CURRENT TESTS PASSED

prepared:
(table (export "externref_table") 1 externref)

docs/wasp.js

@@ -199,30 +199,33 @@ function smartResult(object) { // returns BigInt smart pointer to object
   }
 }
 
-
+const refToIndexMap = new Map();
 async function storeObject() {
 // (table (export "externref_table") 1 externref)
   const table = instance.exports.externref_table;
 
 // Store a JavaScript object in the table
-  const obj = {message: "Hello from externref!"};
+  const ref = {message: "Hello from externref!"};
   const index = table.length; // Get the current table size
   table.grow(1); // Expand table by one slot
-  table.set(index, obj);
-  console.log("Stored object index:", index); // Outputs the index where `obj` is stored
+  table.set(index, ref);
+  refToIndexMap.set(ref, index);
+  console.log("Stored object index:", index); // Outputs the index where `ref` is stored
   // NOW WE CAN PASS THE INDEX TO WASM AS SMARTY !
 
   // Retrieve the object by index
-  const retrievedObj = table.get(index);
+  const retrievedObj = table.get(index); // Retrieve the object by index directly! ref=>object!
   console.log(retrievedObj.message); // Outputs: "Hello from externref!"
-
   /*
   ;; Retrieve the externref from the table and call the logger
   (call $print_externref (table.get (local.get 0)))
   (call $cast_to_node (table.get (local.get 0)))
    */
 }
 
+function getExternRefIndex(ref) {
+  return refToIndexMap.get(ref); // Retrieve the index for a given ref
+}
 async function storeFunction() {
 //   (table (export "funcref_table") 10 funcref)
 // Access the exported table

source/NodeTypes.h

@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ enum Valtype {
     wasm_struct = 0x6b, // ≠ wasmtype_struct = 0x5f in type section
     wasm_array = wasm_struct, // 0x6b ≠ wasmtype_array = 0x5e in type section
     anyref = 0x6f,// was conceptually and namewise merged into externref
-    externref = 0x6f, // -0x11 111 ≠ 'ref'=wasm_struct!!
+    externref = 0x6f, // -0x11 111 (js)object !  ≠ 'ref'=wasm_struct!!
+    object = externref,
+    js_object = externref,
     funcref = 0x70, // -0x10
     func = 0x60,
     string_ref = 0x64, // wasm stringref

source/smart_types.h

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ typedef enum smartType4bit {
     //	foverflow=0x3,
     symbola = 0x4, // ≈ stringa &memoryChars[payload]
     json5 = 0x5,
-    reference = 0x6, // value = externref index in (table (export "externref_table") 1 externref)
+    ref_index = 0x6, // value = externref index in (table (export "externref_table") 1 externref) => js object !
 //	long60p = 0x6, // pointer to long60
     septet = 0x7, // 7 hexes à 4 bit OR 7 bytes in smart64! 7 is NUMERIC through 0x7C…0x7F float32 etc
     utf8char = 0x8, // UTF24 Unicode