patch circom_runtime to fix semaphore performance in same way that we fixed zk-eddsa-ticket-pcd

[ichub]

fixes https://linear.app/0xparc-pcd/issue/0XP-941/implement-snarkjs-performance-upgrades-for-semaphore-libraries

it's live on https://staging-ivan.zupass.org for testing

[rrrliu]

tested and works, one nit mostly out of curiosity and paranoia

[rrrliu]

how sure are we that 0 works and it just dynamically allocates correctly + efficiently?

testing seems to work but do you know if the underlying library actually makes the memory grow dynamically

[ichub]

If it doesn't work we can always revert. I am planning on doing more research on this in order to be able to confidently submit a PR to the actual repo. IMO based on the testing I've done this is pretty safe.

[artwyman]

Wow, patch-package is magical. Thanks @robknight for sharing the technique.

This was the kind of thing I was hoping for when I brought up the idea of monkeypatching for this issue (in real-world conversation not GitHub), drawing on my Python experience. This seems a sound approach for doing the same thing at build time, which is more reliable.