WebAssembly / WebAssembly/binaryen
--duplicate-function-elimination and "names" section
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Description
It is understandable that --duplicate-function-elimination removes debug info, as that isn't updated correctly. But does it need to remove the names section as well?
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing the implementation of --duplicate-function-elimination and how it handles the WebAssembly names section. Check the relevant optimizer behavior and any existing coverage to determine whether removing names is intentional; done means reaching a documented conclusion and, if it is incorrect, a focused change with regression coverage.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- wasm
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100