embind doesn't always need the full std::type_info record. if EMSCRIPTEN_HAS_UNBOUND_TYPE_NAMES=0, then use a lighter type identifier. This shaves 175 KB off of our engine's minified JavaScript.

3 files changed, 77 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/system/include/emscripten/bind.h b/system/include/emscripten/bind.h
index 872f279b..b4c5004e 100644
--- a/system/include/emscripten/bind.h
+++ b/system/include/emscripten/bind.h
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ namespace emscripten {
         // NOTE: this returns the class type, not the pointer type
         template<typename T>
         inline TYPEID getActualType(T* ptr) {
-            return reinterpret_cast<TYPEID>(&typeid(*ptr));
+            return getLightTypeID(*ptr);
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/system/include/emscripten/wire.h b/system/include/emscripten/wire.h
index 05b3ac33..c20e2f55 100644
--- a/system/include/emscripten/wire.h
+++ b/system/include/emscripten/wire.h
@@ -15,22 +15,66 @@
 #define EMSCRIPTEN_ALWAYS_INLINE __attribute__((always_inline))
 
 namespace emscripten {
+    #ifndef EMSCRIPTEN_HAS_UNBOUND_TYPE_NAMES
+    #define EMSCRIPTEN_HAS_UNBOUND_TYPE_NAMES 1
+    #endif
+
+
+    #if EMSCRIPTEN_HAS_UNBOUND_TYPE_NAMES
+    constexpr bool has_unbound_type_names = true;
+    #else
+    constexpr bool has_unbound_type_names = false;
+    #endif
+
     namespace internal {
         typedef void (*GenericFunction)();
 
-        typedef const struct _TYPEID* TYPEID;
+        typedef const struct _TYPEID {}* TYPEID;
+
+
+        // We don't need the full std::type_info implementation.  We
+        // just need a unique identifier per type and polymorphic type
+        // identification.
+        
+        template<typename T>
+        struct CanonicalizedID {
+            static TYPEID get() {
+                static _TYPEID c;
+                return &c;
+            }
+        };
+
+        template<typename T>
+        struct Canonicalized {
+            typedef typename std::remove_cv<typename std::remove_reference<T>::type>::type type;
+        };
+
+        template<typename T>
+        struct LightTypeID {
+            static TYPEID get() {
+                typedef typename Canonicalized<T>::type C;
+                if (has_unbound_type_names || std::is_polymorphic<C>::value) {
+                    return reinterpret_cast<TYPEID>(&typeid(C));
+                } else {
+                    return CanonicalizedID<C>::get();
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
+        template<typename T>
+        const TYPEID getLightTypeID(const T& value) {
+            typedef typename Canonicalized<T>::type C;
+            if (has_unbound_type_names || std::is_polymorphic<C>::value) {
+                return reinterpret_cast<TYPEID>(&typeid(value));
+            } else {
+                return LightTypeID<T>::get();
+            }
+        }
 
-        // This implementation is technically not legal, as it's not
-        // required that two calls to typeid produce the same exact
-        // std::type_info instance.  That said, it's likely to work
-        // given Emscripten compiles everything into one binary.
-        // Should it not work in the future: replace TypeID with an
-        // int, and store all TypeInfo we see in a map, allocating new
-        // TypeIDs as we add new items to the map.
         template<typename T>
         struct TypeID {
             static TYPEID get() {
-                return reinterpret_cast<TYPEID>(&typeid(T));
+                return LightTypeID<T>::get();
             }
         };
 
@@ -53,7 +97,7 @@ namespace emscripten {
         template<typename T>
         struct TypeID<AllowedRawPointer<T>> {
             static TYPEID get() {
-                return reinterpret_cast<TYPEID>(&typeid(T*));
+                return LightTypeID<T*>::get();
             }
         };
         
diff --git a/system/lib/embind/bind.cpp b/system/lib/embind/bind.cpp
index f43d1ea1..37918050 100644
--- a/system/lib/embind/bind.cpp
+++ b/system/lib/embind/bind.cpp
@@ -14,26 +14,32 @@ using namespace emscripten;
 

 extern "C" {

     const char* __attribute__((used)) __getTypeName(const std::type_info* ti) {

+        if (has_unbound_type_names) {

 #ifdef USE_CXA_DEMANGLE

-        int stat;

-        char* demangled = abi::__cxa_demangle(ti->name(), NULL, NULL, &stat);

-        if (stat == 0 && demangled) {

-            return demangled;

-        }

+            int stat;

+            char* demangled = abi::__cxa_demangle(ti->name(), NULL, NULL, &stat);

+            if (stat == 0 && demangled) {

+                return demangled;

+            }

 

-        switch (stat) {

-            case -1:

-                return strdup("<allocation failure>");

-            case -2:

-                return strdup("<invalid C++ symbol>");

-            case -3:

-                return strdup("<invalid argument>");

-            default:

-                return strdup("<unknown error>");

-        }

+            switch (stat) {

+                case -1:

+                    return strdup("<allocation failure>");

+                case -2:

+                    return strdup("<invalid C++ symbol>");

+                case -3:

+                    return strdup("<invalid argument>");

+                default:

+                    return strdup("<unknown error>");

+            }

 #else

-        return strdup(ti->name());

+            return strdup(ti->name());

 #endif

+        } else {

+            char str[80];

+            sprintf(str, "%p", ti);

+            return strdup(str);

+        }

     }

 }