WebAssembly / WebAssembly/website

Document the compatability status of 4GB heap

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Description

After https://github.com/WebAssembly/spec/issues/1116, limit of max pages is updated to 65,536, but not all browser and runtimes have support of this feature, so it might worth to document somewhere for the compatability status.
Emscripten does not document the exact version of compatability status of 4GB heap in its docs.

Compatability status of browsers found yet:

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Research direction

Review WebAssembly spec issue #1116 and the cited Chrome, Firefox, and Safari sources, then inspect the website's existing documentation structure. Document the 4GB heap compatibility status and relevant runtime versions in the appropriate location; done when the information is published and covers the compatibility evidence identified in the issue.

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Assessment

Tech stack
wasm
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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