compiler-research · mcbarton · Jun 25, 2025 · Jun 22, 2025 · anutosh491 · Jun 25, 2025
diff --git a/.github/workflows/emscripten.yml b/.github/workflows/emscripten.yml
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ jobs:
           ${{ matrix.cling=='On' && 'cling' || '' }}
         key: ${{ env.CLING_HASH }}-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.os }}-clang-${{ matrix.clang-runtime }}.x-emscripten
 
-    - name: Emscripten build of CppInterOp on Unix systems
+    - name: Emscripten build of CppInterOp on Unix systems (shared library)
       if: ${{ runner.os != 'windows' }}
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: |
@@ -609,6 +609,118 @@ jobs:
         emmake make -j ${{ env.ncpus }} install
         cd ..
 
+        echo "PATH=$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "SYSROOT_PATH=$SYSROOT_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "CB_PYTHON_DIR=$CB_PYTHON_DIR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "CPPINTEROP_DIR=$CPPINTEROP_DIR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "LLVM_BUILD_DIR=$LLVM_BUILD_DIR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "PREFIX=$PREFIX" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Emscripten build of CppInterOp on Unix systems (static library)
+      if: runner.os != 'Windows' && !(startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') && matrix.clang-runtime == '19' && endsWith(matrix.os, 'arm') )
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        # FIXME: Static library builds, but tests fail to build on Github runner for Ubuntu arm llvm 19 case
+        #        Disabled build for now
+        set -e
+        ./emsdk/emsdk activate ${{matrix.emsdk_ver}}
+        source ./emsdk/emsdk_env.sh
+        export SYSROOT_PATH=$PWD/emsdk/upstream/emscripten/cache/sysroot
+        export PREFIX=$MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX/envs/CppInterOp-wasm
+        export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$PREFIX
+        export CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH=$PREFIX
+
+        LLVM_DIR="$(pwd)/llvm-project"
+        LLVM_BUILD_DIR="$(pwd)/llvm-project/build"
+        cling_on=$(echo "${{ matrix.cling }}" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
+        if [[ "${cling_on}" == "ON" ]]; then
+          CLING_DIR="$(pwd)/cling"
+          CLING_BUILD_DIR="$(pwd)/cling/build"
+          CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="${CLING_DIR}/tools/cling/include:${CLING_BUILD_DIR}/include:${LLVM_DIR}/llvm/include:${LLVM_DIR}/clang/include:${LLVM_BUILD_DIR}/include:${LLVM_BUILD_DIR}/tools/clang/include:$PWD/include"
+        else
+          CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="${LLVM_DIR}/llvm/include:${LLVM_DIR}/clang/include:${LLVM_BUILD_DIR}/include:${LLVM_BUILD_DIR}/tools/clang/include:$PWD/include"
+        fi
+
+        # Build CppInterOp next to cling and llvm-project.
+        mkdir build_static
+        cd build_static
+        if [[ "${cling_on}" == "ON" ]]; then
+          emcmake cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}        \
+                -DCPPINTEROP_USE_CLING=ON                                  \
+                -DCPPINTEROP_USE_REPL=OFF                                  \
+                -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$PREFIX                     \
+                -DCling_DIR=$LLVM_BUILD_DIR/tools/cling         \
+                -DLLVM_DIR=$LLVM_BUILD_DIR/lib/cmake/llvm       \
+                -DLLD_DIR=$LLVM_BUILD_DIR/lib/cmake/lld         \
+                -DClang_DIR=$LLVM_BUILD_DIR/lib/cmake/clang     \
+                -DCODE_COVERAGE=${{ env.CODE_COVERAGE }}        \
+                -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX         \
+                -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PACKAGE=ON            \
+                -DLLVM_ENABLE_WERROR=On                      \
+                -DSYSROOT_PATH=$SYSROOT_PATH               \
+                ../
+        else
+          emcmake cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}    \
+                -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$PREFIX                      \
