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This commit adds a new attribute to `#[wasm_bindgen]`: `start`. The `start` attribute can be used to indicate that a function should be executed when the module is loaded, configuring the `start` function of the wasm executable. While this doesn't necessarily literally configure the `start` section, it does its best! Only one crate in a crate graph may indicate `#[wasm_bindgen(start)]`, so it's not recommended to be used in libraries but only end-user applications. Currently this still must be used with the `crate-type = ["cdylib"]` annotation in `Cargo.toml`. The implementation here is somewhat tricky because of the circular dependency between our generated JS and the wasm file that we emit. This circular dependency makes running initialization routines (like the `start` shim) particularly fraught with complications because one may need to run before the other but bundlers may not necessarily respect it. Workarounds have been implemented for various emission strategies, for example calling the start function directly after exports are wired up with `--no-modules` and otherwise working around what appears to be a Webpack bug with initializers running in a different order than we'd like. In any case, this in theory doesn't show up to the end user! Closes #74
wasm-bindgen
Facilitating high-level interactions between wasm modules and JavaScript.
Import JavaScript things into Rust and export Rust things to JavaScript.
extern crate wasm_bindgen;
use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
// Import the `window.alert` function from the Web.
#[wasm_bindgen]
extern "C" {
fn alert(s: &str);
}
// Export a `greet` function from Rust to JavaScript, that alerts a
// hello message.
#[wasm_bindgen]
pub fn greet(name: &str) {
alert(&format!("Hello, {}!", name));
}
Use exported Rust things from JavaScript with ECMAScript modules!
import { greet } from "./hello_world";
greet("World!");
Features
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Lightweight. Only pay for what you use.
wasm-bindgenonly generates bindings and glue for the JavaScript imports you actually use and Rust functionality that you export. For example, importing and using thedocument.querySelectormethod doesn't causeNode.prototype.appendChildorwindow.alertto be included in the bindings as well. -
ECMAScript modules. Just import WebAssembly modules the same way you would import JavaScript modules. Future compatible with WebAssembly modules and ECMAScript modules integration.
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Designed with the "host bindings" proposal in mind. Eventually, there won't be any JavaScript shims between Rust-generated wasm functions and native DOM methods. Because the wasm functions are statically type checked, some of those native methods' dynamic type checks should become unnecessary, promising to unlock even-faster-than-JavaScript DOM access.
Guide
📚 Read the wasm-bindgen guide here! 📚
API Docs
License
This project is licensed under either of
- Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
Contribution
See the "Contributing" section of the guide for information on
hacking on wasm-bindgen!
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in this project by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.