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It's worth noting that WebAssembly, at least for the moment, only supports a single brk/sbrk-style growable heap -- allocators targeting the web can't use any o

by panic 5y ago

It's worth noting that WebAssembly, at least for the moment, only supports a single brk/sbrk-style growable heap -- allocators targeting the web can't use any of the mmap tricks.

afr0ck 5y ago
Pardon my ignorance, but I'm really curious to know why?
- panic 5y ago
  The FAQ has a "what about mmap?" section which gives some justification: https://webassembly.org/docs/faq/#what-about-mmap https://webassembly.org/docs/faq/#what-about-mmap