In webassembly, there's a type called `externref`, which opaquely represents a javascript object. So, you could do this for example, with this javascript:
```js
class Foo {
        constructor(x) {
                this.x = x;
        }
}

const imports = {
        env: {
                fooNew: (x) => new Foo(x),
                fooX: (foo) => foo.x,
                fooSetX: (foo, x) => { foo.x = x; }
        }
}

WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(fetch("./foo.wasm"), imports).then(module => {
        let foo = module.instance.exports.f();
        console.log(foo.x); // 5
        module.instance.exports.g(foo);
        console.log(foo.x); // 8
});
```
and this webassembly:
```wat
(module
(import "env" "fooNew" (func $fooNew (param i32) (result externref)))
        (import "env" "fooX" (func $fooX (result i32)))
(import "env" "fooSetX" (func $fooSetX (param externref) (param i32)))
        (func (export "f") (result externref)
                i32.const 5
                call $fooNew)
        (func (export "g") (param $foo externref)
                local.get $foo
                i32.const 8
                call $fooSetX))
```
5 and 8 get logged. Equivalent D to the webassembly part would be:
```d
extern(C):

// how to get this externref type?
externref fooNew(int);
externref fooX(externref);
void fooSetX(externref, int);

externref f() {
        return fooNew();
}

void g(externref foo) {
        fooSetX(foo, 8);
}
```
problem being, there exists no `externref` type. So how would you achieve it with ldc2?

B) In the javascript WebAssembly API, you can pass in memory like so:
```js
const imports = {
        "mem": new WebAssembly.Memory({ initial: 1 })
}

WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming(fetch("bar.wasm"), imports, module => { ... });
```
then in WebAssembly
```wat
(import "mem" (memory 1))
```
so how could I do that in D? That is, I want the memory that D uses to be accessible to javascript (this way I can pass pointers between JS and D)

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