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session 17f09f89 · workflow wf_6c234df9
delegated task
GOAL: port PySide6 + shiboken6 to the FreeCAD WebAssembly toolchain (static, no-dlopen, asyncify, no-pthreads) so FreeCAD's Python/PySide workbenches
▸ Magik
GOAL: port PySide6 + shiboken6 to the FreeCAD WebAssembly toolchain (static, no-dlopen, asyncify,
no-pthreads) so FreeCAD's Python/PySide workbenches and macros work in the browser. This is the
keystone dependency. Ground EVERYTHING in the real files — investigate, do not speculate.
ESTABLISHED GROUND TRUTH (verified this session):
- PySide+shiboken SOURCE: /tmp/pyside-setup (git branch 6.11, matches Qt). sources/shiboken6,
sources/shiboken6_generator, sources/pyside6 (check exact dir names). Built via setup.py +
coin_build_instructions.py OR raw CMake per sources/*/CMakeLists.txt + README.*.md at repo root.
- HOST toolchain (x86-64 Linux): clang/llvm 21 with libclang at /usr/lib/llvm-21/lib/libclang.so
(llvm-config = 21.1.8); host CPython 3.14.4 (/usr/bin/python3, headers
/opt/toolchains/src/Python-3.14.4/Include); host Qt 6.11.1 at /opt/toolchains/qt/6.11.1/gcc_64.
- TARGET (wasm): emscripten 4.0.12 (/opt/toolchains/emsdk); Qt 6.11.1 asyncify single-thread at
/opt/toolchains/qt-asyncify/6.11.1/wasm_singlethread (QT_FEATURE_thread == -1, i.e. -no-feature-thread);
wasm CPython 3.14 at /opt/toolchains/python-wasm (headers include/python3.14, lib/python3.14.zip).
FreeCAD-wasm build dir: /opt/toolchains/src/freecad-gui-build (reads Qt6_DIR=qt-asyncify/.../wasm_singlethread).
- FreeCAD build links Python C-extensions STATICALLY and registers them via PyImport_AppendInittab in
a generated src/Main/WasmInittab*.cpp (NO dlopen on wasm). PySide bindings must follow this model:
build as STATIC libs, expose PyInit_* for each module (PySide6.QtCore etc.), register in the inittab.
- FreeCAD source: /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD (branch wasm-port). It ships a PySide
shim at src/Ext/PySide (a compat layer) and uses shiboken (getCppPointer/wrapInstance) e.g. in
Gui/PythonWrapper.cpp. FREECAD_USE_PYSIDE/FREECAD_USE_SHIBOKEN currently OFF.
- KNOWN HARD ISSUES to design around: (1) static + NO dlopen — PySide's normal build emits shared
modules; must emit static + inittab. (2) Qt is -no-feature-thread — shiboken typesystem for QtCore
references QThread/QMutex/etc.; those must be excluded/guarded. (3) CPython 3.14 C-API changes vs
what PySide 6.11 targets. (4) asyncify + JS-exceptions (-fexceptions) flags must match FreeCAD's;
libshiboken/libpyside signal dispatch must be single-thread/asyncify safe. (5) binary size (wasm is
already 196 MB; each Qt binding module is tens of MB — target ONLY the modules FreeCAD needs).
DELIVERABLES — do BOTH:
1. Write a thorough, concrete, execution-ready plan to /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/<SLUG>/plan.md with exact commands,
cmake args, file paths, patch snippets (precise enough to apply), and any test outputs you gathered.
Put patch/new-file contents as separate files in that dir. If you build/test something, capture the
real output.
2. Return the structured summary (schema). Depth goes in plan.md; keep summary fields tight.
Token cost is not a concern — be exhaustive and correct. Prefer running real commands (grep, ls,
cmake --help, small test builds) over speculation.
=== YOUR SCOPE: Define the minimal proof-of-concept + validation test (slug: poc-minimal) ===
Define the SMALLEST end-to-end proof of concept that validates the whole pipeline: host-generate a tiny binding (e.g. QtCore restricted to QObject + QString + a couple methods, or the smallest viable QtCore), cross-compile it static for wasm, register PyInit_QtCore in an inittab, link into a minimal test executable (or into FreeCAD), and prove 'from PySide6 import QtCore; QtCore.QObject()' works in the browser/node-wasm. Specify the exact reduced typesystem, the build steps, and the pass/fail test. This is milestone 1 — getting it green de-risks everything. Also define milestone 2 (QtWidgets minimal) and 3 (FreeCAD integration: FREECAD_USE_PYSIDE=ON + inittab + getMainWindow()).
Create /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/ and write plan.md (required) + any patches. Return the schema with deliverableFile=/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/plan.md.
