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[GR-53477] Implement WebAssembly/ES Module Integration #850

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fniephaus opened this issue Sep 26, 2024 · 0 comments
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[GR-53477] Implement WebAssembly/ES Module Integration #850

fniephaus opened this issue Sep 26, 2024 · 0 comments
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fniephaus commented Sep 26, 2024

TL;DR

We plan to implement WebAssembly/ES Module Integration in GraalJS. This allows WebAssembly modules to be imported similarly to ES modules to improve the ergonomics of WebAssembly module instantiation.

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Currently, there is an imperative JS API for instantiating WebAssembly modules. This requires users to manually fetch a module file, wire up imports, and run WebAssembly.instantiate or WebAssembly.instantiateStreaming.

A declarative API would improve the ergonomics by making this work happen implicitly.

import { foo } from "./myModule.wasm";
foo();

Then by integrating with Source Phase Imports, arbitrary instantiations with custom imports can still be supported.

import source myModule from "./myModule.wasm";

const { foo: foo1 } = new WebAssembly.Instance(myModule, { ...imports1 });
foo1();

const { foo: foo2 } = new WebAssembly.Instance(myModule, { ...imports2 });
foo2();

For dynamically loaded modules, dynamic import() integration is also supported for both phases.

const { foo: foo1 } = await import("./myModule.wasm");

const myModule = await import.source("./myModule.wasm");
const { foo: foo2 } = await WebAssembly.instantiate(myModule, { ...imports });
  • Stage 1: Source Phase Imports (import source fibMod from "./fib.wasm)
  • Stage 2: Evaluation Phase Imports (import { fib } from "./fib.wasm)
@fniephaus fniephaus added the proposal ECMAScript Proposals label Sep 26, 2024
@fniephaus fniephaus changed the title Implement WebAssembly/ES Module Integration [GR-53477] Implement WebAssembly/ES Module Integration Sep 26, 2024
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