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Alex Crichton b256b98e38 Improve link_mem_intrinsics hack

Previously the `link_mem_intrinsics` hack actually had a runtime
overhead by storing a value into a global location, but it turns out we
can actually use a non-inlined function call as part of the *descriptor*
which requires this to be in the final binary, but we'll end up snip'ing
the value at the end.

All in all this should mean that it's not a zero-overhead solution for
linking these intrinsics! The `#[wasm_bindgen]` attribute already has
other problems if the descriptors don't show up, so that's the least of
our issues!

2018-09-24 15:43:04 -07:00

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One of wasm-bindgen's core goals is a pay-only-for-what-you-use philosophy, so if we don't use much then we shouldn't be paying much! As a result #[wasm_bindgen] can generate super-small executables

Currently this code...

{{#include ../../../examples/add/src/lib.rs}}

generates a 710 byte wasm binary:

$ ls -l add_bg.wasm
-rw-rw-r-- 1 alex alex 710 Sep 19 17:32 add_bg.wasm

If you run wasm-opt, a C++ tool for optimize WebAssembly, you can make it even smaller too!

$ wasm-opt -Os add_bg.wasm -o add.wasm
$ ls -l add.wasm
-rw-rw-r-- 1 alex alex 172 Sep 19 17:33 add.wasm

And sure enough, using the wasm2wat tool it's quite small!

$ wasm2wat add.wasm
(module
  (type (;0;) (func (param i32 i32) (result i32)))
  (func (;0;) (type 0) (param i32 i32) (result i32)
    get_local 1
    get_local 0
    i32.add)
  (table (;0;) 1 1 anyfunc)
  (memory (;0;) 17)
  (global (;0;) i32 (i32.const 1049118))
  (global (;1;) i32 (i32.const 1049118))
  (export "memory" (memory 0))
  (export "__indirect_function_table" (table 0))
  (export "__heap_base" (global 0))
  (export "__data_end" (global 1))
  (export "add" (func 0))
  (data (i32.const 1049096) "invalid malloc request"))

Also don't forget to compile in release mode for the smallest binaries! For larger applications you'll likely also want to turn on LTO to generate the smallest binaries:

[profile.release]
lto = true

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