Hywan/wasm-snip

`wasm-snip` replaces a WebAssembly function's body with an `unreachable`

wasm-snip

wasm-snip replaces a WebAssembly function's body with an unreachable.

Maybe you know that some function will never be called at runtime, but the compiler can't prove that at compile time? Snip it! Then run wasm-gc again and all the functions it transitively called (which could also never be called at runtime) will get removed too.

Very helpful when shrinking the size of WebAssembly binaries!

This functionality relies on the "name" section being present in the .wasm file, so build with debug symbols:

[profile.release]
debug = true

• Executable
• Library
• License
• Contributing

Executable

To install the wasm-snip executable, run

$ cargo install wasm-snip

For information on using the wasm-snip executable, run

$ wasm-snip --help

Library

To use wasm-snip as a library, add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies.wasm-snip]
# Do not build the executable.
default-features = false

See docs.rs/wasm-snip for API documentation.

License

Licensed under either of

• Apache License, Version 2.0

• MIT license

at your option.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for hacking.

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.