WebAssembly / WebAssembly/wabt
POSIX reserved names: *_t is reserved by POSIX
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Description
wasm2c uses _t everywhere, which is reserved by POSIX and should not be used. It'd be nice to fix this at some point, altho it is a breaking change.
Contributor guide
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 locating wasm2c and auditing where generated names use the POSIX-reserved *_t suffix. Review the scope of the breaking change and determine the complete naming surface; done means wasm2c no longer emits those reserved names, with the compatibility impact addressed.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100