[Pas2js] ZenFS added

[Jy V]

Sorry for the typo, I meant the backend WebAccess provided by ZenFS (the
same backend declared in your Pas2JS BrowserApp).

On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 6:03 PM Jy V <jyv110 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well done Michael,
>
> This is an important milestone,
> demonstrating the well-designed architecture of FreePascal to support Wasi,
>
> I was wondering if you are thinking of any limitation using Wasi backend
> as WebStorage similar to your BrowserApp but when targeting Pas2JS Service
> Worker App ?
>
> Kind Regards, Jyv.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 2:42 PM Michael Van Canneyt via Pas2js <
> pas2js at lists.freepascal.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've added an import unit for the ZenFS filesystem emulation in PasJS
>> (packages/zenfs). There is a demo for it in demo (demo/zenfs).
>>
>> More importantly, for those interested in WebAssembly, it is used to
>> implement a storage backend for WASI file support needed by a
>> WebAssembly module. This was hitherto unimplemented.
>>
>> So now, if you use pas2js to load a webassembly, you can furnish your
>> webassembly with a virtual filesystem in the browser.
>> There is a demo for this as well (demo/wasienv/filesystem/)
>>
>> You can see it at work here:
>>
>> https://www.freepascal.org/~michael/pas2js-demos/wasienv/filesystem/
>>
>> and here:
>>
>> https://www.freepascal.org/~michael/fresnel/basic/
>>
>> (The webassembly code displays an image. It loads the image from a PNG
>> file...)
>>
>> I plan to use the same backend to make the file routines in the units
>> SysUtils, Classes and
>> IOUtils for pas2js functional.
>>
>> Enjoy,
>>
>> Michael.
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