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8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions packages/marshal/NEWS.md
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User-visible changes in `@endo/marshal`:

# Next release

- JavaScript's relational comparison operators like `<` compare strings by lexicographic UTF16 code unit order, which exposes an internal representational detail not relevant to the string's meaning as a Unicode string. Previously, `compareRank` and associated functions compared strings using this JavaScript-native comparison. Now `compareRank` and associated functions compare strings by lexicographic Unicode Code Point order. ***This change only affects strings containing so-called supplementary characters, i.e., those whose Unicode character code does not fit in 16 bits***.
- This release does not change the `encodePassable` encoding. But now, when we say it is order preserving, we need to be careful about which order we mean. `encodePassable` is rank-order preserving when the encoded strings are compared using `compareRank`.
- The key order of strings defined by the @endo/patterns module is still defined to be the same as the rank ordering of those strings. So this release changes key order among strings to also be lexicographic comparison of Unicode Code Points. To accommodate this change, you may need to adapt applications that relied on key-order being the same as JS native order. This could include the use of any patterns expressing key inequality tests, like `M.gte(string)`.
- These string ordering changes brings Endo into conformance with any string ordering components of the OCapN standard.
- To accommodate these change, you may need to adapt applications that relied on rank-order or key-order being the same as JS native order. You may need to resort any data that had previously been rank sorted using the prior `compareRank` function. You may need to revisit any use of patterns like `M.gte(string)` expressing inequalities over strings.

# v1.3.0 (2024-02-22)

- Sending and receiving extended errors.
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions packages/marshal/index.js
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export {
trivialComparator,
compareByCodePoints,
assertRankSorted,
compareRank,
isRankSorted,
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45 changes: 42 additions & 3 deletions packages/marshal/src/rankOrder.js
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/**
* @import {Passable, PassStyle} from '@endo/pass-style'
* @import {FullCompare, RankCompare, RankCover} from './types.js'
* @import {FullCompare, RankCompare, RankCover, RankComparison} from './types.js'
*/

const { entries, fromEntries, setPrototypeOf, is } = Object;
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*/
const sameValueZero = (x, y) => x === y || is(x, y);

/**
* @param {any} left
* @param {any} right
* @returns {RankComparison}
*/
export const trivialComparator = (left, right) =>
// eslint-disable-next-line no-nested-ternary, @endo/restrict-comparison-operands
left < right ? -1 : left === right ? 0 : 1;
harden(trivialComparator);

// Apparently eslint confused about whether the function can ever exit
// without an explicit return.
// eslint-disable-next-line jsdoc/require-returns-check
/**
* @param {string} left
* @param {string} right
* @returns {RankComparison}
*/
export const compareByCodePoints = (left, right) => {
const leftIter = left[Symbol.iterator]();
const rightIter = right[Symbol.iterator]();
for (;;) {
const { value: leftChar } = leftIter.next();
const { value: rightChar } = rightIter.next();
if (leftChar === undefined && rightChar === undefined) {
return 0;
} else if (leftChar === undefined) {
// left is a prefix of right.
return -1;
} else if (rightChar === undefined) {
// right is a prefix of left.
return 1;
}
const leftCodepoint = /** @type {number} */ (leftChar.codePointAt(0));
const rightCodepoint = /** @type {number} */ (rightChar.codePointAt(0));
if (leftCodepoint < rightCodepoint) return -1;
if (leftCodepoint > rightCodepoint) return 1;
}
};
harden(compareByCodePoints);

/**
* @typedef {Record<PassStyle, { index: number, cover: RankCover }>} PassStyleRanksRecord
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return 0;
}
case 'boolean':
case 'bigint':
case 'string': {
case 'bigint': {
// Within each of these passStyles, the rank ordering agrees with
// JavaScript's relational operators `<` and `>`.
if (left < right) {
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return 1;
}
}
case 'string': {
return compareByCodePoints(left, right);
}
case 'symbol': {
return comparator(
nameForPassableSymbol(left),
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87 changes: 87 additions & 0 deletions packages/marshal/test/encodePassable-for-testing.js
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/* eslint-disable no-bitwise, @endo/restrict-comparison-operands */
import { Fail, q } from '@endo/errors';