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I need to dig into the actual codebase to understand what I'm working with—exploring the source structure, checking existing builds, and mapping out the overall architecture so I can tackle this systematically.
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I'll investigate the real files before writing anything. Let me start exploring the source trees in parallel.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== pyside-setup source ===\" && ls /tmp/pyside-setup 2>&1 | head -50; echo \"=== sources ===\"; ls /tmp/pyside-setup/sources 2>&1", "description": "List pyside-setup source tree"}
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== emsdk ===\"; ls /opt/toolchains/emsdk 2>&1 | head; echo \"=== qt-asyncify ===\"; ls /opt/toolchains/qt-asyncify/6.11.1/wasm_singlethread 2>&1 | head; echo \"=== python-wasm ===\"; ls /opt/toolchains/python-wasm 2>&1;…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== pyside-port dir ===\"; ls -la /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port 2>&1; echo \"=== freecad port ===\"; ls /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD 2>&1 | head", "description": "Check pyside-port and freecad dirs"…
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I need to dig deeper into the related directories and understand how Shiboken generates bindings, then trace through FreeCAD's module registration system to see how static Python modules get initialized.
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Let me dig into shiboken structure, the generator, and how FreeCAD does static inittab registration.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== shiboken6 ===\"; ls /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6; echo; echo \"=== shiboken6/libshiboken ===\"; ls /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken 2>&1 | head -40; echo; echo \"=== shiboken6_generator ===\"; l…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== pyside6/PySide6 dir ===\"; ls /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/PySide6 2>&1 | head -60; echo \"=== QtCore typesystem ===\"; ls /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/PySide6/QtCore 2>&1 | head", "description": "List pysi…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== FreeCAD WasmInittab ===\"; find /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD -name 'WasmInittab*' 2>&1; find /opt/toolchains/src/freecad-gui-build -name 'WasmInittab*' 2>&1", "description": "Find WasmInittab files"}
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Let me examine the inittab generation model and the QtCore module structure closely.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== WasmInittab.cpp ===\"; cat /opt/toolchains/src/freecad-gui-build/src/Main/WasmInittab.cpp; echo \"=== WasmInittabGui.cpp (head) ===\"; head -80 /opt/toolchains/src/freecad-gui-build/src/Main/WasmInittabGui.cpp", "des…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== how inittab generated ===\"; grep -rn \"WasmInittab\\|AppendInittab\\|PyImport_AppendInittab\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/src/Main/ 2>&1 | head -30; echo \"=== cmake gen ===\"; grep -rln \"WasmInitt…
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Let me look at the inittab CMake function and how a FreeCAD wasm python module is built statically (the pattern I must replicate for PySide).
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⚙ Bash {"command": "sed -n '40,160p' /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt", "description": "Show inittab cmake function and usage"}
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rn \"WASM\\|EMSCRIPTEN\\|PyInit\\|add_library.*STATIC\\|SET_PYTHON_PREFIX_SUFFIX\\|MODULE\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/src/Mod/Part/App/CMakeLists.txt 2>&1 | head -40", "description": "Check how Part mod…
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I need to understand how FreeCAD builds Python C-extension modules as static libraries for WebAssembly, particularly looking at the prefix/suffix settings, how the PyInit mechanism works for static modules, and how FreeCAD's macros handle the module initialization and static library definitions.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rn \"SET_PYTHON_PREFIX_SUFFIX\\|add_library\\|PyMODINIT\\|EMSCRIPTEN\\|STATIC\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/cMake/FreeCADMacros.cmake 2>&1 | head; echo \"=== search macro def ===\"; grep -rln \"macro(SET_…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rn \"SET_PYTHON_PREFIX_SUFFIX\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/cMake/*.cmake; echo \"---def---\"; awk '/SET_PYTHON_PREFIX_SUFFIX/,/endmacro|endfunction/' /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/cMake/Fr…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "sed -n '280,320p' /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/cMake/FreeCadMacros.cmake; echo \"=== how add_library STATIC for wasm modules ===\"; grep -rn \"EMSCRIPTEN\\|STATIC\\|MODULE\\|add_library\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rn \"EMSCRIPTEN\\|add_library\\|STATIC\\|SET_PYTHON\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/cMake/FreeCadMacros.cmake | head -40", "description": "Find where library type set for wasm"}
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I'm wondering if there's a global CMake override that's converting SHARED libraries to STATIC when building for WebAssembly with Emscripten—I should check the top-level CMakeLists to see what policy or variable is causing this behavior.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rn \"BUILD_SHARED_LIBS\\|SHARED.*STATIC\\|EMSCRIPTEN\\|add_library\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/CMakeLists.txt | head -30", "description": "Find shared->static override for wasm"}
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rn \"PyMOD_INIT_FUNC\\|PyInit_Part\\|initPart\\|PyMODINIT_FUNC\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/src/Mod/Part/App/AppPart*.cpp 2>&1 | head", "description": "Show Part PyInit function"}
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⚙ Bash {"command": "sed -n '85,130p' /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/CMakeLists.txt", "description": "Show the wasm add_library override"}
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rn \"PyMOD_INIT_FUNC\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/src/Base/*.h /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/src/*.h 2>/dev/null | head; grep -rln \"define PyMOD_INIT_FUNC\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freeca…
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Now I'm diving into how shiboken generates the module initialization code and structures the build process. I need to understand what the generated `PyInit_QtCore` function looks like, whether shiboken can emit static libraries, and how typesystems get reduced during compilation. Let me trace through the shiboken generator to see how it creates the module wrapper and then examine how PySide6 actually builds QtCore to understand the full pipeline.
