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| author | JF Bastien <jfb@chromium.org> | 2015-06-08 19:46:46 +0200 |
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| committer | JF Bastien <jfb@chromium.org> | 2015-06-08 19:46:46 +0200 |
| commit | 34c726663829d4e87f0129ea3c1213aa44a132d8 (patch) | |
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| download | nanowasm-design-34c726663829d4e87f0129ea3c1213aa44a132d8.tar.gz | |
Un-bullet the text format.
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diff --git a/TextFormat.md b/TextFormat.md index 1ce2bb4..0a64157 100644 --- a/TextFormat.md +++ b/TextFormat.md @@ -7,16 +7,19 @@ The purpose of this text format is to support: (which is necessarily the case with the MVP). * Writing WebAssembly code directly for reasons including pedagogical, experimental, debugging, optimization, and testing of the spec itself. -* The text format is equivalent and isomorphic to the - [binary format](BinaryEncoding.md). -* The text format will be standardized, but only for tooling purposes: - * Compilers will support this format for `.S` and inline assembly. - * Debuggers and profilers will present binary code using this textual format. - * Browsers will not parse the textual format on regular web content in order - to implement WebAssembly semantics. -* Given that the code representation is actually an - [Abstract Syntax Tree](ASTSemantics.md), the syntax would contain nested - statements and expressions (instead of the linear list of instructions most - assembly languages have). -* There is no requirement to use JavaScript syntax; this format is not intended - to be evaluated or translated directly into JavaScript. + +The text format is equivalent and isomorphic to the [binary format](BinaryEncoding.md). + +The text format will be standardized, but only for tooling purposes: +* Compilers will support this format for `.S` and inline assembly. +* Debuggers and profilers will present binary code using this textual format. +* Browsers will not parse the textual format on regular web content in order to + implement WebAssembly semantics. + +Given that the code representation is actually an +[Abstract Syntax Tree](ASTSemantics.md), the syntax would contain nested +statements and expressions (instead of the linear list of instructions most +assembly languages have). + +There is no requirement to use JavaScript syntax; this format is not intended to +be evaluated or translated directly into JavaScript. |