@woosh/meep-engine 2.139.0 → 2.141.0

package/src/engine/physics/contact/ManifoldStore.js

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-import { assert } from "../../../core/assert.js";
-import { PAIR_UINT32_MAP_ABSENT, PairUint32Map } from "../../../core/collection/PairUint32Map.js";
-
-/**
- * Maximum contact points per manifold. Four is the universal industry choice
- * (Bullet's btPersistentManifold, Box2D, Jolt) — enough to express stable
- * face-on-face contact, small enough to fit inertia-driven solver passes.
- * @type {number}
- */
-export const MAX_CONTACTS_PER_MANIFOLD = 4;
-
-/**
- * Per-contact field stride in the data Float64Array.
- *
- * Layout per contact (all world-space):
- *   0..2  : world_a   (contact point on body A's surface)
- *   3..5  : world_b   (contact point on body B's surface)
- *   6..8  : normal_w  (from B toward A)
- *   9     : depth     (positive = penetration, negative = speculative gap)
- *   10    : j_n       (accumulated normal impulse, warm-start)
- *   11    : j_t1      (accumulated tangent impulse, axis 1)
- *   12    : j_t2      (accumulated tangent impulse, axis 2)
- *
- * Solver uses `(world_a + world_b) * 0.5` as the application point; storing
- * both surface points keeps the door open for richer warm-start matching
- * across frames in a follow-up slice.
- *
- * @type {number}
- */
-export const CONTACT_STRIDE = 13;
-
-/**
- * Per-slot Float64 stride: room for {@link MAX_CONTACTS_PER_MANIFOLD} contacts.
- * @type {number}
- */
-export const SLOT_DATA_STRIDE = CONTACT_STRIDE * MAX_CONTACTS_PER_MANIFOLD;
-
-/**
- * Per-slot meta stride in the Uint32 meta buffer:
- *   0 : bodyA
- *   1 : bodyB
- *   2 : packed = count(0..3) | touched(bit 4) | prev_touched(bit 5) | grace(bits 6..13)
- * @type {number}
- */
-const SLOT_META_STRIDE = 3;
-
-const FLAG_TOUCHED = 1 << 4;
-const FLAG_PREV_TOUCHED = 1 << 5;
-const COUNT_MASK = 0x0F;
-const GRACE_SHIFT = 6;
-const GRACE_MASK = 0xFF; // 8 bits
-
-/**
- * Number of consecutive frames a manifold may stay untouched before eviction.
- * Two frames of grace lets a one-frame separation survive (jitter friendly)
- * while still keeping the cache bounded.
- * @type {number}
- */
-const DEFAULT_GRACE = 2;
-
-/**
- * Sentinel for "no slot".
- * @type {number}
- */
-export const MANIFOLD_SLOT_ABSENT = -1;
-
-const DEFAULT_INITIAL_CAPACITY = 64;
-
-/**
- * Persistent contact-manifold cache keyed by canonical body-id pairs.
- *
- * Owns:
- *  - the SoA `Float64Array` of contact points (per-slot stride 52),
- *  - the small meta `Uint32Array` (bodyA, bodyB, packed flags + count),
- *  - a {@link PairUint32Map} from `(idA, idB)` to slot id,
- *  - a dense `__live_slots` array of currently-allocated slot ids,
- *  - a min-heap-free-stack of released slot ids so reuse is deterministic.
- *
- * Lifecycle per simulation step:
- *  1. Broadphase calls {@link acquire} for every encountered pair, which marks
- *     each touched slot as "fresh this frame".
- *  2. Narrowphase fills in contact points via {@link set_contact} /
- *     {@link clear_contacts}.
- *  3. End-of-step calls {@link advance_frame} to roll touched → prev_touched
- *     and evict slots that have been untouched for {@link DEFAULT_GRACE}
- *     consecutive frames.
- *
- * @author Alex Goldring
- * @copyright Company Named Limited (c) 2026
- */
-export class ManifoldStore {
-
-    /**
-     * @param {number} [initial_capacity] slots
-     */
-    constructor(initial_capacity = DEFAULT_INITIAL_CAPACITY) {
-        assert.isNonNegativeInteger(initial_capacity, 'initial_capacity');
-        this.__capacity = Math.max(4, initial_capacity);
-        this.__high_water = 0;
-
-        this.__data = new Float64Array(this.__capacity * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE);
-        this.__meta = new Uint32Array(this.__capacity * SLOT_META_STRIDE);
-
-        this.__pair_index = new PairUint32Map(this.__capacity * 2);
-
-        // Dense list of currently-allocated slot ids + reverse map.
