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WebAssembly Import/Export Mutable Globals

Category
JavaScript
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 69)
Intent stage
None

Summary

Allows WebAssembly modules to import and export mutable globals. This building block will allow efficient passing of values like shadow stacks pointers between dynamically linked modules (especially in the multi-threaded case).

Standards & signals

Docs: https://github.com/WebAssembly/mutable-global/blob/master/proposals/mutable-global/Overview.md

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