Re:WebAssembly Browser Preview
by bluejekyll on Monday October 31, 2016 @07:36PM
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Thanks for all the hard work! This is really excellent.
I know this is marked as "future", but is there any progress on exposing the DOM? That's something I'm personally really excited for.
It's something we've discussed on various occasions, usually after in-person meetings. So far it has not been the highest priority additional feature, since one can always FFI to JS in the mean time, so that gives us some breathing room to see how usage patterns develop before committing to a potentially large new API surface. A step along that path is just the ability to refer to JS and other objects directly through opaque typed references, and that is more likely to happen sooner rather than later.
Re:WebAssembly Browser Preview
by nickthemagicman on Monday October 31, 2016 @09:34PM
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Thanks much for yalls work and vision on this!! Looking forward to the possibilities this opens up!
We'd like to say that we're incredibly excited to keep moving WebAssembly forward, and that's in large part due to the amazingly collaborative model that all of the vendors have put together through interpersonal relationships and shared vision.
Please scrutinize and comment on the design, bang on the tools, and give us feedback! Maybe try writing a codegen or tinkering with the existing tools. Try porting an app or a game. If all goes well, this is what the vendors have agreed to ship at the beginning of next year, so we want to be absolutely sure that it's something solid that others can build on top of.
This is also not the end of the evolution for WebAssembly, since there is a pipeline of features planned that go beyond the MVP (minimal viable product), well into next year and after. The web and the working group is the place to experiment with and perfect those details going forward.
It's an exciting time for the future of the web!
Thanks, - TL on the V8 side