WebAssembly / WebAssembly/wasi-libc

Keep/separate out a list of symbols that are only stubs

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Description

Probably one of the biggest headaches in keeping CPython compatible with WASI is tracking the stubs that suddenly turn on "new" functionality thanks to configure discovering the new symbol. Having a list of the stubs (or https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasi-libc/blob/main/expected/wasm32-wasip2/defined-symbols.txt somehow delineating what are stubs) would be great as I can then turn off those function explicitly in the config.site file.

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Read the expected/wasm32-wasip2/defined-symbols.txt file and examine how configure discovers symbols and how config.site can disable them. Determine how a separate or marked stub list should represent those symbols, with completion defined as a reliable list that supports explicit config.site exclusions for CPython compatibility.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, wasm
Domain
build-system, operating-systems
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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