class references across unions and collections.
- Track record field presence independently of undefined values and improve native runtime behavior.
- Expand differential coverage and streamline CI bootstrap and compiler rebuild checks.
- Add native worker execution with isolated module state, structured messages, and lifecycle controls.
- Support shared buffers and integer atomics with coordinated runtime ownership and cancellation.
- Extend compiler, runtime-pack, differential, and compatibility coverage for native concurrency.
- Preserve live class identity through interface receivers and object methods.
- Extend synchronous text reads and regular expression replacement callbacks.
- Keep unsupported generic dispatch boundaries explicit.
- Support concrete generic inheritance, forward references, and nullable substitutions.
- Bound recursive specialization demands while preserving independent concrete uses.
- Preserve class identity through checked assertions and contextual lowering.
- Sort primitive arrays with stable native ordering and pure conversion keys.
- Preserve sparse semantics and argument effects while avoiding callback overhead.
- Verify Unicode ordering and ownership across native and WASI paths.
- Support boolean, bigint, and mixed value keys in native Maps and Sets.
- Reuse key hashes and copy collections directly into compact storage.
- Preserve collection identity, ordering, iteration, and ownership behavior.
* Add Node 24 filesystem link support
* Use executable extensions in Windows link fixtures
* Remove Windows links without walking their targets
* Match Windows symlink inference and Buffer validation
* Match Node Windows symlink paths and fallback state
* Preserve Windows errors when following filesystem links
* feat: support Node 24 filesystem timestamp operations
* test: record frontend baselines for timestamp fixtures
* test: link timestamp validation into the runtime smoke test
* Add Node 24 URL factories and shared parsing
* Clarify URL fixture name and remaining refusal coverage
* Update island URL test for protocol-relative resolution
* Expand Node 24 filesystem descriptor and FileHandle support
* Preserve filesystem options getter evaluation and record fixture baselines
* Normalize the known Linux fiber warning in npm stderr comparisons
* Expand static compilation for common Effect 4 patterns
* Run every Effect 4 fixture slice in CI
* Preserve existing corpus behavior across Effect 4 lowering
* Preserve Effect platform callbacks and native stream state
* Record new corpus baselines and retain child stdin refusals
* Retire the obsolete stateful regex diagnostic
* Preserve promise reference count layout for cycle collection
* Make native installs portable and smaller
- Support glibc 2.34 with portable compiler binaries and static LLVM helpers.
- Bundle the host runtime and discover optional cross-target packs from project dependencies.
- Add application build benchmarks covering latency, executable size, and memory.
* Keep bootstrap tools available in Sandbox validation
- Isolate Zig for native compiler bootstrap and glibc entropy contracts.
- Preserve the existing toolchain scope for cache and corpus tests.
* Fix portable compiler bootstrap linking
- Keep native support objects compatible with the destination host linker.
- Resolve installed targets using the host declared by the toolchain manifest.
* feat: support static buffer constructors and prototype methods
- Preserve typed-array constructor identity and shared storage across JavaScript class APIs.
- Support chained indexed assignments and mutable prototype methods with native receiver dispatch.
- Compile Three.js geometry merging, instancing, and keyframe interpolation without a JavaScript engine.
* fix: preserve native collection and dispatch semantics
- Preserve typed-array identity in collections and JavaScript argument evaluation.
- Keep symbol-backed fields and unreachable methods on their existing static paths.
- Restore compiler bootstrapping and deferred class diagnostics.
* fix: preserve inferred returns in native compilation
- Update recorded return statements in place so native compilation preserves mixed JavaScript return values.
* test: update inferred array coverage expectations
- Recognize heterogeneous writes supported by shared JavaScript array storage.
Chris Tate