WebAssembly / WebAssembly/binaryen
Can BinaryenTypeAuto be deprecated?
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Description
This magical type only exists in the C API. Does anyone use it for anything? If it were deprecated then we could use the Type id -1 for something else.
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Research direction
Start by examining the C API uses of BinaryenTypeAuto and whether any users depend on it. Determine whether deprecation is appropriate and how freeing Type id -1 would affect the API; the work is done when that decision and its consequences are documented or implemented.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, wasm
- Domain
- api, compilers
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100