-        this.__live_slots = new Uint32Array(this.__capacity);
-        this.__live_pos = new Int32Array(this.__capacity);
-        this.__live_pos.fill(-1);
-        this.__live_count = 0;
-
-        // Min-heap of released slot ids.
-        this.__free_heap = new Uint32Array(this.__capacity);
-        this.__free_count = 0;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @returns {number} number of currently-live slots
-     */
-    get count() {
-        return this.__live_count;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @returns {number} total allocated slot capacity
-     */
-    get capacity() {
-        return this.__capacity;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Look up a slot by canonical pair. Caller is responsible for ordering
-     * `(idA, idB)` such that the same pair always hashes the same way.
-     *
-     * @param {number} idA
-     * @param {number} idB
-     * @returns {number} slot id or {@link MANIFOLD_SLOT_ABSENT}
-     */
-    find(idA, idB) {
-        const v = this.__pair_index.get(idA, idB);
-        return v === PAIR_UINT32_MAP_ABSENT ? MANIFOLD_SLOT_ABSENT : v;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Acquire a slot for the pair, creating one if absent, and mark it
-     * "touched this frame". Returns the slot id. Calling `acquire` twice in
-     * the same step on the same pair is a no-op for the second call.
-     *
-     * @param {number} idA
-     * @param {number} idB
-     * @returns {number} slot id
-     */
-    acquire(idA, idB) {
-        let slot = this.find(idA, idB);
-        if (slot === MANIFOLD_SLOT_ABSENT) {
-            slot = this.__allocate_slot();
-            const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
-            this.__meta[meta_off] = idA;
-            this.__meta[meta_off + 1] = idB;
-            this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = 0; // count=0, no flags, grace=0
-            // Zero the contact data — important so a recycled slot's warm-start
-            // impulses don't leak across pair identities.
-            const data_off = slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE;
-            this.__data.fill(0, data_off, data_off + SLOT_DATA_STRIDE);
-
-            this.__pair_index.set(idA, idB, slot);
-        }
-        const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
-        // Set touched bit, clear grace.
-        let packed = this.__meta[meta_off + 2];
-        packed |= FLAG_TOUCHED;
-        packed &= ~(GRACE_MASK << GRACE_SHIFT);
-        this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = packed;
-        return slot;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param {number} slot
-     * @returns {number} body A id stored at this slot
-     */
-    bodyA(slot) {
-        return this.__meta[slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE];
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param {number} slot
-     * @returns {number}
-     */
-    bodyB(slot) {
-        return this.__meta[slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE + 1];
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param {number} slot
-     * @returns {number} 0..MAX_CONTACTS_PER_MANIFOLD
-     */
-    contact_count(slot) {
-        return this.__meta[slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE + 2] & COUNT_MASK;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param {number} slot
-     * @returns {boolean}
-     */
-    is_touched(slot) {
-        return (this.__meta[slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE + 2] & FLAG_TOUCHED) !== 0;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param {number} slot
-     * @returns {boolean}
-     */
-    was_touched_prev(slot) {
-        return (this.__meta[slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE + 2] & FLAG_PREV_TOUCHED) !== 0;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Iterate the dense list of currently-live slots without going through
-     * the pair map. `i` ranges `[0, count)`.
-     * @param {number} i
-     * @returns {number}
-     */
-    live_at(i) {
-        return this.__live_slots[i];
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Clear the contact list for a slot (counts go to zero, warm-start
-     * impulses also reset). Used when narrowphase determines the pair is
-     * separated this frame.
-     * @param {number} slot
-     */
-    clear_contacts(slot) {
-        const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
-        this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = this.__meta[meta_off + 2] & ~COUNT_MASK;
-
-        const data_off = slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE;
-        this.__data.fill(0, data_off, data_off + SLOT_DATA_STRIDE);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Write a contact point into a slot. Increments contact_count if `idx`
-     * exceeds the current count.
-     *
-     * @param {number} slot
-     * @param {number} idx contact index in `[0, MAX_CONTACTS_PER_MANIFOLD)`
-     * @param {number} lax
-     * @param {number} lay
-     * @param {number} laz
-     * @param {number} lbx
-     * @param {number} lby
-     * @param {number} lbz
-     * @param {number} nx normal world x (B toward A)
-     * @param {number} ny
-     * @param {number} nz
-     * @param {number} depth
-     */
-    set_contact(slot, idx, lax, lay, laz, lbx, lby, lbz, nx, ny, nz, depth) {
-        const off = slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE;
-        this.__data[off] = lax;
-        this.__data[off + 1] = lay;
-        this.__data[off + 2] = laz;
-        this.__data[off + 3] = lbx;
-        this.__data[off + 4] = lby;
-        this.__data[off + 5] = lbz;
-        this.__data[off + 6] = nx;
-        this.__data[off + 7] = ny;
-        this.__data[off + 8] = nz;
-        this.__data[off + 9] = depth;
-        // j_n, j_t1, j_t2 are warm-start; preserved across calls.
