WebAssembly / WebAssembly/WASI
Confusion about WASI's function types.
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Description
Why are the function types in the wasi API documentation different from the ones I actually compiled in wasm?
The fd_write function in the above document takes two parameters, but the following figure actually takes four.
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Research direction
Start by comparing the WASI API documentation for fd_write with the compiled wasm signature shown in the issue. Determine whether the difference needs an explanation or a documentation correction; done means the documented function types and their relationship to the compiled signature are clear and consistent.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- wasm
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100