WebAssembly Reference Types

Allow WebAssembly modules to hold references to JS/DOM objects, passing them as arguments, storing them in locals and globals, and storing them in WebAssembly.Table objects.

Documentation

• https://github.com/WebAssembly/reference-types/blob/master/proposals/reference-types/Overview.md

Specification

Editor's draft

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>JavaScript>WebAssembly

Behind a flag (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 78

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: In development
• Edge: Public support
• Safari: No public signals
• Web Developers: Positive

Owners

• ahaas@chromium.org
• mstarzinger@chromium.org

Last updated on 2019-09-18