-
-        const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
-        const count_now = this.__meta[meta_off + 2] & COUNT_MASK;
-        if (idx + 1 > count_now) {
-            this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = (this.__meta[meta_off + 2] & ~COUNT_MASK) | (idx + 1);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Read a contact point. Writes 10 floats: lax, lay, laz, lbx, lby, lbz, nx, ny, nz, depth.
-     * @param {number} slot
-     * @param {number} idx
-     * @param {number[]|Float64Array} out
-     * @param {number} out_offset
-     */
-    get_contact(slot, idx, out, out_offset) {
-        const off = slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE;
-        for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
-            out[out_offset + i] = this.__data[off + i];
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the contact-normal world x component for a given contact.
-     * Provided for testability without exposing the raw Float64Array view.
-     * @param {number} slot
-     * @param {number} idx
-     * @returns {number}
-     */
-    contact_normal_x(slot, idx) {
-        return this.__data[slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE + 6];
-    }
-
-    /** @param {number} slot @param {number} idx @returns {number} */
-    contact_normal_y(slot, idx) {
-        return this.__data[slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE + 7];
-    }
-
-    /** @param {number} slot @param {number} idx @returns {number} */
-    contact_normal_z(slot, idx) {
-        return this.__data[slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE + 8];
-    }
-
-    /** @param {number} slot @param {number} idx @returns {number} */
-    contact_depth(slot, idx) {
-        return this.__data[slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE + 9];
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Raw contact-point buffer. Hot-path solver code dereferences this
-     * directly via {@link slot_data_offset} + {@link CONTACT_STRIDE} to avoid
-     * per-field accessor overhead. Buffer identity is stable until grow.
-     * @returns {Float64Array}
-     */
-    get data_buffer() {
-        return this.__data;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Word offset into {@link data_buffer} where the first contact of `slot`
-     * begins. Subsequent contacts within the slot are at
-     * `offset + c * CONTACT_STRIDE`.
-     * @param {number} slot
-     * @returns {number}
-     */
-    slot_data_offset(slot) {
-        return slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Advance touched flags by one frame and evict slots that have been
-     * untouched for {@link DEFAULT_GRACE} consecutive frames.
-     */
-    advance_frame() {
-        // Iterate live slots backwards so swap-with-last during release doesn't
-        // skip indices.
-        for (let i = this.__live_count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-            const slot = this.__live_slots[i];
-            const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
-            let packed = this.__meta[meta_off + 2];
-
-            const was_touched = (packed & FLAG_TOUCHED) !== 0;
-            // Roll touched → prev_touched, clear touched.
-            if (was_touched) {
-                packed = (packed & ~FLAG_PREV_TOUCHED) | FLAG_PREV_TOUCHED;
-                packed &= ~FLAG_TOUCHED;
-                // Reset grace.
-                packed &= ~(GRACE_MASK << GRACE_SHIFT);
-                this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = packed;
-            } else {
-                // Bump grace.
-                const grace = ((packed >>> GRACE_SHIFT) & GRACE_MASK) + 1;
-                packed &= ~FLAG_PREV_TOUCHED;
-                packed &= ~(GRACE_MASK << GRACE_SHIFT);
-                packed |= (grace & GRACE_MASK) << GRACE_SHIFT;
-                this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = packed;
-
-                if (grace >= DEFAULT_GRACE) {
-                    this.__release_slot(slot);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @private
-     * @returns {number} newly-allocated slot id
-     */
-    __allocate_slot() {
-        let slot;
-        if (this.__free_count > 0) {
-            slot = this.__heap_pop();
-        } else {
-            if (this.__high_water === this.__capacity) {
-                this.__grow();
-            }
-            slot = this.__high_water++;
-        }
-        const pos = this.__live_count++;
-        this.__live_slots[pos] = slot;
-        this.__live_pos[slot] = pos;
-        return slot;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @private
-     * @param {number} slot
-     */
-    __release_slot(slot) {
-        const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
-        const idA = this.__meta[meta_off];
-        const idB = this.__meta[meta_off + 1];
-
-        this.__pair_index.delete(idA, idB);
-
-        // Remove from dense live list (swap with last).
