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This patch allows host functions to get a signature without an explicit `vm::Ctx` argument. It is for Rust only. The C API receives a function pointer and has no clue whether a `vm::Ctx` argument is present or not, so it assumes it is always declared. From the backend point of view, the pointer to `vm::Ctx` is always inserted in the stack, but it is not used by the function when the argument is absent.
Wasmer Libraries
Wasmer is modularized into different libraries, separated into three main sections:
Runtime
The core of Wasmer is the runtime, which provides the necessary abstractions to create a good user experience when embedding.
The runtime is divided into two main libraries:
- runtime-core: The main implementation of the runtime.
- runtime: Easy-to-use API on top of
runtime-core.
Integrations
The integration builds on the Wasmer runtime and allow us to run WebAssembly files compiled for different environments.
Wasmer intends to support different integrations:
- WASI: run WebAssembly files with the WASI ABI.
- Emscripten: run Emscripten-generated WebAssembly files, such as Lua or nginx.
- Go ABI: we will work on this soon! Want to give us a hand? ✋
- Blazor: research period, see tracking issue
Backends
The Wasmer runtime is designed to support multiple compiler backends, allowing the user to tune the codegen properties (compile speed, performance, etc) to best fit their use case.
Currently, we support multiple backends for compiling WebAssembly to machine code:
- singlepass-backend: Single pass backend - super fast compilation, slower runtime speed
- clif-backend: Cranelift backend - slower compilation, normal runtime speed
- llvm-backend: LLVM backend - slow compilation, native runtime speed