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Now the PySide side. Let me examine how shiboken generates module init and how QtCore is built.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== QtCore CMakeLists (head) ===\"; sed -n '1,120p' /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/PySide6/QtCore/CMakeLists.txt", "description": "Show QtCore module CMakeLists"}
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I need to understand how this large shiboken-generated module is structured, particularly the module wrapper that defines PyInit_QtCore and how the CMake configuration creates the library target and initializes the Python module.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "sed -n '250,400p' /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/PySide6/QtCore/CMakeLists.txt", "description": "Show QtCore CMakeLists tail with target creation"}
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Let me find `create_pyside_module` definition and how it produces the module init and library.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rln \"function(create_pyside_module\\|macro(create_pyside_module\\|create_pyside_module\" /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/*.cmake /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/cmake/ /tmp/pyside-setup/build_scripts 2>/dev/null; ech…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "sed -n '1,160p' /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/cmake/Macros/PySideModules.cmake", "description": "Show PySideModules macro"}
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⚙ Bash {"command": "sed -n '160,320p' /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/cmake/Macros/PySideModules.cmake", "description": "Show rest of create_pyside_module"}
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I see the build system uses `add_library(${module_NAME} MODULE ...)` for regular builds, but needs STATIC for WebAssembly. The generated module wrapper in `qtcore_module_wrapper.cpp` defines the PyInit function, and I need to look at either an example of that file or the generator template to understand how it's structured. I'm also exploring shiboken's `--drop-type` option as part of the reduced typesystem approach.
Now I'm checking how the module init function name gets derived from the generator source and whether there's a way to customize it away from the `PyInit_` prefix. I also need to verify whether `SHIBOKEN_PYTHON_EXTENSION_SUFFIX` affects the import behavior, and I'm searching th …
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Let me examine how shiboken generates the module init function and its naming.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rn \"PyInit\\|moduleInit\\|PyModuleDef\\|SBK_MODULE_INIT\" /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6_generator/generator/shiboken/*.cpp | grep -i \"pyinit\\|moduleinit\" | head -20", "description": "Find module init generation …
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⚙ Bash {"command": "ls /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6_generator/generator/shiboken/; echo \"---\"; grep -rln \"PyInit\" /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6_generator/generator/", "description": "List generator files"}
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⚙ Bash {"command": "sed -n '6960,7010p' /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6_generator/generator/shiboken/cppgenerator.cpp", "description": "Show PyInit generation"}
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So the `PyInit_QtCore` function is generated with the export macro, and it uses the module name "QtCore" from `moduleName()`. This means the import path is just "QtCore" rather than the full "PySide6.QtCore" — though in practice, PySide6 imports work as `from PySide6 import QtCore` because the actual extension module is located at `PySide6/QtCore.abi3.so`, but the initialization function itself is named `PyInit_QtCore` without the package prefix.
For the static linking approach with `PyImport_AppendInittab`, I can register the full dotted name "PySide6.QtCore" directly, and CPython's import system will handle it correctly as long as the parent "PySide6" package exists somewhere in the Pytho …
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Let me check the typesystem package name and PySide6 `__init__.py`, and whether module imports use dotted names.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "head -20 /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/PySide6/QtCore/typesystem_core_common.xml | grep -i package; echo \"=== package attr in core ===\"; grep -m3 \"package=\" /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/PySide6/QtCore/typesystem_co…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "cat /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/PySide6/__init__.py.in", "description": "Show PySide6 __init__.py.in"}
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The default PySide6 initialization imports Shiboken and sets up Qt directories, but for a WebAssembly static build we need a minimal version that doesn't depend on filesystem DLL lookups. I'm creating a stripped-down __init__.py that handles the shiboken6 package import—which wraps the Shiboken C-extension—without those filesystem dependencies.
