On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 10:19 PM Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote:
> Out of curiosity, how does pthreads handle this? I'd been under the > impression that importing the existing memory was required when > instantiating the module on each worker. > Yes you are correct, I think pthreads and dynamic linking are two situations where we would need to continue to use imported memory (and most likely imported table). > -- brion > > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 2:54 PM 'Sam Clegg' via emscripten-discuss < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I recently made a change to start exporting the table from the >> WebAssembly module: >> https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/pull/12296 >> >> I'm hoping to followup with a similar change for the WebAssembly memory >> (a.k.a `wasmMemory): >> https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/12315 >> >> If we go ahead with this change it will mean the WebAssembly module is in >> charge of creating and exporting the memory rather than JavaScript. One >> potential downside here is that it removes the ability to adjust the memory >> size and runtime, or supply your own memory (i.e. it removes the ability to >> set `wasmMemory` or `INITIAL_MEMORY` on the Module object. >> >> However there are many upsides to doing this: >> - Reduced JS size and complexity >> - Consistency with standalone more >> - WebAssembly is more self-contained >> - Easier to load and run emscripten-built WebAssembly modules in other >> environments. >> >> I'd like to found out how many developers out there are >> settings `wasmMemory` or `INITIAL_MEMORY` at runtime to see how likely it >> is that we might be able to make this switch. Is possible of course that >> we could support both modes.. although I would prefer not to. >> >> cheers, >> sam >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "emscripten-discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/emscripten-discuss/CAL_va2-fPnnf6bn8hBiETQLehyZ_TRWQOE2vSS9%3DQ7y2B1nd0g%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/emscripten-discuss/CAL_va2-fPnnf6bn8hBiETQLehyZ_TRWQOE2vSS9%3DQ7y2B1nd0g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "emscripten-discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/emscripten-discuss/CAFnWYT%3D11eBxve_vpnv1J3GvqvT-DeECZJbfv4wsVn8rm7Vd6A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/emscripten-discuss/CAFnWYT%3D11eBxve_vpnv1J3GvqvT-DeECZJbfv4wsVn8rm7Vd6A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "emscripten-discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/emscripten-discuss/CAL_va296exHryVbWi2LqRCbJs38U_%2BL9egz5aLNBXYKrnw51RQ%40mail.gmail.com.
