[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 166480] WebAssembly: test compile / instantiate in a Worker

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166480

--- Comment #2 from Saam Barati <sbarati at apple.com> ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > I've heard from someone trying out WebAssembly that they current use compile
> > / instantiate in a worker because some implementations aren't asynchronous.
> > They want to do work on the main thread while compiling, so a Worker makes
> > sense. They then transfer the Module / Instance back to the main thread.
> > 
> > We should have a test that this works well.
> > 
> > Related:
> >  - WebAssembly: Make WebAssembly.compile truly asynchronous
> > https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166016
> >  - WebAssembly: Implement the WebAssembly.instantiate API
> > https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165982
> 
> I think this should work as expected regardless of the compile API being
> asynchronous internally.

Also, I agree we should have a test for this.

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