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Re:Tell HN: We are trying to get tail calls into the WebAsse... by shadowofneptune on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @09:37AM (#32082527)
To avoid some classes of security issue, and also because it started much closer to asm.js in features, WASM uses structured programming control flow like blocks, if..then, and break statements. Functions can only be called by the call instruction right now, so this proposal is needed to jump to an function body.
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Re:Tell HN: We are trying to get tail calls into the WebAsse... by qorrect on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @04:44PM (#32088511)
Are you saying there is no goto in wasm ? Genuine question I don't have any knoweldge of WASM.
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Re:Tell HN: We are trying to get tail calls into the WebAsse... by miloignis on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @04:58PM (#32088670)
Yes, that is correct.
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