bytecodealliance/StarlingMonkey

Optimize computing encoded `FormData` length

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#211 opened on Feb 14, 2025

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As discussed here: https://github.com/bytecodealliance/StarlingMonkey/pull/200#discussion_r1952578511: It’s unfortunate that we’re only performing encoding to calculate the length of the encoded stream, after which the result is discarded. One possible solution would be to store the encoded output when constructing the FormData.

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Research direction
Explore caching the encoded output during FormData construction to avoid redundant encoding for length calculation. Review the linked PR discussion for context and potential implementation approaches.
Tech stack
cjavascript
Domain
backend
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3
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Active
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Clear
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CJavaScriptFormData API
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60