Add `bun.ptr.ExternalShared`, a shared pointer whose reference count is
managed externally; e.g., by extern functions. This can be used to work
with `RefCounted` C++ objects in Zig. For example:
```cpp
// C++:
struct MyType : RefCounted<MyType> { ... };
extern "C" void MyType__ref(MyType* self) { self->ref(); }
extern "C" void MyType__ref(MyType* self) { self->deref(); }
```
```zig
// Zig:
const MyType = opaque {
extern fn MyType__ref(self: *MyType) void;
extern fn MyType__deref(self: *MyType) void;
pub const Ref = bun.ptr.ExternalShared(MyType);
// This enables `ExternalShared` to work.
pub const external_shared_descriptor = struct {
pub const ref = MyType__ref;
pub const deref = MyType__deref;
};
};
// Now `MyType.Ref` behaves just like `Ref<MyType>` in C++:
var some_ref: MyType.Ref = someFunctionReturningMyTypeRef();
const ptr: *MyType = some_ref.get(); // gets the inner pointer
var some_other_ref = some_ref.clone(); // increments the ref count
some_ref.deinit(); // decrements the ref count
// decrements the ref count again; if no other refs exist, the object
// is destroyed
some_other_ref.deinit();
```
This commit also adds `RawRefCount`, a simple wrapper around an integer
reference count that can be used to implement the interface required by
`ExternalShared`. Generally, for reference-counted Zig types,
`bun.ptr.Shared` is preferred, but occasionally it is useful to have an
“intrusive” reference-counted type where the ref count is stored in the
type itself. For this purpose, `ExternalShared` + `RawRefCount` is more
flexible and less error-prone than the deprecated `bun.ptr.RefCounted`
type.
(For internal tracking: fixes STAB-1287, STAB-1288)