Now I need to examine how the Shiboken C module's PyInit function is structured and ensure both the shiboken6 package and libpyside support library are properly configured for static linking, including registering PyInit_Shiboken.
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Let me examine the shiboken Python module and libpyside.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== shibokenmodule ===\"; ls -R /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/shibokenmodule 2>&1 | head -40; echo \"=== libpyside ===\"; ls /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/libpyside 2>&1 | head -40", "description": "List shibok…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "cat /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/shibokenmodule/__init__.py.in; echo \"=== shibokenmodule.cpp PyInit ===\"; grep -n \"PyInit\\|moduleName\\|Shiboken\" /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/shibokenmodule/shibokenmodule.cpp…
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I'm working through how the Shiboken module gets registered — the C-extension is named "Shiboken" with PyInit_Shiboken as the entry point, and it's imported through shiboken6.Shiboken via the package's __init__.py. For the static POC, I need to register PyInit_Shiboken as "shiboken6.Shiboken" in inittab and provide the shiboken6/__init__.py file on the Python path, though I'm realizing there might be something missing in how shibokenmodule.cpp handles this.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "sed -n '1,120p' /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/shibokenmodule/CMakeLists.txt", "description": "Show shibokenmodule CMakeLists"}
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I need to verify whether the shiboken generator is already built on the host system and check the FreeCAD build's Qt configuration, plus review what the other sibling agent directories are handling to avoid duplicating work on typesystem-nothread and fc-pyside-usage. I should also confirm the import mechanism for dotted modules.
I'm checking whether PyImport_AppendInittab can handle dotted names and verifying how FreeCAD packages Python modules into the wasm filesystem through the Ext directory and zip file, then examining the emscripten preload setup.
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Let me check the host shiboken availability, the FreeCAD wasm Python packaging, and the Qt wasm QtCore headers.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== host pyside build present? ===\"; find /tmp/pyside-setup -name \"shiboken6\" -type f 2>/dev/null | head; find / -name \"shiboken6\" -type f 2>/dev/null | grep -v proc | head; which shiboken6 2>/dev/null; echo \"=== p…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== wasm Qt QtCore headers ===\"; ls /opt/toolchains/qt-asyncify/6.11.1/wasm_singlethread/include/QtCore 2>/dev/null | head; echo \"=== qobject.h present ===\"; ls /opt/toolchains/qt-asyncify/6.11.1/wasm_singlethread/inc…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== how freecad ships python to wasm ===\"; grep -rn \"python3.14.zip\\|preload\\|--preload-file\\|Ext\\|packages\\|site-packages\\|PYTHONPATH\\|python-wasm\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/src/Main/CMakeLi…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rn \"preload\\|--preload-file\\|python3.14\\|\\.zip\\|PYTHONPATH\\|PYTHONHOME\\|Py_SetPath\\|packages\\|Ext\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/src/Main/*.cpp | head -30", "description": "Find python path setup…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rln \"preload-file\\|python3.14.zip\\|python-wasm\\|\\.data\\b\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/ /opt/toolchains/src/freecad-gui-build/ 2>/dev/null | grep -iv \"\\.o$\" | head; echo \"=== emscripten data pac…
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I need to trace through how FreeCAD's wasm build handles the Python filesystem—checking the bin directory structure, how Python's home path gets configured, and looking at the MainGui.cpp setup for wasm-specific Python initialization, plus any test harness that might be available.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "ls -la /opt/toolchains/src/freecad-gui-build/bin/ 2>/dev/null; echo \"=== data files ===\"; find /opt/toolchains/src/freecad-gui-build -maxdepth 2 -name \"*.data\" 2>/dev/null; find /opt/toolchains/src/freecad-gui-build -name \…
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Let me look at how the existing test harness loads FreeCAD and runs python, plus how the python filesystem is provided.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "cat /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pytest.mjs", "description": "Show pytest harness"}
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⚙ Bash {"command": "ls /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/deploy-gui/ 2>/dev/null | head -30; echo \"=== index-pytest.html ===\"; cat /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/deploy-gui/index-pytest.html 2>/dev/null | head -80", "description": "Show…
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I see that freecad.data is an emscripten preloaded file containing a Python zip archive and additional directories, with the PYTHONPATH configured to include both the zip and the `/python` directory. I need to examine how freecad.data is generated to figure out where to inject the PySide6 and shiboken6 package files.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== freecad.data.js head ===\"; head -c 2000 /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/deploy-gui/freecad.data.js; echo; echo \"=== how data built ===\"; find /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm -maxdepth 2 -name \"*.sh\" 2>/dev/null | h…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "cat /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pack-mods.sh", "description": "Show pack-mods.sh"}
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I have enough context now to draft the POC plan. Let me verify a few critical details: whether shiboken6 can be built for the host system, and confirm the build strategy of compiling shiboken6 (both the library and generator) for the host machine first, then using that generator to create bindings for the target.
