eliminate watch view fill kind; extend rtti & eval type system with 'external' pointers, for e.g. meta-space vaddr u64s pointing into an address space; begin sketching out paths for mutational rows in watch collections, use to add 'add target' fastpath in targets collection evaluations

src/base/base_meta.c

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ typed_data_rebase_ptrs(Type *type, String8 data, void *base_ptr)
     switch(t->type->kind)
     {
       default:{}break;
-      case TypeKind_Ptr:
+      case TypeKind_Ptr:
+      if(!t->type->is_external)
       {
         *(U64 *)t->ptr = ((U64)(*(U8 **)t->ptr - (U8 *)base_ptr));
       }break;
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ serialized_from_typed_data(Arena *arena, Type *type, String8 data, TypeSerialize
           str8_serial_push_string(scratch.arena, &strings, str8(t->src, t->type->size*t->count));
         }break;
         
-        //- rjf: pointers -> try to interpret/understand pointer & read/write, otherwise skip
+        //- rjf: pointers -> try to interpret/understand pointer & read/write, otherwise just write as plain data
         case TypeKind_Ptr:
         {
           // rjf: unpack info about this pointer
@@ -172,7 +173,13 @@ serialized_from_typed_data(Arena *arena, Type *type, String8 data, TypeSerialize
             task->containing_type      = t->containing_type;
             task->containing_ptr       = t->containing_ptr;
             SLLQueuePush(first_task, last_task, task);
-          }
+          }
+          
+          // rjf: catch-all: write pointer value
+          else
+          {
+            str8_serial_push_string(scratch.arena, &strings, str8(t->src, t->type->size*t->count));
+          }
         }break;
         
         //- rjf: arrays -> descend to underlying type, + count
@@ -338,7 +345,14 @@ deserialized_from_typed_data(Arena *arena, Type *type, String8 data, TypeSeriali
             task->containing_type      = t->containing_type;
             task->containing_ptr       = t->containing_ptr;
             SLLQueuePush(first_task, last_task, task);
-          }
+          }
+          
+          // rjf: catch-all: read pointer value
+          else
+          {
+            MemoryCopy(t->dst, t_src, t->type->size*t->count);
+            read_off += t->type->size*t->count;
+          }
         }break;
         
         //- rjf: arrays -> descend to underlying type, + count

src/base/base_meta.h

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ TypeKind;
 typedef U32 MemberFlags;
 enum
 {
-  MemberFlag_DoNotSerialize = (1<<0),
+  MemberFlag_DoNotSerialize  = (1<<0),
 };
 
 typedef struct Type Type;
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ struct Type
   String8 count_delimiter_name; // gathered from surrounding members, turns *->[1] into *->[N]
   U64 count;
   Member *members;
+  B32 is_external;
 };
 
 ////////////////////////////////