import {
makeEncodePassable,
makeDecodePassable,
} from '../src/encodePassable.js';
import { compareRank, makeComparatorKit } from '../src/rankOrder.js';

const buffers = {
__proto__: null,
r: [],
'?': [],
'!': [],
};
const resetBuffers = () => {
buffers.r = [];
buffers['?'] = [];
buffers['!'] = [];
};
const cursors = {
__proto__: null,
r: 0,
'?': 0,
'!': 0,
};
const resetCursors = () => {
cursors.r = 0;
cursors['?'] = 0;
cursors['!'] = 0;
};

const encodeThing = (prefix, r) => {
buffers[prefix].push(r);
// With this encoding, all things with the same prefix have the same rank
return prefix;
};

const decodeThing = (prefix, e) => {
prefix === e ||
Fail`expected encoding ${q(e)} to simply be the prefix ${q(prefix)}`;
(cursors[prefix] >= 0 && cursors[prefix] < buffers[prefix].length) ||
Fail`while decoding ${q(e)}, expected cursors[${q(prefix)}], i.e., ${q(
cursors[prefix],
)} <= ${q(buffers[prefix].length)}`;
const thing = buffers[prefix][cursors[prefix]];
cursors[prefix] += 1;
return thing;
};

const encodePassableInternal = makeEncodePassable({
encodeRemotable: r => encodeThing('r', r),
encodePromise: p => encodeThing('?', p),
encodeError: er => encodeThing('!', er),
});

export const encodePassableInternal2 = makeEncodePassable({
encodeRemotable: r => encodeThing('r', r),
encodePromise: p => encodeThing('?', p),
encodeError: er => encodeThing('!', er),
format: 'compactOrdered',
});

export const encodePassable = passable => {
resetBuffers();
return encodePassableInternal(passable);
};

export const encodePassable2 = passable => {
resetBuffers();
return encodePassableInternal2(passable);
};
export const decodePassableInternal = makeDecodePassable({
decodeRemotable: e => decodeThing('r', e),
decodePromise: e => decodeThing('?', e),
decodeError: e => decodeThing('!', e),
});

export const decodePassable = encoded => {
resetCursors();
return decodePassableInternal(encoded);
};

const compareRemotables = (x, y) =>
compareRank(encodeThing('r', x), encodeThing('r', y));

export const { comparator: compareFull } = makeComparatorKit(compareRemotables);
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import { fc } from '@fast-check/ava';
import { Remotable } from '@endo/pass-style';
import { arbPassable } from '@endo/pass-style/tools.js';
import { Fail, q } from '@endo/errors';
import { Fail } from '@endo/errors';

import {
makePassableKit,
makeEncodePassable,
makeDecodePassable,
} from '../src/encodePassable.js';
import { compareRank, makeComparatorKit } from '../src/rankOrder.js';
import { makePassableKit, makeEncodePassable } from '../src/encodePassable.js';
import { compareRank } from '../src/rankOrder.js';
import { unsortedSample } from './marshal-test-data.js';

const buffers = {
__proto__: null,
r: [],
'?': [],
'!': [],
};
const resetBuffers = () => {
buffers.r = [];
buffers['?'] = [];
buffers['!'] = [];
};
const cursors = {
__proto__: null,
r: 0,
'?': 0,
'!': 0,
};
const resetCursors = () => {
cursors.r = 0;
cursors['?'] = 0;
cursors['!'] = 0;
};

const encodeThing = (prefix, r) => {
buffers[prefix].push(r);
// With this encoding, all things with the same prefix have the same rank
return prefix;
};

const decodeThing = (prefix, e) => {
prefix === e ||
Fail`expected encoding ${q(e)} to simply be the prefix ${q(prefix)}`;
(cursors[prefix] >= 0 && cursors[prefix] < buffers[prefix].length) ||
Fail`while decoding ${q(e)}, expected cursors[${q(prefix)}], i.e., ${q(
cursors[prefix],
)} <= ${q(buffers[prefix].length)}`;
const thing = buffers[prefix][cursors[prefix]];
cursors[prefix] += 1;
return thing;
};

const compareRemotables = (x, y) =>
compareRank(encodeThing('r', x), encodeThing('r', y));

