WebAssembly / WebAssembly/WASI

Ownership model for streams is not clear.

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Description

When reading from a stream, it seems that the list that is returned from a stream is owned by the caller, but that is not clearly spelled out in the documentation.

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Research direction

Start with the documentation describing reading from a stream and determine where ownership of the returned list is specified. Clarify whether the caller owns that list, and consider the documentation complete when the ownership rule is explicit.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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