For the reduced typesystem, I'm weighing two approaches: either create a minimal typesystem with just QObject and QString, or use the full typesystem_core.xml but selectively mark classes with generate="yes" or "no" to control what gets bound. The challenge is that QObject references many types, so a truly minimal binding requires careful selection. I'm also considering whether to …
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Let me check shiboken's own test bindings (minimal/sample) which are ideal for milestone 0, and the global.h mechanism.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "ls /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/tests/ 2>/dev/null; echo \"=== minimal ===\"; ls /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/tests/minimalbinding 2>/dev/null | head -40", "description": "List shiboken test bindings"}
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⚙ Bash {"command": "echo \"=== minimal global.h ===\"; cat /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/tests/minimalbinding/global.h; echo \"=== typesystem_minimal.xml ===\"; cat /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/tests/minimalbinding/typesystem_minimal.…
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A minimal shiboken binding without Qt is the right approach for this first milestone—it generates PyInit_minimal and lets me validate the whole stack: shiboken runtime, CPython 3.14, emscripten, asyncify, and the inittab mechanism without the complexity of Qt dependencies. I need to verify whether the FreeCAD build already has libshiboken and libpyside available, and confirm the CPython wasm build includes the necessary headers.
Now I'm checking the emscripten version and reviewing FreeCAD's toolchain configuration to see what compiler flags it's using—specifically asyncify and exception handling—plus looking for any existing FREECAD_USE_PYSIDE or SHIBOKEN options that might already be set.
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Let me verify FreeCAD's compile flags (asyncify/exceptions) and the FREECAD_USE_PYSIDE/SHIBOKEN options and PythonWrapper usage.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rn \"asyncify\\|ASYNCIFY\\|fexceptions\\|fwasm-exceptions\\|DISABLE_EXCEPTION\" /opt/toolchains/src/freecad-gui-build/CMakeCache.txt 2>/dev/null | head; echo \"=== flags in cache ===\"; grep -iE \"CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:|CMAKE_C…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -rn \"FREECAD_USE_PYSIDE\\|FREECAD_USE_SHIBOKEN\\|USE_PYSIDE\\|USE_SHIBOKEN\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/CMakeLists.txt /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/*.cmake 2>/dev/nu…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "sed -n '1,170p' /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/SetupShibokenAndPyside.cmake", "description": "Show SetupShibokenAndPyside"}
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Now I'm examining how PythonWrapper.cpp leverages shiboken's getCppPointer and wrapInstance functions to understand the milestone 3 requirements.
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Let me check PythonWrapper.cpp shiboken usage and getMainWindow, then I have enough to write the plan.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -n \"shiboken\\|Shiboken\\|getCppPointer\\|wrapInstance\\|SbkObject\\|#include\\|getMainWindow\\|SHIBOKEN\\|PYSIDE\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/src/Gui/PythonWrapper.cpp | head -40", "description": "Show …
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⚙ Bash {"command": "bash -l -c 'source /opt/toolchains/emsdk/emsdk_env.sh 2>/dev/null; emcc --version 2>/dev/null | head -1; echo \"python-wasm libs:\"; ls /opt/toolchains/python-wasm/lib/*.a 2>/dev/null | head; echo \"libshiboken headers check - …
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I need to verify a few key details for the build configuration: checking that libclang is available at the expected path, confirming the right PySide build flags to isolate just the shiboken6 generator and libshiboken for the host, and determining whether SHIBOKEN_PYTHON_EXTENSION_SUFFIX should be empty for wasm CPython. I'm also looking into python-wasm's configuration to understand how it handles these settings.
Actually, the extension suffix doesn't matter for static inittab registration since we're registering by module name string rather than filename. The minimal binding test is straightforward with no Qt dependencies, which is good. For the asyncify trampoline issue with wasm CPython …
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Let me confirm exact inittab wiring lines and the module wrapper naming, then write the plan.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -n \"FREECAD_WASM_PY_MODULES\\|FREECAD_WASM_PY_GUI_MODULES\\|FREECAD_WASM_EXTRA_LINK_LIBS\\|freecad_wasm_generate_inittab\\|FREECAD_WASM_EXTRA_PY\" /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt", "de…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "sed -n '20,42p' /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/freecad-port/FreeCAD/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt", "description": "Show start of wasm module list block"}
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I need to double-check the module wrapper filename and how it relates to the SHIBOKEN_PYTHON_EXTENSION_SUFFIX setting, particularly whether the generated file uses the lowercase qtcore or capitalized QtCore naming convention.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -n \"module_wrapper\" /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/pyside6/PySide6/QtCore/CMakeLists.txt; echo \"=== does host toolchain have libclang for generator ===\"; ls /usr/lib/llvm-21/lib/libclang.so 2>/dev/null; echo \"=== requireme…
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I have everything needed. Let me write the plan and supporting patch/config files.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "mkdir -p /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files", "description": "Create poc-minimal dir"}
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I'm starting to outline the supporting files I need to create for this minimal PySide6 WASM setup—a reduced QtCore typesystem definition, a global header for shiboken, a minimal package initialization, and the shiboken configuration.
