WebAssembly / WebAssembly/tool-conventions

Linking.md should mention relocations must appear in offset order

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Description

Hello,

Still working on my compiler I was emitting relocations in arbitrary offset order and got the error using wasm-ld.

I think it should be mentioned in Linking.md. I will try to make a small PR when I have the time. :)

Cheers.

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Open Linking.md and locate the guidance on relocations. Document that relocations must appear in offset order, using the wasm-ld error described in the issue as context. Done when the requirement is stated clearly in the appropriate section.

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Tech stack
wasm
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documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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