- Instead of storing a pointer whose type refers to the specific subclass of `BaseObject`, just store a `BaseObject*` directly. This means in particular that one can cast to classes along the way of the inheritance chain without issues, and that `BaseObject*` no longer needs to be the first superclass in the case of multiple inheritance. In particular, this renders hack-y solutions to this problem (like ddc19be) obsolete and addresses a `TODO` comment of mine. - Move wrapping/unwrapping methods to the `BaseObject` class. We use these almost exclusively for `BaseObject`s, and I hope that this gives a better idea of how (and for what) these are used in our code. - Perform initialization/deinitialization of the internal field in the `BaseObject*` constructor/destructor. This makes the code a bit more obviously correct, avoids explicit calls for this in subclass constructors, and in particular allows us to avoid crash situations when we previously called `ClearWrap()` during GC. This also means that we enforce that the object passed to the `BaseObject` constructor needs to have an internal field. This is the only reason for the test change. - Change the signature of `MakeWeak()` to not require a pointer argument. Previously, this would always have been the same as `this`, and no other value made sense. Also, the parameter was something that I personally found somewhat confusing when becoming familiar with Node’s code. - Add a `TODO` comment that motivates switching to real inheritance for the JS types we expose from the native side. This patch brings us a lot closer to being able to do that. - Some less significant drive-by cleanup. Since we *effectively* already store the `BaseObject*` pointer anyway since ddc19be, I do not think that this is going to have any impact on diagnostic tooling. Fixes: nodejs#18897

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Commits on May 1, 2018

src: access ContextifyContext* more directly in property cbs

src: refactor BaseObject internal field management

fixup! src: refactor BaseObject internal field management

[squash] bnoordhuis review comments

src: access `ContextifyContext*` more directly in property cbs

src: refactor `BaseObject` internal field management

fixup! src: refactor `BaseObject` internal field management