I also need to think through the typesystem carefully. For a minimal QObject binding, I could either expose all public methods or selectively remove ones I don't need. The tricky part is handling dependencies like QThread, which QObject references through methods like thread() and moveToThread(). I should note how the thread-related types are handled, possibly referencing the existing qt-nothread-typesystem approach for guidance on this POC.
For the actual min …
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Now I'll write the supporting files and the plan.
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/typesystem_QtCore_minimal.xml", "content": "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<!--\n Milestone-1 REDUCED QtCore typesystem for the wasm PoC.\n Package MUST be …
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/QtCore_minimal_global.h", "content": "// Milestone-1 global header fed to shiboken for the reduced QtCore binding.\n// shiboken parses this with libclang (host) to build i…
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/PySide6__init__.py", "content": "# Minimal PySide6 package __init__ for the wasm static PoC.\n#\n# The upstream __init__.py (sources/pyside6/PySide6/__init__.py.in) does\n…
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/shiboken6__init__.py", "content": "# Minimal shiboken6 package __init__ for the wasm static PoC.\n#\n# Upstream (sources/shiboken6/shibokenmodule/__init__.py.in) ends with…
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Now the CMake patch to let FreeCAD register extra static Python modules in the inittab.
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/Main_CMakeLists.inittab.patch", "content": "--- a/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt\n+++ b/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt\n@@ -77,10 +77,25 @@\n endfunction()\n+ # PoC hook: extra s…
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I'm thinking through how to simplify the patch for handling module registration syntax. Instead of making the generate function parse "RegName=CInit" entries, I could modify it to accept extra modules where the registration name matches the initialization function, allowing dotted names like "PySide6.QtCore" to work properly.
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Let me refine the patch so the inittab generator itself understands the `RegName=CInitName` form.
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/Main_CMakeLists.inittab.patch", "content": "--- a/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt\n+++ b/src/Main/CMakeLists.txt\n@@ freecad_wasm_generate_inittab function @@\n function(freec…
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Now the build scripts and test startup files.
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/00-build-host-shiboken.sh", "content": "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n# Build the HOST shiboken6 generator + libshiboken (x86-64). We need:\n# - the shiboken6 GENERATOR binary (r…
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/10-gen-and-build-m0-minimal.sh", "content": "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n# MILESTONE 0: shiboken 'minimal' test binding (pure C++, NO Qt).\n# Proves the shiboken RUNTIME (libshib…
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/20-gen-and-build-m1-qtcore.sh", "content": "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n# MILESTONE 1: reduced QtCore binding (QObject only) against the wasm asyncify Qt.\n# Proves shiboken can …
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/startup-m0.py", "content": "# M0 pass/fail test - runs inside FreeCAD wasm via the pytest.mjs harness.\n# PASS criterion: prints \"M0_PASS ...\". Any exception -> harness …
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/startup-m1.py", "content": "# M1 pass/fail test - the keystone assertion for the whole PySide port.\n# PASS criterion: prints \"M1_PASS ...\".\nimport FreeCAD as App\nApp.…
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/index-poc.html", "content": "<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><title>PySide PoC</title></head>\n<body><div id=\"screen\" style=\"position:absolute;inset:…
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I'm working through the FreeCAD relink process now—setting up a helper script that references the build directory and figuring out how to add the archives and inittab entries. I need to check if there's already a ninja target for relinking in the build directory at /opt/toolchains/src/freecad-gui-build, and then I'll reconfigure with the cache variables for extra link libraries and Python modules before rebuilding.
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/30-relink-freecad.sh", "content": "#!/usr/bin/env bash\n# Relink FreeCAD.wasm with the PoC binding archives added to the inittab.\n# Prereq: apply files/Main_CMakeLists.in…
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Let me try building the host shiboken generator to validate this approach and see what actual output we get—at least running the cmake configure step to check if it's viable. First, I should verify whether the shiboken host build has heavy dependencies before committing to a full build.
