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Re:Rust – Faster compilation with the parallel front-end in ... by insanitybit on Friday November 10, 2023 @03:01PM (#38223763)
It could, in theory. But build scripts can do arbitrary things so the wasm sandbox would need to allow for that.
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Re:Rust – Faster compilation with the parallel front-end in ... by adastra22 on Saturday November 11, 2023 @02:10PM (#38233453)
I think the whole point is to prevent build scripts from doing arbitrary things. The sandbox should give access to the source code being built, record changes to these files (and/or new files generated in the same directories), and that's about it.
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Re:Rust – Faster compilation with the parallel front-end in ... by insanitybit on Saturday November 11, 2023 @04:00PM (#38234455)
That's a cool idea but it would be a major breaking change. For proc-macros it's less of a major breaking change, though it is absolutely still one.
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