-        const pos = this.__live_pos[slot];
-        const last_pos = --this.__live_count;
-        if (pos !== last_pos) {
-            const swapped = this.__live_slots[last_pos];
-            this.__live_slots[pos] = swapped;
-            this.__live_pos[swapped] = pos;
-        }
-        this.__live_pos[slot] = -1;
-
-        this.__heap_push(slot);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @private
-     */
-    __grow() {
-        const new_capacity = this.__capacity << 1;
-        this.__capacity = new_capacity;
-
-        const grow_f64 = (a, stride) => {
-            const n = new Float64Array(new_capacity * stride);
-            n.set(a);
-            return n;
-        };
-        const grow_u32 = (a, stride) => {
-            const n = new Uint32Array(new_capacity * stride);
-            n.set(a);
-            return n;
-        };
-
-        this.__data = grow_f64(this.__data, SLOT_DATA_STRIDE);
-        this.__meta = grow_u32(this.__meta, SLOT_META_STRIDE);
-
-        const next_live = new Uint32Array(new_capacity);
-        next_live.set(this.__live_slots);
-        this.__live_slots = next_live;
-
-        const next_live_pos = new Int32Array(new_capacity);
-        next_live_pos.set(this.__live_pos);
-        next_live_pos.fill(-1, this.__live_pos.length);
-        this.__live_pos = next_live_pos;
-
-        const next_free = new Uint32Array(new_capacity);
-        next_free.set(this.__free_heap);
-        this.__free_heap = next_free;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @private
-     * @param {number} v
-     */
-    __heap_push(v) {
-        const heap = this.__free_heap;
-        let i = this.__free_count++;
-        heap[i] = v;
-        while (i > 0) {
-            const parent = (i - 1) >>> 1;
-            if (heap[parent] > heap[i]) {
-                const tmp = heap[parent];
-                heap[parent] = heap[i];
-                heap[i] = tmp;
-                i = parent;
-            } else break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @private
-     * @returns {number}
-     */
-    __heap_pop() {
-        const heap = this.__free_heap;
-        const result = heap[0];
-        const new_count = --this.__free_count;
-        if (new_count > 0) {
-            heap[0] = heap[new_count];
-            let i = 0;
-            while (true) {
-                const l = (i << 1) + 1;
-                const r = l + 1;
-                let smallest = i;
-                if (l < new_count && heap[l] < heap[smallest]) smallest = l;
-                if (r < new_count && heap[r] < heap[smallest]) smallest = r;
-                if (smallest === i) break;
-                const tmp = heap[i];
-                heap[i] = heap[smallest];
-                heap[smallest] = tmp;
-                i = smallest;
-            }
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-}
+import { assert } from "../../../core/assert.js";
+import { PAIR_UINT32_MAP_ABSENT, PairUint32Map } from "../../../core/collection/PairUint32Map.js";
+
+/**
+ * Maximum contact points per manifold. Four is the universal industry choice
+ * (Bullet's btPersistentManifold, Box2D, Jolt) — enough to express stable
+ * face-on-face contact, small enough to fit inertia-driven solver passes.
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+export const MAX_CONTACTS_PER_MANIFOLD = 4;
+
+/**
+ * Per-contact field stride in the data Float64Array.
+ *
+ * Layout per contact (all world-space):
+ *   0..2  : world_a    (contact point on body A's surface)
+ *   3..5  : world_b    (contact point on body B's surface)
+ *   6..8  : normal_w   (from B toward A)
+ *   9     : depth      (positive = penetration, negative = speculative gap)
+ *   10    : j_n        (accumulated normal impulse, warm-start)
+ *   11    : j_t1       (accumulated tangent impulse, axis 1)
+ *   12    : j_t2       (accumulated tangent impulse, axis 2)
+ *   13    : feature_id (uint32 packed as f64 — stable cross-frame ID of the
+ *                       geometric feature pair that produced this contact;
+ *                       0 means "no info, fall back to position matching")
+ *
+ * Solver uses `(world_a + world_b) * 0.5` as the application point; storing
+ * both surface points enables the per-frame warm-start matcher in the
+ * narrowphase to compare contact-point positions when feature_id is 0.
+ *
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+export const CONTACT_STRIDE = 14;
+
+/**
+ * Per-contact feature_id offset within {@link CONTACT_STRIDE}.
+ * Exposed for the narrowphase matcher; solver code does not read this.
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+export const CONTACT_FEATURE_ID_OFFSET = 13;
+
+/**
+ * Per-slot Float64 stride: room for {@link MAX_CONTACTS_PER_MANIFOLD} contacts.