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Let me attempt the host shiboken generator build to capture real output and validate the plan.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "cd /tmp && export LLVM_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-21 CLANG_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-21; timeout 300 cmake -G Ninja -S /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6 -B /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/build/shiboken-host -DCMAKE_BUILD_…
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The shiboken build requires the host Qt6 installation since the generator itself depends on Qt (specifically QtCore for the ApiExtractor's Qt containers), so I need to point CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH to the host Qt at /opt/toolchains/qt/6.11.1/gcc_64 and retry the build.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "cd /tmp && export LLVM_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-21 CLANG_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-21; timeout 300 cmake -G Ninja -S /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6 -B /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/build/shiboken-host -DCMAKE_BUILD_…
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The shibokenmodule subdirectory is trying to use a generator that hasn't been built yet because the `Shiboken6::shiboken6` imported target doesn't exist. The top-level CMakeLists builds the generator first, then shibokenmodule should reference it via that imported target, but the alias isn't being created in this build configuration. In a normal in-tree build, the generator target is named `shiboken6` and should have an alias `Shiboken6::shiboken6` pointing to it.
The issue might be that building the generator is gated behind a flag, or the module build is being triggered before the generator target is properly exported. I could either disable the shibokenmodule subdirectory entirely, use t …
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⚙ Bash {"command": "grep -n \"add_subdirectory\\|Shiboken6::shiboken6\\|add_executable(shiboken6\\|ALIAS\\|option(\" /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/CMakeLists.txt | head -30; echo \"=== generator alias ===\"; grep -rn \"Shiboken6::shiboken6\\…
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The shiboken6 generator lives in its own source directory separate from the main library code. The build process needs to happen in two stages: first compile the generator from `sources/shiboken6_generator` to produce the executable and the Shiboken6Tools package, then build `sources/shiboken6` which contains libshiboken and the module, since it depends on finding the generator through that package.
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The generator is a separate source dir. Let me build `shiboken6_generator`.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "sed -n '1,40p' /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6_generator/CMakeLists.txt | grep -n \"add_subdirectory\\|find_package\\|project\\|option\" ", "description": "Inspect generator CMake top"}
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⚙ Bash {"command": "cd /tmp && export LLVM_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-21 CLANG_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-21 LLVM_CONFIG=/usr/lib/llvm-21/bin/llvm-config; timeout 300 cmake -G Ninja -S /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6_generator -B /home/magik6k/l…
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Configure succeeded. Let me build the generator binary.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "export LLVM_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-21 CLANG_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-21; timeout 590 cmake --build /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/build/shiboken-gen --target shiboken6 2>&1 | tail -20", "description": "Build shiboken6 …
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The generator built. Let me verify it runs and generate the M0 minimal binding to validate the pipeline.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "GEN=/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/build/shiboken-gen/generator/shiboken6; $GEN --version 2>&1 | head -5; echo \"=== exists ===\"; ls -la $GEN", "description": "Verify generator runs"}
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Now let me run the M0 minimal generation to validate the generate step end-to-end.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "GEN=/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/build/shiboken-gen/generator/shiboken6\nSHIB=/tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6\nOUT=/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/build/m0-minimal\nmkdir -p \"$OUT/gen\"\n$GEN --generator-set=shi…
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Generation works. Let me verify the PyInit symbol and try compiling one wrapper for wasm to validate the cross-compile step.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "OUT=/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/build/m0-minimal\ngrep -n \"PyInit_minimal\" \"$OUT/gen/minimal/minimal_module_wrapper.cpp\" | head\necho \"=== try wasm compile of module wrapper + libshiboken header availability ===\"\…
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I see that `sbkversion.h` is a generated header created by CMake from a template, so I'll need to build or at least configure libshiboken to generate it along with other headers like `shibokenmacros.h`.
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`sbkversion.h` is generated by libshiboken's CMake. Let me find the generated-header inputs and configure libshiboken for wasm.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "ls /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/*.in; echo \"=== grep configure_file ===\"; grep -n \"configure_file\\|sbkversion\\|embedding_generator\\|EMBEDDING\" /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/CMakeLists…
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⚙ Bash {"command": "cat /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/sbkversion.h.in; echo \"=== embed stuff (signatures) ===\"; sed -n '18,60p' /tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6/libshiboken/CMakeLists.txt", "description": "Show sbkversion te…
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Libshiboken needs several generated headers—sbkversion.h is straightforward, but the signature embedding files require the shibokensupport module, and there's also the SHIBOKEN_NO_EMBEDDING_PYC configuration to consider. The real challenge is building libshiboken itself for wasm, which is the core runtime component of this port.
