Bundled npm code (from2, bl, tar-stream, yazl, multistream) builds its
streams as ES5 constructor functions: util.inherits(Ctor, Readable) and
Readable.call(this, opts), with _read/_write/_transform on the
prototype. Readable.call(this) threw SC2020.
A new runtime unit, scr_dyn_builtin_stream.c (feature
dynBuiltinStream), gives the untyped stream constructors their stream
half. Base.call(this, opts) creates a runtime stream over the receiver
and keeps it in a hidden slot; the runtime calls the receiver's
underscore methods through its property lookup; the stream prototypes
carry Node's methods and accessors over the hidden stream; and
EventEmitter's methods register listeners with the runtime stream's
emitter, so runtime events and pipes reach JavaScript listeners with the
receiver as this. _readableState/_writableState are live views.
Stream class values now come from dyn.builtinStreamClass, so only
programs that use them link the stream half. Typed code sees these
objects as their runtime streams: checked casts to the stream classes
take them, readable.pipe() into an untyped destination pipes into them,
and runtime streams crossing into JavaScript answer the constructor
object.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
