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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/nimhcr.nim')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/nimhcr.nim | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/nimhcr.nim b/lib/nimhcr.nim index 7a2152f96..37331b825 100644 --- a/lib/nimhcr.nim +++ b/lib/nimhcr.nim @@ -105,13 +105,12 @@ # - the handlers for a reloaded module are always removed when reloading and then # registered when the top-level scope is executed (thanks to `executeOnReload`) # -# TODO - after first merge in upstream Nim: +# TODO next: # -# - profile -# - build speed with and without hot code reloading - difference should be small -# - runtime degradation of HCR-enabled code - important!!! +# - implement the before/after handlers and hasModuleChanged for the javascript target # - ARM support for the trampolines # - investigate: +# - soon the system module might be importing other modules - the init order...? # - rethink the closure iterators # - ability to keep old versions of dynamic libraries alive # - because of async server code @@ -132,7 +131,7 @@ # - currently building with useNimRtl is problematic - lots of problems... # - how to supply the nimrtl/nimhcr shared objects to all test binaries...? # - think about building to C++ instead of only to C - added type safety -# - run tests through valgrind and the sanitizers! of HUGE importance! +# - run tests through valgrind and the sanitizers! # # TODO - nice to have cool stuff: # @@ -148,7 +147,6 @@ # - pragma annotations for files - to be excluded from dll shenanigans # - for such file-global pragmas look at codeReordering or injectStmt # - how would the initialization order be kept? messy... -# - per function exclude pragmas would be TOO messy and hard... # - C code calling stable exportc interface of nim code (for bindings) # - generate proxy functions with the stable names # - in a non-reloadable part (the main binary) that call the function pointers @@ -160,9 +158,18 @@ # - issue an error # - or let the user handle this by transferring the state properly # - perhaps in the before/afterCodeReload handlers -# - optimization: calls to procs within a module (+inlined) to use the _actual versions # - implement executeOnReload for global vars too - not just statements (and document!) # - cleanup at shutdown - freeing all globals +# - fallback mechanism if the program crashes (the program should detect crashes +# by itself using SEH/signals on Windows/Unix) - should be able to revert to +# previous versions of the .dlls by calling some function from HCR +# - improve runtime performance - possibilities +# - implement a way for multiple .nim files to be bundled into the same dll +# and have all calls within that domain to use the "_actual" versions of +# procs so there are no indirections (or the ability to just bundle everything +# except for a few unreloadable modules into a single mega reloadable dll) +# - try to load the .dlls at specific addresses of memory (close to each other) +# allocated with execution flags - check this: https://github.com/fancycode/MemoryModule # # TODO - unimportant: # |