So from my understanding the new WASM backend is n...
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Krystian
02/10/2023, 4:35 PMSo from my understanding the new WASM backend is no longer using LLVM… If not, then what is it using? How is Kotlin creating wasm file?
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hfhbd
02/10/2023, 4:39 PMIt is a new compiler backend like jvm or js (and I guess some parts of js are shared).
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Svyatoslav Kuzmich [JB]
02/10/2023, 4:42 PMIt uses its own code for emitting wasm binary
Svyatoslav Kuzmich [JB]
02/10/2023, 4:50 PMThe pipeline is roughly
.kt.klibwasmIR (in-memory).wasmc
CLOVIS
02/10/2023, 4:50 PMIf my understanding is correct, the first step is done by K2, so it's common with all platforms, right?
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Svyatoslav Kuzmich [JB]
02/10/2023, 4:52 PMCurrently, the first step is K1. But we plan to move it to K2 with all other platforms.
Svyatoslav Kuzmich [JB]
02/10/2023, 4:54 PMMost of the compiler code is shared with JVM, JS and Native platforms.
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CLOVIS
02/10/2023, 4:54 PMJS IR uses K1 too, right?
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Svyatoslav Kuzmich [JB]
02/10/2023, 4:55 PMIt does, currently.
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CLOVIS
02/10/2023, 4:56 PMThanks, sorry for derailing the subject a bit 🙏
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andylamax
02/11/2023, 3:17 AM@CLOVIS thanks for asking these questions.
I was working on the similar assumptions as well. This clears up things a biy for me too
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