WGSL: unrestricted pointer parameters

Category: Graphics
Type: Chromium catches up
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 123)
Intent stage: None

Summary

Functionality added to the WebGPU/WGSL spec after its first shipment in a browser. Loosens restrictions on which pointers can be passed to WGSL functions such that pointers to storage/uniform/workgroup address spaces are allowed.

Standards & signals

Specification: https://gpuweb.github.io/gpuweb/wgsl/#:~:text=unrestricted_pointer_parameters
Firefox: No signal
Safari: Closed Without a Position — Note that this is a blanket approval from Safari for addition to the v1 WebGPU/WGSL spec.
Web developers: No signals
Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/tint/issues/detail?id=2053

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