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| author | titzer <titzer@google.com> | 2015-08-17 18:57:34 +0200 |
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| committer | titzer <titzer@google.com> | 2015-08-17 18:57:34 +0200 |
| commit | fbacd0afe371d1e728024b1541c8c6213d026a17 (patch) | |
| tree | 58c2f78331119bdbc08951c0adaa35200bff49d2 /BinaryEncoding.md | |
| parent | 21e8edcc945c4b7d9e961780606e647ff0e5f31b (diff) | |
| download | nanowasm-design-fbacd0afe371d1e728024b1541c8c6213d026a17.tar.gz | |
Add data segments to binary format
Add a description of data segments, which are a way that the binary module can load initialized data into memory, similar to a .data section.
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diff --git a/BinaryEncoding.md b/BinaryEncoding.md index f360d62..5b99321 100644 --- a/BinaryEncoding.md +++ b/BinaryEncoding.md @@ -98,8 +98,12 @@ Yes: * Type ID * Count of locals + The serialized AST + * A `data` section contains + - A sequence of byte ranges within the binary and corresponding addresses in the linear memory + All strings are encoded as null-terminated UTF8. +Data segments represent initialized data that is loaded directly from the binary into the linear memory when the program starts. ## Serialized AST |