Wasmtime GitHub notifications bot (Jan 11 2024 at 23:06): Wasmtime GitHub notifications bot (Jan 11 2024 at 23:06):Rodrigodd opened issue #7772:
Feature
Add all Cranelift crates (
cranelift-codegen,cranelift-frontend,cranelift-module,cranelift-native,cranelift-jit,cranelift-object, etc.) to thecraneliftumbrella crate, each one behind a feature preferably.Benefit
The
craneliftcrate is an "umbrella for commonly-used Cranelift crates" and "provides a convenient one-line dependency," but it just containsfrontendandcodegen, which is limited to creating in-memory JIT compilers. That means that if I expect to create a static compiler or generate object files in some form, I need to replace this crate with its underlying ones, defeating its purpose.It also helps keep all versions in sync and make all these crates a little more discoverable.
Alternatives
- Keep it the way it is: Cranelift has a focus on JIT compilation, so maybe these two crates are the only common ones, and the remaining ones are niche enough.
Wasmtime GitHub notifications bot (May 17 2024 at 01:52):elliottt closed issue #7772:
Feature
Add all Cranelift crates (
cranelift-codegen,cranelift-frontend,cranelift-module,cranelift-native,cranelift-jit,cranelift-object, etc.) to thecraneliftumbrella crate, each one behind a feature preferably.Benefit
The
craneliftcrate is an "umbrella for commonly-used Cranelift crates" and "provides a convenient one-line dependency," but it just containsfrontendandcodegen, which is limited to creating in-memory JIT compilers. That means that if I expect to create a static compiler or generate object files in some form, I need to replace this crate with its underlying ones, defeating its purpose.It also helps keep all versions in sync and make all these crates a little more discoverable.
Alternatives
- Keep it the way it is: Cranelift has a focus on JIT compilation, so maybe these two crates are the only common ones, and the remaining ones are niche enough.
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