While compilers should be conservative when targeting WebAssembly Core
features, runtimes should be lenient as otherwise people need to
constantly turn on all features. Currently, most examples have to turn
on 2.0 features because compilers such as AssemblyScript and TinyGo use
them by default. This matches the policy with the reality, and should
make first time use easier.
This top-levels an internal type as `api.CoreFeatures` and defaults to
2.0 as opposed to 1.0, our previous default. This is less cluttered than
the excess of `WithXXX` methods we had prior to implementing all
planned WebAssembly Core Specification 1.0 features.
Finally, this backfills rationale as flat config types were a distinct
decision even if feature set selection muddied the topic.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Cole <adrian@tetrate.io>
Rather than clutter both the README and home page with details that can
drift and have caused maintenance, this directs users to the tested
basic example.
This also adds a FAQ entry about TinyGo's main, thanks to @basvanbeek
for the help.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Cole <adrian@tetrate.io>
This drops the text format (%.wat) and renames
InstantiateModuleFromCode to InstantiateModuleFromBinary as it is no
longer ambiguous.
We decided to stop supporting the text format as it isn't typically used
in production, yet costs a lot of work to develop. Given the resources
available and the increased work added with WebAssembly 2.0 and soon
WASI 2, we can't afford to spend the time on it.
The old parser is used only internally and will eventually be moved to
its own repository named watzero, possibly towards archival.
See #59
Signed-off-by: Adrian Cole <adrian@tetrate.io>
This removes tedium in our examples and docs by using `Runtime.Close`
instead of tracking everything. Internal tests still track too much, but
anyway at least this stops suggesting others should do it.
This also changes our examples to use log.PanicXX so that the line
number goes into the console output.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Cole <adrian@tetrate.io>
This prepares for exposing operations like Memory.Grow while keeping the
ability to trace what did that, by adding a `context.Context` initial
parameter. This adds this to all API methods that mutate or return
mutated data.
Before, we made a change to trace functions and general lifecycle
commands, but we missed this part. Ex. We track functions, but can't
track what closed the module, changed memory or a mutable constant.
Changing to do this now is not only more consistent, but helps us
optimize at least the interpreter to help users identify otherwise
opaque code that can cause harm. This is critical before we add more
functions that can cause harm, such as Memory.Grow.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Cole <adrian@tetrate.io>
This is an API breaking change that does a few things:
* Stop encouraging practice that can break context propagation:
* Stops caching `context.Context` in `wazero.RuntimeConfig`
* Stops caching `context.Context` in `api.Module`
* Fixes context propagation in function calls:
* Changes `api.Function`'s arg0 from `api.Module` to `context.Context`
* Adds `context.Context` parameter in instantiation (propagates to
.start)
* Allows context propagation for heavy operations like compile:
* Adds `context.Context` as the initial parameter of `CompileModule`
The design we had earlier was a good start, but this is the only way to
ensure coherence when users start correlating or tracing. While adding a
`context.Context` parameter may seem difficult, wazero is a low-level
library and WebAssembly is notoriously difficult to troubleshoot. In
other words, it will be easier to explain to users to pass (even nil) as
the context parameter vs try to figure out things without coherent
context.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Cole <adrian@tetrate.io>
Before, we tested the examples/ directory using "ExampleXX", but this is
not ideal because it literally embeds the call to `main` into example
godoc output. This stops doing that for a different infrastructure.
This also makes sure there's a godoc example for both the main package
and wasi, so that people looking at https://pkg.go.dev see something and
also a link to our real examples directory.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Cole <adrian@tetrate.io>
