rust-lang / rust-lang/rustc_codegen_cranelift
Support unwinding on panics
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- Rust
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Description
Cranelift doesn't yet support unwinding: https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime/issues/1677
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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 reading the linked Wasmtime issue #1677, then investigate how this Cranelift-based rustc backend currently handles panics. Done means adding support for unwinding on panics, with the relevant behavior validated by the project's existing tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100