+                -DLLVM_DIR=$LLVM_BUILD_DIR/lib/cmake/llvm       \
+                -DLLD_DIR=$LLVM_BUILD_DIR/lib/cmake/lld         \
+                -DClang_DIR=$LLVM_BUILD_DIR/lib/cmake/clang     \
+                -DCODE_COVERAGE=${{ env.CODE_COVERAGE }}    \
+                -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX      \
+                -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PACKAGE=ON            \
+                -DLLVM_ENABLE_WERROR=On                      \
+                -DSYSROOT_PATH=$SYSROOT_PATH                     \
+                ../
+        fi
+        emmake make -j ${{ env.ncpus }} check-cppinterop
+        cd ./unittests/CppInterOp/
+        # Explaination of options for emrun
+        # --browser (name of browser on path)
+        # --kill_exit makes it so that when emrun finishes,
+        # that the headless browser we create is killed along with it
+        # --timeout 60 is such that emrun is killed after 60 seconds if
+        # still running. emrun should have finished long before then,
+        # so if it is still running, something went wrong (such as a test
+        # which crashed the html file). This will cause the ci to fail,
+        # as a non 0 value of will be returned.
+        # In the case of Chrome we have the extra --no-sandbox flag, as on
+        # Ubuntu Chrome will refuse to run otherwise, as it expects to have
+        # been installed with admin privileges. This flag allows it to run
+        # in userspace.
+        os="${{ matrix.os }}"
+        if [[ "${os}" == "macos"* ]]; then
+          # Run tests in browsers
+          echo "Running CppInterOpTests in Firefox"
+          emrun --browser="firefox" --kill_exit --timeout 60 --browser-args="--headless"  CppInterOpTests.html
+          echo "Running DynamicLibraryManagerTests in Firefox"
+          emrun --browser="firefox" --kill_exit --timeout 60 --browser-args="--headless"  DynamicLibraryManagerTests.html
+          echo "Running CppInterOpTests in Google Chrome"
+          emrun --browser="Google Chrome" --kill_exit --timeout 60 --browser-args="--headless --no-sandbox"  CppInterOpTests.html
+          echo "Running DynamicLibraryManagerTests in Google Chrome"          
+          emrun --browser="Google Chrome" --kill_exit --timeout 60 --browser-args="--headless --no-sandbox"  DynamicLibraryManagerTests.html
+        else
+          export ARCHITECHURE=$(uname -m)
+          if [[ "$ARCHITECHURE" != "aarch64" ]]; then
+            # Run tests in browsers
+            echo "Running CppInterOpTests in Firefox"
+            emrun --browser="firefox" --kill_exit --timeout 60 --browser-args="--headless"  CppInterOpTests.html
+            echo "Running DynamicLibraryManagerTests in Firefox"
+            emrun --browser="firefox" --kill_exit --timeout 60 --browser-args="--headless"  DynamicLibraryManagerTests.html
+            echo "Running CppInterOpTests in Google Chrome"
+            emrun --browser="google-chrome" --kill_exit --timeout 60 --browser-args="--headless --no-sandbox"  CppInterOpTests.html
+            echo "Running DynamicLibraryManagerTests in Google Chrome"          
+            emrun --browser="google-chrome" --kill_exit --timeout 60 --browser-args="--headless --no-sandbox"  DynamicLibraryManagerTests.html
+          else
+            # Run tests in browsers
+            echo "Running CppInterOpTests in Firefox"
+            emrun --browser="firefox" --kill_exit --timeout 60 --browser-args="--headless"  CppInterOpTests.html
+            echo "Running DynamicLibraryManagerTests in Firefox"
+            emrun --browser="firefox" --kill_exit --timeout 60 --browser-args="--headless"  DynamicLibraryManagerTests.html
+          fi
+        fi
+        cd ../../..
+
         echo "SYSROOT_PATH=$SYSROOT_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "CB_PYTHON_DIR=$CB_PYTHON_DIR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo "CPPINTEROP_DIR=$CPPINTEROP_DIR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -622,7 +734,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         micromamba shell hook -s cmd.exe --root-prefix C:\Users\runneradmin\micromamba-root
 
