Allow Subinterpreters on WASI/Emscripten Builds
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Description
Currently using multiple interpreters on WASI and Emscripten builds is disallowed. This is reflected in various places, including configure, the test suite, and the docs. I don't recall why the feature was disallowed (maybe confusion about a relationship with threads?), but there shouldn't be any need to disallow them.
CC @brettcannon
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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 tracing the subinterpreter restrictions in configure, the test suite, and the documentation for WASI and Emscripten builds. Confirm why the restriction exists and verify that multiple interpreters are allowed consistently across configuration, tests, and docs without conflating the feature with threads.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, wasm
- Domain
- build-system, documentation, testing
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100