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+export const SLOT_DATA_STRIDE = CONTACT_STRIDE * MAX_CONTACTS_PER_MANIFOLD;
+
+/**
+ * Per-slot meta stride in the Uint32 meta buffer:
+ *   0 : bodyA
+ *   1 : bodyB
+ *   2 : packed = count(0..3) | touched(bit 4) | prev_touched(bit 5) | grace(bits 6..13)
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+const SLOT_META_STRIDE = 3;
+
+const FLAG_TOUCHED = 1 << 4;
+const FLAG_PREV_TOUCHED = 1 << 5;
+const COUNT_MASK = 0x0F;
+const GRACE_SHIFT = 6;
+const GRACE_MASK = 0xFF; // 8 bits
+
+/**
+ * Number of consecutive frames a manifold may stay untouched before eviction.
+ * Two frames of grace lets a one-frame separation survive (jitter friendly)
+ * while still keeping the cache bounded.
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+const DEFAULT_GRACE = 2;
+
+/**
+ * Sentinel for "no slot".
+ * @type {number}
+ */
+export const MANIFOLD_SLOT_ABSENT = -1;
+
+const DEFAULT_INITIAL_CAPACITY = 64;
+
+/**
+ * Persistent contact-manifold cache keyed by canonical body-id pairs.
+ *
+ * Owns:
+ *  - the SoA `Float64Array` of contact points (per-slot stride 52),
+ *  - the small meta `Uint32Array` (bodyA, bodyB, packed flags + count),
+ *  - a {@link PairUint32Map} from `(idA, idB)` to slot id,
+ *  - a dense `__live_slots` array of currently-allocated slot ids,
+ *  - a min-heap-free-stack of released slot ids so reuse is deterministic.
+ *
+ * Lifecycle per simulation step:
+ *  1. Broadphase calls {@link acquire} for every encountered pair, which marks
+ *     each touched slot as "fresh this frame".
+ *  2. Narrowphase fills in contact points via {@link set_contact} /
+ *     {@link clear_contacts}.
+ *  3. End-of-step calls {@link advance_frame} to roll touched → prev_touched
+ *     and evict slots that have been untouched for {@link DEFAULT_GRACE}
+ *     consecutive frames.
+ *
+ * @author Alex Goldring
+ * @copyright Company Named Limited (c) 2026
+ */
+export class ManifoldStore {
+
+    /**
+     * @param {number} [initial_capacity] slots
+     */
+    constructor(initial_capacity = DEFAULT_INITIAL_CAPACITY) {
+        assert.isNonNegativeInteger(initial_capacity, 'initial_capacity');
+        this.__capacity = Math.max(4, initial_capacity);
+        this.__high_water = 0;
+
+        this.__data = new Float64Array(this.__capacity * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE);
+        this.__meta = new Uint32Array(this.__capacity * SLOT_META_STRIDE);
+
+        // Per-slot cached GJK separating-axis seed (3 floats / slot).
+        // Hot-path GJK callers thread `slot_axis_buffer` +
+        // `slot_axis_offset(slot)` into `gjk_with_axis(...)` so the
+        // cached axis seeds the next frame's iteration. Initialised to
+        // zeros — the `gjk_with_axis` guard catches that and uses
+        // (1, 0, 0) as the cold-start fallback.
+        this.__slot_axis = new Float64Array(this.__capacity * 3);
+
+        this.__pair_index = new PairUint32Map(this.__capacity * 2);
+
+        // Dense list of currently-allocated slot ids + reverse map.
+        this.__live_slots = new Uint32Array(this.__capacity);
+        this.__live_pos = new Int32Array(this.__capacity);
+        this.__live_pos.fill(-1);
+        this.__live_count = 0;
+
+        // Min-heap of released slot ids.
+        this.__free_heap = new Uint32Array(this.__capacity);
+        this.__free_count = 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @returns {number} number of currently-live slots
+     */
+    get count() {
+        return this.__live_count;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @returns {number} total allocated slot capacity
+     */
+    get capacity() {
+        return this.__capacity;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Look up a slot by canonical pair. Caller is responsible for ordering
+     * `(idA, idB)` such that the same pair always hashes the same way.
+     *
+     * @param {number} idA
+     * @param {number} idB
+     * @returns {number} slot id or {@link MANIFOLD_SLOT_ABSENT}
+     */
+    find(idA, idB) {
+        const v = this.__pair_index.get(idA, idB);
+        return v === PAIR_UINT32_MAP_ABSENT ? MANIFOLD_SLOT_ABSENT : v;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Acquire a slot for the pair, creating one if absent, and mark it
+     * "touched this frame". Returns the slot id. Calling `acquire` twice in
+     * the same step on the same pair is a no-op for the second call.
