WebAssembly / WebAssembly/binaryen
Support GC to non-GC conversion
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Description
Hi,
As far as I know, a few GCed languages/platform are working on WASM support by leveraging the GC proposal:
C#/.NET could be a candidate as well but per @SteveSandersonMS feedback it seems it is not using the GC proposal yet.
For now only V8 supports Wasm GC, while Wasm engines with great WASI support like Wamstime does not support it.
Since GC is not straightforward to implement for Wasm engines, I am wondering if Binaryen could implement behind a flag GC to non GC conversion in order to ease adoption of GCed languages with WASI for Cloud/Edge use cases. I guess that would include typed function references emulation.
Would such kind of compatibility conversion make sense as part of Binaryen?
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This issue does not name files, tests, or an entry point. Start by investigating Binaryen's support for Wasm GC and typed function references, then compare the requested conversion with the GC proposal and WASI engine constraints. Done would require a defined compatibility scope, implementation plan, and agreed validation criteria.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- wasm
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100