I’ve noticed the compiler always generates an _ini...
# webassemblyc
Charlie Tapping
07/01/2025, 6:59 PMI’ve noticed the compiler always generates an _initialize function, irrespective as to whether the program needs it. Is there any work to conditionally include this function if its needed? It looks like the function does a bunch of different things but could it also be set as a start function if its idempotent? I guess this is a question for @bashor @Artem Kobzar
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Michael Paus
07/02/2025, 1:20 PMMaybe they just follow the Emscripten (unstable) conventions. See: https://github.com/WebAssembly/WASI/blob/4712d490fd7662f689af6faa5d718e042f014931/legacy/application-abi.md
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Charlie Tapping
07/02/2025, 1:31 PMright so its a wasi p1 implementation detail 👍
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bashor
07/30/2025, 2:24 PMRight, the current name is from wasi/tooling name convention.
bashor
07/30/2025, 2:25 PMAnswering original question — yes there is plan/idea to change a bit init flow and how we call a main function
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