+     *
+     * @param {number} idA
+     * @param {number} idB
+     * @returns {number} slot id
+     */
+    acquire(idA, idB) {
+        let slot = this.find(idA, idB);
+        if (slot === MANIFOLD_SLOT_ABSENT) {
+            slot = this.__allocate_slot();
+            const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
+            this.__meta[meta_off] = idA;
+            this.__meta[meta_off + 1] = idB;
+            this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = 0; // count=0, no flags, grace=0
+            // Zero the contact data — important so a recycled slot's warm-start
+            // impulses don't leak across pair identities.
+            const data_off = slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE;
+            this.__data.fill(0, data_off, data_off + SLOT_DATA_STRIDE);
+            // Zero the cached GJK axis. A stale axis from a previously
+            // released pair would mislead `gjk_with_axis` on this fresh
+            // pair; resetting to (0, 0, 0) hits the cold-start guard.
+            const axis_off = slot * 3;
+            this.__slot_axis[axis_off]     = 0;
+            this.__slot_axis[axis_off + 1] = 0;
+            this.__slot_axis[axis_off + 2] = 0;
+
+            this.__pair_index.set(idA, idB, slot);
+        }
+        const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
+        // Set touched bit, clear grace.
+        let packed = this.__meta[meta_off + 2];
+        packed |= FLAG_TOUCHED;
+        packed &= ~(GRACE_MASK << GRACE_SHIFT);
+        this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = packed;
+        return slot;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @returns {number} body A id stored at this slot
+     */
+    bodyA(slot) {
+        return this.__meta[slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @returns {number}
+     */
+    bodyB(slot) {
+        return this.__meta[slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE + 1];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @returns {number} 0..MAX_CONTACTS_PER_MANIFOLD
+     */
+    contact_count(slot) {
+        return this.__meta[slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE + 2] & COUNT_MASK;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @returns {boolean}
+     */
+    is_touched(slot) {
+        return (this.__meta[slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE + 2] & FLAG_TOUCHED) !== 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @returns {boolean}
+     */
+    was_touched_prev(slot) {
+        return (this.__meta[slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE + 2] & FLAG_PREV_TOUCHED) !== 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Iterate the dense list of currently-live slots without going through
+     * the pair map. `i` ranges `[0, count)`.
+     * @param {number} i
+     * @returns {number}
+     */
+    live_at(i) {
+        return this.__live_slots[i];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Clear the contact list for a slot (counts go to zero, warm-start
+     * impulses also reset). Used when narrowphase determines the pair is
+     * separated this frame.
+     * @param {number} slot
+     */
+    clear_contacts(slot) {
+        const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
+        this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = this.__meta[meta_off + 2] & ~COUNT_MASK;
+
+        const data_off = slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE;
+        this.__data.fill(0, data_off, data_off + SLOT_DATA_STRIDE);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reset the contact count to zero so the next `set_contact(slot, 0, …)`
+     * lands at index 0, but DO NOT zero the data slab. Warm-start impulses
+     * (`j_n`, `j_t1`, `j_t2`) at each contact slot survive — the subsequent
+     * `set_contact` calls only overwrite the first 10 floats (position,
+     * normal, depth) per contact.
+     *
+     * Use this when narrowphase determines the pair still has overlap and
+     * is about to refill the slot with the new frame's contacts. Use
+     * {@link clear_contacts} instead when the pair has genuinely separated
+     * and the cached impulses should be evicted.
+     *
+     * @param {number} slot
+     */
+    begin_refill(slot) {
+        const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
+        this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = this.__meta[meta_off + 2] & ~COUNT_MASK;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write a contact point into a slot. Increments contact_count if `idx`
+     * exceeds the current count.
+     *
+     * Writes geometry (offsets 0..9) and the feature_id at offset 13.
+     * Deliberately does NOT touch the warm-start impulse fields (offsets
+     * 10..12) — the narrowphase match-and-merge pass uses this to refill
+     * a slot while preserving the cached impulses that the solver's
+     * warm-start needs.
