feat(napi): support external deref/derefMut

crates/napi/src/bindgen_runtime/js_values/external.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-use std::any::TypeId;
+use std::{
+  any::TypeId,
+  ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
+};
 
 use crate::{check_status, Error, Status, TaggedObject};
 
@@ -73,6 +76,20 @@ impl<T: 'static> AsMut<T> for External<T> {
   }
 }
 
+impl<T: 'static> Deref for External<T> {
+  type Target = T;
+
+  fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+    self.as_ref()
+  }
+}
+
+impl<T: 'static> DerefMut for External<T> {
+  fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
+    self.as_mut()
+  }
+}
+
 impl<T: 'static> ToNapiValue for External<T> {
   unsafe fn to_napi_value(
     env: napi_sys::napi_env,

examples/napi/src/external.rs

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ pub fn create_external_string(content: String) -> External<String> {
 
 #[napi]
 pub fn get_external(external: External<u32>) -> u32 {
-  *external.as_ref()
+  *external
 }
 
 #[napi]
 pub fn mutate_external(mut external: External<u32>, new_val: u32) {
-  *external.as_mut() = new_val;
+  *external = new_val;
 }