Enum wasmtime_environ::wasm::Alias

pub enum Alias {
    ParentModule(ModuleIndex),
    ParentType(TypeIndex),
    Child {
        instance: InstanceIndex,
        export: usize,
    },
}

An entry in the alias section of a wasm module (from the module linking proposal)

Variants

ParentModule(ModuleIndex)

A parent’s module is being aliased into our own index space.

Note that the index here is in the parent’s index space, not our own.

ParentType(TypeIndex)

A parent’s type is being aliased into our own index space

Note that the index here is in the parent’s index space, not our own.

Child

A previously created instance is having one of its exports aliased into our index space.

Fields of Child

instance: InstanceIndex

The index we’re aliasing.

export: usize

The nth export that we’re inserting into our own index space locally.