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| author | Brad Nelson <flagxor@gmail.com> | 2016-10-27 20:58:36 -0700 |
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| committer | Seth Thompson <s3th.thompson@gmail.com> | 2016-10-27 20:58:36 -0700 |
| commit | 93e4e3b2d27884bf0cc989bed4f1161074804ada (patch) | |
| tree | 33fd57fb3056744ef198051a8a660afc4601178d /JS.md | |
| parent | cad0ea9ed5f0ac1dda62abe2c66d0a38ff8c104d (diff) | |
| download | nanowasm-design-93e4e3b2d27884bf0cc989bed4f1161074804ada.tar.gz | |
Tagging future features with icon. (#839)
Added brief item on multiple return.
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@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@ # JavaScript API In the [MVP](MVP.md), the only way to access WebAssembly on the Web is through -an explicit JS API which is defined below. (In the future, WebAssembly may also +an explicit JS API which is defined below. +(In the [future :unicorn:][future general], WebAssembly may also be loaded and run directly from an HTML `<script type='module'>` tag—and any other Web API that loads ES6 modules via URL—as part of [ES6 Module integration](Modules.md#integration-with-es6-modules).) -*Note: current experimental WebAssembly implementations expose a single -all-in-one function `Wasm.instantiateModule(bytes, imports)` which is used -by the current [demo](http://webassembly.github.io/demo). This function is -basically equivalent to -`new WebAssembly.Instance(new WebAssembly.Module(bytes), imports)` -as defined below and will be removed at some point in the future.* - ## Traps Whenever WebAssembly semantics specify a [trap](Semantics.md#traps), @@ -90,7 +84,7 @@ The asynchronous compilation is logically performed on a copy of the state of the given `BufferSource` captured during the call to `compile`; subsequent mutations of the `BufferSource` after `compile` return do not affect ongoing compilations. -In the [future](FutureFeatures.md#streaming-compilation), this function can be +In the [future :unicorn:][future streaming], this function can be extended to accept a [stream](https://streams.spec.whatwg.org), thereby enabling asynchronous, background, streaming compilation. @@ -481,8 +475,7 @@ Let `element` be the result of calling [`Get`](http://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#se If `element` is not the string `"anyfunc"`, a [`TypeError`](https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-native-error-types-used-in-this-standard-typeerror) is thrown. (Note: this check is intended to be relaxed in the -[future](FutureFeatures.md#more-table-operators-and-types) to allow different -element types.) +[future :unicorn:][future types] to allow different element types.) Let `initial` be [`ToNonWrappingUint32`](#tononwrappinguint32)([`Get`](http://tc39.github.io/ecma262/#sec-get-o-p)(`tableDescriptor`, `"initial"`)). @@ -638,3 +631,7 @@ fetch('demo.wasm').then(response => * `WebAssembly.Module` `exports`/`imports` properties (reflection) * JS API for cyclic imports (perhaps a Promise-returning `WebAssembly.instantiate`?) + +[future general]: PostMVP.md +[future streaming]: FutureFeatures.md#streaming-compilation +[future types]: FutureFeatures.md#more-table-operators-and-types |