My approach for the POC is to cross-compile libshiboken using CMake with the emscripten toolchain, targeting wasm Python. I've already validated the critical pieces: the host generator builds and runs, it produces PyInit_minimal correctly, and the generated wrappers reference the necessary libshiboken headers. Now I need to manually create sbkversion.h and test whet …
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libshiboken needs generated headers. Let me manually synthesize `sbkversion.h` and probe what else the wrapper needs to compile under wasm — this de-risks the crux question.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "GENH=/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/build/shiboken-wasm-inc; mkdir -p $GENH\ncat > $GENH/sbkversion.h <<'EOF'\n#ifndef SBKVERSION_H\n#define SBKVERSION_H\n#define SHIBOKEN_VERSION \"6.11.0\"\n#define SHIBOKEN_MAJOR_VERSION…
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A generated shiboken wrapper compiles cleanly for wasm against wasm CPython 3.14 headers, which is a major de-risk. Now I want to verify that the runtime itself compiles for wasm by testing a couple of core libshiboken source files like basewrapper.cpp and sbkconverter.cpp.
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A generated wrapper compiles for wasm against CPython 3.14. Now let me verify the libshiboken runtime itself compiles for wasm.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "source /opt/toolchains/emsdk/emsdk_env.sh 2>/dev/null\nSHIB=/tmp/pyside-setup/sources/shiboken6\nPYINC=/opt/toolchains/python-wasm/include/python3.14\nGENH=/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/build/shiboken-wasm-inc\nFLAGS=\"-f…
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Most of the libshiboken files are compiling for wasm except for sbknumpyview.cpp, which fails because the View class declaration is gated behind a HAVE_NUMPY define that's not set in this build context. Normally this file compiles to nothing when numpy is absent, but the guard here is creating a partial definition that's causing the issue.
I've successfully validated the core pipeline: the host generator builds and runs, PyInit_minimal generation works, the generated wrapper compiles for wasm with CPython 3.14, and libshiboken's runtime compiles for wasm. The signature module also compiled despite needing embedding headers, which suggests the conditional compilation is handling it correctly …
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Excellent real validation: host generator builds/runs, generates `PyInit_minimal`, the generated wrapper compiles for wasm/CPython 3.14, and 14/15 libshiboken runtime files compile (the 1 failure is numpy-gated and excluded). Let me capture the build-log and write the plan.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "cat > /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/CAPTURED-OUTPUT.txt <<'EOF'\n=== Real command outputs captured during this investigation (2026-07-05) ===\n\n# Host shiboken generator source dir is sources/shiboken6_…
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I'm ready to write out the comprehensive plan document now that I have all the necessary context, including the libpyside requirement for M2 and the shiboken6 module details for M3.
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Now the comprehensive plan.md.
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⚙ Write {"file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/plan.md", "content": "# PySide6/shiboken6 → FreeCAD-wasm: Minimal Proof-of-Concept & Validation Plan\n\n**Scope (this doc):** the smallest end-to-end pipeline that proves the wh…
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I need to update the build script to reference the correct source directory for shiboken6_generator instead of what it's currently pointing to.
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Let me correct the host-build script to use the verified generator source dir.
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⚙ Edit {"replace_all": false, "file_path": "/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/00-build-host-shiboken.sh", "old_string": "export LLVM_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-21\nexport CLANG_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib/llvm-21\n\ncmake -G Ninja -S \…
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I need to update the GEN path in the 10 and 20 scripts since I built shiboken in `build/shiboken-gen` rather than the `build/shiboken-host*` directory they're currently referencing—I'll point them to `build/shiboken-gen/generator/shiboken6` instead.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "cd /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files\nsed -i 's#GEN=\\$(find /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/build/shiboken-host\\* -name .shiboken6. -type f -executable | head -1)#GEN=/home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-por…
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Now I'm doing a final check of the deliverable and listing out the directory structure.
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Let me verify the deliverable directory is complete.
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⚙ Bash {"command": "ls -la /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/ /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/files/; echo \"=== plan.md size ===\"; wc -l /home/magik6k/lcad-wasm/pyside-port/poc-minimal/plan.md", "description": "List…
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The deliverable is complete. Let me return the structured summary.
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⚙ StructuredOutput {"structuredOutput": "{\"slug\":\"poc-minimal\",\"title\":\"Minimal PySide6/shiboken6 → FreeCAD-wasm proof-of-concept (3 milestones)\",\"verdict\":\"Pipeline is viable and the hardest steps are proven by real builds. Host shiboken generator…
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The parameters must be at the top level, not nested.
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⚙ StructuredOutput {"slug": "poc-minimal", "title": "Minimal PySide6/shiboken6 → FreeCAD-wasm proof-of-concept (3 milestones)", "verdict": "Pipeline is viable and the hardest steps are proven by real builds. The host shiboken generator (v6.11.0) builds and ru…