WebAssembly / WebAssembly/wabt

wasm2c: Optionally support #embed

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Description

Instead of merely emitting data segments as array initializers, it would be neat if we could (optionally) use #embed too.

Too bad offset(...) isn't standard so we'll need to emit separate files for each data segment.

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Research direction

Start by locating wasm2c's data-segment emission and checking how generated array initializers are written. Compare the optional #embed path with the note that offset(...) is nonstandard; done means data segments can be emitted through separate files without changing the default output.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, wasm
Domain
compilers, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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