-    - name: Build and Test/Install CppInterOp on Windows systems
+    - name: Build and Test/Install CppInterOp on Windows systems (shared library)
       continue-on-error: true
       if: ${{ runner.os == 'windows' }}
       shell: powershell
@@ -707,7 +819,88 @@ jobs:
         }
         emmake make -j ${{ env.ncpus }} check-cppinterop
         emmake make -j ${{ env.ncpus }} install
+
+    - name: Build and Test/Install CppInterOp on Windows systems (static library)
+      continue-on-error: true
+      if: ${{ runner.os == 'windows' }}
+      shell: powershell
+      run: |
+        $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+        .\emsdk\emsdk activate ${{matrix.emsdk_ver}}
+        .\emsdk\emsdk_env.ps1
+        $env:PWD_DIR= $PWD.Path
+        $env:SYSROOT_PATH="$env:EMSDK/upstream/emscripten/cache/sysroot"
+        $env:PREFIX="%CONDA_PREFIX%/envs/CppInterOp-wasm"
+        $env:CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$env:PREFIX
+        $env:CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH=$env:PREFIX
 
+        $env:LLVM_DIR="$env:PWD_DIR\llvm-project"
+        echo "LLVM_DIR=$env:LLVM_DIR"
+        echo "LLVM_DIR=$env:LLVM_DIR" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+
+        $env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR="$env:PWD_DIR\llvm-project\build"
+        echo "LLVM_BUILD_DIR=$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR"
+        echo "LLVM_BUILD_DIR=$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+
+        if ( "${{ matrix.cling }}" -imatch "On" )
+        {
+          $env:CLING_DIR="$env:PWD_DIR\cling"
+          echo "CLING_DIR=$env:CLING_DIR"
+          echo "CLING_DIR=$env:CLING_DIR" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+
+          $env:CLING_BUILD_DIR="$env:PWD_DIR\cling\build"
+          echo "CLING_BUILD_DIR=$env:CLING_BUILD_DIR"
+          echo "CLING_BUILD_DIR=$env:CLING_BUILD_DIR" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+
+          $env:CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="$env:CLING_DIR\tools\cling\include;$env:CLING_BUILD_DIR\include;$env:LLVM_DIR\llvm\include;$env:LLVM_DIR\clang\include;$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR\include;$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR\tools\clang\include;$env:PWD_DIR\include;"
+          echo "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$env:CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH"
+          echo "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$env:CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          $env:CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH="$env:LLVM_DIR\llvm\include;$env:LLVM_DIR\clang\include;$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR\include;$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR\tools\clang\include;$env:PWD_DIR\include;"
+          echo "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$env:CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH"
+          echo "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH=$env:CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+        }
+
+        # Build CppInterOp next to cling and llvm-project.
+        mkdir build_static
+        cd build_static
+        $env:CPPINTEROP_BUILD_DIR="$env:PWD_DIR"
+        echo "CPPINTEROP_BUILD_DIR=$env:CPPINTEROP_BUILD_DIR"
+        echo "CPPINTEROP_BUILD_DIR=$env:CPPINTEROP_BUILD_DIR" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+        if ( "${{ matrix.cling }}" -imatch "On" )
+        {
+          emcmake cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}        `
+                -DCPPINTEROP_USE_CLING=ON                                  `
+                -DCPPINTEROP_USE_REPL=OFF                                  `
+                -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$env:PREFIX"                     `
+                -DCling_DIR="$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR\tools\cling"         `
+                -DLLVM_DIR="$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR\lib\cmake\llvm"        `
+                -DLLD_DIR="$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR\lib\cmake\lld"       `
+                -DClang_DIR="$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR\lib\cmake\clang"     `
+                -DCODE_COVERAGE=${{ env.CODE_COVERAGE }}        `
+                -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$env:PREFIX"         `
+                -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PACKAGE=ON            `
+                -DLLVM_ENABLE_WERROR=On                      `
+                -DSYSROOT_PATH="$env:SYSROOT_PATH"              `
+                ..\
+        }
+        else
+        {
+          emcmake cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ env.BUILD_TYPE }}    `
+                -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$env:PREFIX"                      `
+                -DLLVM_DIR="$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR\lib\cmake\llvm"        `
+                -DLLD_DIR="$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR\lib\cmake\lld"        `
+                -DClang_DIR="$env:LLVM_BUILD_DIR\lib\cmake\clang"    `
+                -DCODE_COVERAGE=${{ env.CODE_COVERAGE }}    `
+                -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$env:PREFIX"      `
+                -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PACKAGE=ON            `
+                -DLLVM_ENABLE_WERROR=On                      `
+                -DSYSROOT_PATH="$env:SYSROOT_PATH"                     `
+                ..\
+        }
+        emmake make -j ${{ env.ncpus }} check-cppinterop
 
     - name: Build xeus-cpp
       if: ${{ runner.os != 'windows' }}

diff --git a/Emscripten-build-instructions.md b/Emscripten-build-instructions.md
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ $env:CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH=$env:PREFIX
 ```
 
 on Windows. Now to build and test your Emscripten build of CppInterOp using node on Linux and osx execute the following
+(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON is only needed if building xeus-cpp, as CppInterOp can be built as an Emscripten static library)
 
 ```bash
 mkdir build
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ emmake make -j $(nproc --all) check-cppinterop
 ```
 
 To build and test your Emscripten build of CppInterOp on using node Windows execute the following
+(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON is only needed if building xeus-cpp, as CppInterOp can be built as an Emscripten static library)
 