const encodePassableInternal = makeEncodePassable({
encodeRemotable: r => encodeThing('r', r),
encodePromise: p => encodeThing('?', p),
encodeError: er => encodeThing('!', er),
});
const encodePassableInternal2 = makeEncodePassable({
encodeRemotable: r => encodeThing('r', r),
encodePromise: p => encodeThing('?', p),
encodeError: er => encodeThing('!', er),
format: 'compactOrdered',
});

const encodePassable = passable => {
resetBuffers();
return encodePassableInternal(passable);
};
const encodePassable2 = passable => {
resetBuffers();
return encodePassableInternal2(passable);
};

const decodePassableInternal = makeDecodePassable({
decodeRemotable: e => decodeThing('r', e),
decodePromise: e => decodeThing('?', e),
decodeError: e => decodeThing('!', e),
});

const decodePassable = encoded => {
resetCursors();
return decodePassableInternal(encoded);
};
import {
encodePassable,
encodePassable2,
encodePassableInternal2,
decodePassable,
decodePassableInternal,
compareFull,
} from './encodePassable-for-testing.js';

test('makePassableKit output shape', t => {
const kit = makePassableKit();
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(...args) => makePassableKit(...args).encodePassable,
);

const { comparator: compareFull } = makeComparatorKit(compareRemotables);

const asNumber = new Float64Array(1);
const asBits = new BigUint64Array(asNumber.buffer);
const getNaN = (hexEncoding = '0008000000000000') => {
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import test from '@endo/ses-ava/prepare-endo.js';

import { compareRank } from '../src/rankOrder.js';
import { encodePassable } from './encodePassable-for-testing.js';

/**
* Essentially a ponyfill for Array.prototype.toSorted, for use before
* we can always rely on the platform to provide it.
*
* @param {string[]} strings
* @param {(
* left: string,
* right: string
* ) => import('../src/types.js').RankComparison} comp
* @returns {string[]}
*/
const sorted = (strings, comp) => [...strings].sort(comp);

test('unicode code point order', t => {
// Test case from
// https://icu-project.org/docs/papers/utf16_code_point_order.html
const str0 = '\u{ff61}';
const str3 = '\u{d800}\u{dc02}';

// str1 and str2 become impossible examples once we prohibit
// non - well - formed strings.
// See https://github.com/endojs/endo/pull/2002
const str1 = '\u{d800}X';
const str2 = '\u{d800}\u{ff61}';

// harden to ensure it is not sorted in place, just for sanity
const strs = harden([str0, str1, str2, str3]);

/**
* @param {string} left
* @param {string} right
* @returns {import('../src/types.js').RankComparison}
*/
const nativeComp = (left, right) =>
// eslint-disable-next-line no-nested-ternary
left < right ? -1 : left > right ? 1 : 0;

const nativeSorted = sorted(strs, nativeComp);

t.deepEqual(nativeSorted, [str1, str3, str2, str0]);

const rankSorted = sorted(strs, compareRank);

t.deepEqual(rankSorted, [str1, str2, str0, str3]);

const nativeEncComp = (left, right) =>
nativeComp(encodePassable(left), encodePassable(right));

const nativeEncSorted = sorted(strs, nativeEncComp);

t.deepEqual(nativeEncSorted, nativeSorted);

const rankEncComp = (left, right) =>
compareRank(encodePassable(left), encodePassable(right));

const rankEncSorted = sorted(strs, rankEncComp);

t.deepEqual(rankEncSorted, rankSorted);
});
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- `Passable` is now an accurate type instead of `any`. Downstream type checking may require changes ([example](https://github.com/Agoric/agoric-sdk/pull/8774))
- Some downstream types that take or return `Passable` were changed to `any` to defer downstream work to accomodate.
- JavaScript's relational comparison operators like `<` compare strings by lexicographic UTF16 code unit order, which exposes an internal representational detail not relevant to the string's meaning as a Unicode string. Previously, `compareKeys` and associated functions compared strings using this JavaScript-native comparison. Now `compareKeys` and associated functions compare strings by lexicographic Unicode Code Point order. ***This change only affects strings containing so-called supplementary characters, i.e., those whose Unicode character code does not fit in 16 bits***.
- See the NEWS.md of @endo/marshal for more on this change.

# v1.2.0 (2024-02-22)

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