+     *
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @param {number} idx contact index in `[0, MAX_CONTACTS_PER_MANIFOLD)`
+     * @param {number} lax
+     * @param {number} lay
+     * @param {number} laz
+     * @param {number} lbx
+     * @param {number} lby
+     * @param {number} lbz
+     * @param {number} nx normal world x (B toward A)
+     * @param {number} ny
+     * @param {number} nz
+     * @param {number} depth
+     * @param {number} feature_id stable cross-frame identifier of the
+     *   geometric feature pair that produced this contact; 0 means
+     *   "no info, fall back to position matching"
+     */
+    set_contact(slot, idx, lax, lay, laz, lbx, lby, lbz, nx, ny, nz, depth, feature_id = 0) {
+        const off = slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE;
+        this.__data[off] = lax;
+        this.__data[off + 1] = lay;
+        this.__data[off + 2] = laz;
+        this.__data[off + 3] = lbx;
+        this.__data[off + 4] = lby;
+        this.__data[off + 5] = lbz;
+        this.__data[off + 6] = nx;
+        this.__data[off + 7] = ny;
+        this.__data[off + 8] = nz;
+        this.__data[off + 9] = depth;
+        // j_n, j_t1, j_t2 (offsets 10..12) are warm-start; preserved across calls.
+        this.__data[off + 13] = feature_id;
+
+        const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
+        const count_now = this.__meta[meta_off + 2] & COUNT_MASK;
+        if (idx + 1 > count_now) {
+            this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = (this.__meta[meta_off + 2] & ~COUNT_MASK) | (idx + 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Zero the warm-start impulse fields (j_n, j_t1, j_t2) for one contact
+     * index inside a slot. Called by the narrowphase match-and-merge pass
+     * after writing a candidate that did NOT match any prior-frame contact:
+     * the geometry at this index is "new" and inheriting impulses from
+     * whatever happened to be cached at this index last frame would
+     * destabilise the solver.
+     *
+     * Distinct from {@link clear_contacts} (which wipes the entire slot's
+     * data slab including geometry) — `clear_impulses` only touches the
+     * three impulse fields at one contact index, leaving the geometric
+     * fields and feature_id intact.
+     *
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @param {number} idx
+     */
+    clear_impulses(slot, idx) {
+        const off = slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE;
+        this.__data[off + 10] = 0;
+        this.__data[off + 11] = 0;
+        this.__data[off + 12] = 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read the feature_id stored at one contact within a slot.
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @param {number} idx
+     * @returns {number}
+     */
+    feature_id_of(slot, idx) {
+        return this.__data[slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE + 13];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Read a contact point. Writes 10 floats: lax, lay, laz, lbx, lby, lbz, nx, ny, nz, depth.
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @param {number} idx
+     * @param {number[]|Float64Array} out
+     * @param {number} out_offset
+     */
+    get_contact(slot, idx, out, out_offset) {
+        const off = slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE;
+        for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            out[out_offset + i] = this.__data[off + i];
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the contact-normal world x component for a given contact.
+     * Provided for testability without exposing the raw Float64Array view.
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @param {number} idx
+     * @returns {number}
+     */
+    contact_normal_x(slot, idx) {
+        return this.__data[slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE + 6];
+    }
+
+    /** @param {number} slot @param {number} idx @returns {number} */
+    contact_normal_y(slot, idx) {
+        return this.__data[slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE + 7];
+    }
+
+    /** @param {number} slot @param {number} idx @returns {number} */
+    contact_normal_z(slot, idx) {
+        return this.__data[slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE + 8];
+    }
+
+    /** @param {number} slot @param {number} idx @returns {number} */
+    contact_depth(slot, idx) {
+        return this.__data[slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE + idx * CONTACT_STRIDE + 9];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Raw contact-point buffer. Hot-path solver code dereferences this
+     * directly via {@link slot_data_offset} + {@link CONTACT_STRIDE} to avoid
+     * per-field accessor overhead. Buffer identity is stable until grow.
+     * @returns {Float64Array}
+     */
+    get data_buffer() {
+        return this.__data;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Per-slot cached GJK separating axis buffer. Hot-path GJK callers
+     * pass this together with {@link slot_axis_offset} to
+     * `gjk_with_axis(...)` so the cached axis seeds the next iteration.
+     * Buffer identity is stable until grow.
+     * @returns {Float64Array}
+     */
+    get slot_axis_buffer() {
+        return this.__slot_axis;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Float offset into {@link slot_axis_buffer} where this slot's
+     * cached axis lives (3 floats: x, y, z).
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @returns {number}
+     */
+    slot_axis_offset(slot) {
+        return slot * 3;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Word offset into {@link data_buffer} where the first contact of `slot`
+     * begins. Subsequent contacts within the slot are at
+     * `offset + c * CONTACT_STRIDE`.
+     * @param {number} slot
+     * @returns {number}
+     */
+    slot_data_offset(slot) {
+        return slot * SLOT_DATA_STRIDE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Advance touched flags by one frame and evict slots that have been
+     * untouched for {@link DEFAULT_GRACE} consecutive frames.
+     */
+    advance_frame() {
+        // Iterate live slots backwards so swap-with-last during release doesn't
+        // skip indices.