 ```powershell
 emcmake cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release    `

diff --git a/docs/Emscripten-build-instructions.rst b/docs/Emscripten-build-instructions.rst
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ and
    $env:CMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH=$env:PREFIX
 
 on Windows. Now to build and test your Emscripten build of CppInterOp on Linux and osx execute the following
+(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON is only needed if building xeus-cpp, as CppInterOp can be built as an Emscripten static library)
 
 .. code:: bash
 
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ on Windows. Now to build and test your Emscripten build of CppInterOp on Linux a
    emmake make -j $(nproc --all) check-cppinterop
 
 To build and test your Emscripten build of CppInterOp on Windows execute the following
+(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON is only needed if building xeus-cpp, as CppInterOp can be built as an Emscripten static library)
 
 .. code:: powershell
 

diff --git a/lib/CppInterOp/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CppInterOp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ endif()
 
 
 if(EMSCRIPTEN)
+  if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   # FIXME: When dynamically linking the Emscripten shared library to the
   # unit tests main_module you get errors due to undefined symbols. The reading of the file
   # below into a SYMBOLS_LIST variable is a temporary workaround that exports the undefined
@@ -131,8 +132,13 @@ if(EMSCRIPTEN)
     PRIVATE "SHELL: -s SIDE_MODULE=1"
     PRIVATE "SHELL: ${SYMBOLS_LIST}"
   )
+else()
+  target_link_options(clangCppInterOp
+    PRIVATE "SHELL: -s WASM_BIGINT"
+  )
+endif()
   if (CPPINTEROP_ENABLE_TESTING)
-    # When compiling Emscripten tests the shared library it links to is expected to be in the same folder as the compiled Javascript
+    # When compiling Emscripten tests the CppInterOp library it links to is expected to be in the same folder as the compiled Javascript
     add_custom_command(TARGET clangCppInterOp POST_BUILD
       COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy $<TARGET_FILE:clangCppInterOp> ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/unittests/CppInterOp/
     )

diff --git a/unittests/CppInterOp/CMakeLists.txt b/unittests/CppInterOp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ if(EMSCRIPTEN)
   )
 endif()
 
+if (EMSCRIPTEN)
+  if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    target_compile_definitions(CppInterOpTests PRIVATE "EMSCRIPTEN_SHARED_LIBRARY")
+    target_compile_definitions(DynamicLibraryManagerTests PRIVATE "EMSCRIPTEN_SHARED_LIBRARY")
+  else()
+    target_compile_definitions(CppInterOpTests PRIVATE "EMSCRIPTEN_STATIC_LIBRARY")
+    target_compile_definitions(DynamicLibraryManagerTests PRIVATE "EMSCRIPTEN_STATIC_LIBRARY")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 set_output_directory(DynamicLibraryManagerTests
   BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${EXTRA_PATH_TEST_BINARIES}
   LIBRARY_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${EXTRA_PATH_TEST_BINARIES}

diff --git a/unittests/CppInterOp/FunctionReflectionTest.cpp b/unittests/CppInterOp/FunctionReflectionTest.cpp
@@ -2485,8 +2485,8 @@ TEST(FunctionReflectionTest, FailingTest1) {
 #ifdef _WIN32
   GTEST_SKIP() << "Disabled on Windows. Needs fixing.";
 #endif
-#ifdef EMSCRIPTEN
-  GTEST_SKIP() << "Test fails for Emscipten builds";
+#ifdef EMSCRIPTEN_SHARED_LIBRARY
+  GTEST_SKIP() << "Test fails for Emscipten shared library builds";
 #endif
   Cpp::CreateInterpreter();
   EXPECT_FALSE(Cpp::Declare(R"(

diff --git a/unittests/CppInterOp/InterpreterTest.cpp b/unittests/CppInterOp/InterpreterTest.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ TEST(InterpreterTest, DeleteInterpreter) {
 }
 
 TEST(InterpreterTest, ActivateInterpreter) {
+#ifdef EMSCRIPTEN_STATIC_LIBRARY
+  GTEST_SKIP() << "Test fails for Emscipten static library build";
+#endif
   EXPECT_FALSE(Cpp::ActivateInterpreter(nullptr));
   auto* Cpp14 = Cpp::CreateInterpreter({"-std=c++14"});
   auto* Cpp17 = Cpp::CreateInterpreter({"-std=c++17"});
@@ -122,6 +125,9 @@ TEST(InterpreterTest, ActivateInterpreter) {
 }
 
 TEST(InterpreterTest, Process) {
+#ifdef EMSCRIPTEN_STATIC_LIBRARY
+  GTEST_SKIP() << "Test fails for Emscipten static library build";
+#endif
 #ifdef _WIN32
   GTEST_SKIP() << "Disabled on Windows. Needs fixing.";
 #endif