Add ability to load file as Uint8Array in std.loadFile

docs/docs/stdlib.md

@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ The worker class has the following static properties:
   worker and is used to send or receive messages.
 
 The worker instances have the following properties:
-  
+
 - `postMessage(msg)` - Send a message to the corresponding worker. `msg` is cloned in
   the destination worker using an algorithm similar to the `HTML`
   structured clone algorithm. `SharedArrayBuffer` are shared
@@ -348,11 +348,13 @@ optional properties:
 
 Evaluate the file `filename` as a script (global eval).
 
-### `loadFile(filename)`
+### `loadFile(filename, [options])`
 
 Load the file `filename` and return it as a string assuming UTF-8
 encoding. Return `null` in case of I/O error.
 
+If `options.binary` is set to `true` a `Uint8Array` is returned instead.
+
 ### `open(filename, flags, errorObj = undefined)`
 
 Open a file (wrapper to the libc `fopen()`). Return the FILE

quickjs-libc.c

@@ -478,14 +478,41 @@ static JSValue js_loadScript(JSContext *ctx, JSValue this_val,
     return ret;
 }
 
-/* load a file as a UTF-8 encoded string */
+static int get_bool_option(JSContext *ctx, BOOL *pbool,
+                           JSValue obj,
+                           const char *option)
+{
+    JSValue val;
+    val = JS_GetPropertyStr(ctx, obj, option);
+    if (JS_IsException(val))
+        return -1;
+    if (!JS_IsUndefined(val)) {
+        *pbool = JS_ToBool(ctx, val);
+    }
+    JS_FreeValue(ctx, val);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void free_buf(JSRuntime *rt, void *opaque, void *ptr) {
+    js_free_rt(rt, ptr);
+}
+
+/* load a file as a UTF-8 encoded string or Uint8Array */
 static JSValue js_std_loadFile(JSContext *ctx, JSValue this_val,
                                int argc, JSValue *argv)
 {
     uint8_t *buf;
     const char *filename;
-    JSValue ret;
+    JSValue ret, options_obj;
     size_t buf_len;
+    BOOL binary = FALSE;
+
+    if (argc >= 2) {
+        options_obj = argv[1];
+        if (get_bool_option(ctx, &binary, options_obj,
+                            "binary"))
+            return JS_EXCEPTION;
+    }
 
     filename = JS_ToCString(ctx, argv[0]);
     if (!filename)
@@ -494,8 +521,13 @@ static JSValue js_std_loadFile(JSContext *ctx, JSValue this_val,
     JS_FreeCString(ctx, filename);
     if (!buf)
         return JS_NULL;
-    ret = JS_NewStringLen(ctx, (char *)buf, buf_len);
-    js_free(ctx, buf);
+    if (binary) {
+        ret = JS_NewUint8Array(ctx, buf, buf_len, free_buf, NULL, FALSE);
+    } else {
+        ret = JS_NewStringLen(ctx, (char *)buf, buf_len);
+        js_free(ctx, buf);
+    }
+
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -822,21 +854,6 @@ static int interrupt_handler(JSRuntime *rt, void *opaque)
     return (os_pending_signals >> SIGINT) & 1;
 }
 
-static int get_bool_option(JSContext *ctx, BOOL *pbool,
-                           JSValue obj,
-                           const char *option)
-{
-    JSValue val;
-    val = JS_GetPropertyStr(ctx, obj, option);
-    if (JS_IsException(val))
-        return -1;
-    if (!JS_IsUndefined(val)) {
-        *pbool = JS_ToBool(ctx, val);
-    }
-    JS_FreeValue(ctx, val);
-    return 0;
-}
-
 static JSValue js_evalScript(JSContext *ctx, JSValue this_val,
                              int argc, JSValue *argv)
 {