+        for (let i = this.__live_count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            const slot = this.__live_slots[i];
+            const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
+            let packed = this.__meta[meta_off + 2];
+
+            const was_touched = (packed & FLAG_TOUCHED) !== 0;
+            // Roll touched → prev_touched, clear touched.
+            if (was_touched) {
+                packed = (packed & ~FLAG_PREV_TOUCHED) | FLAG_PREV_TOUCHED;
+                packed &= ~FLAG_TOUCHED;
+                // Reset grace.
+                packed &= ~(GRACE_MASK << GRACE_SHIFT);
+                this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = packed;
+            } else {
+                // Bump grace.
+                const grace = ((packed >>> GRACE_SHIFT) & GRACE_MASK) + 1;
+                packed &= ~FLAG_PREV_TOUCHED;
+                packed &= ~(GRACE_MASK << GRACE_SHIFT);
+                packed |= (grace & GRACE_MASK) << GRACE_SHIFT;
+                this.__meta[meta_off + 2] = packed;
+
+                if (grace >= DEFAULT_GRACE) {
+                    this.__release_slot(slot);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @returns {number} newly-allocated slot id
+     */
+    __allocate_slot() {
+        let slot;
+        if (this.__free_count > 0) {
+            slot = this.__heap_pop();
+        } else {
+            if (this.__high_water === this.__capacity) {
+                this.__grow();
+            }
+            slot = this.__high_water++;
+        }
+        const pos = this.__live_count++;
+        this.__live_slots[pos] = slot;
+        this.__live_pos[slot] = pos;
+        return slot;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @param {number} slot
+     */
+    __release_slot(slot) {
+        const meta_off = slot * SLOT_META_STRIDE;
+        const idA = this.__meta[meta_off];
+        const idB = this.__meta[meta_off + 1];
+
+        this.__pair_index.delete(idA, idB);
+
+        // Remove from dense live list (swap with last).
+        const pos = this.__live_pos[slot];
+        const last_pos = --this.__live_count;
+        if (pos !== last_pos) {
+            const swapped = this.__live_slots[last_pos];
+            this.__live_slots[pos] = swapped;
+            this.__live_pos[swapped] = pos;
+        }
+        this.__live_pos[slot] = -1;
+
+        this.__heap_push(slot);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     */
+    __grow() {
+        const new_capacity = this.__capacity << 1;
+        this.__capacity = new_capacity;
+
+        const grow_f64 = (a, stride) => {
+            const n = new Float64Array(new_capacity * stride);
+            n.set(a);
+            return n;
+        };
+        const grow_u32 = (a, stride) => {
+            const n = new Uint32Array(new_capacity * stride);
+            n.set(a);
+            return n;
+        };
+
+        this.__data = grow_f64(this.__data, SLOT_DATA_STRIDE);
+        this.__meta = grow_u32(this.__meta, SLOT_META_STRIDE);
+        this.__slot_axis = grow_f64(this.__slot_axis, 3);
+
+        const next_live = new Uint32Array(new_capacity);
+        next_live.set(this.__live_slots);
+        this.__live_slots = next_live;
+
+        const next_live_pos = new Int32Array(new_capacity);
+        next_live_pos.set(this.__live_pos);
+        next_live_pos.fill(-1, this.__live_pos.length);
+        this.__live_pos = next_live_pos;
+
+        const next_free = new Uint32Array(new_capacity);
+        next_free.set(this.__free_heap);
+        this.__free_heap = next_free;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @param {number} v
+     */
+    __heap_push(v) {
+        const heap = this.__free_heap;
+        let i = this.__free_count++;
+        heap[i] = v;
+        while (i > 0) {
+            const parent = (i - 1) >>> 1;
+            if (heap[parent] > heap[i]) {
+                const tmp = heap[parent];
+                heap[parent] = heap[i];
+                heap[i] = tmp;
+                i = parent;
+            } else break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @returns {number}
+     */
+    __heap_pop() {
+        const heap = this.__free_heap;
+        const result = heap[0];
+        const new_count = --this.__free_count;
+        if (new_count > 0) {
+            heap[0] = heap[new_count];
+            let i = 0;
+            while (true) {
+                const l = (i << 1) + 1;
+                const r = l + 1;
+                let smallest = i;
+                if (l < new_count && heap[l] < heap[smallest]) smallest = l;
+                if (r < new_count && heap[r] < heap[smallest]) smallest = r;
+                if (smallest === i) break;
+                const tmp = heap[i];
+                heap[i] = heap[smallest];
+                heap[smallest] = tmp;
+                i = smallest;
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}