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# Wasm Proposals
This document is intended to describe the current status of WebAssembly proposals and WASI proposals in WAMR.
Only track proposals that are followed in the [WebAssembly proposals](https://github.com/WebAssembly/proposals) and [WASI proposals](https://github.com/WebAssembly/WASI/blob/main/Proposals.md).
Normally, the document tracks proposals that are in phase 4. However, if a proposal in an earlier phase receives support, it will be added to the list below.
The _status_ represents the configuration _product-mini/platforms/linux/CMakeLists.txt_. There may be minor differences between the top-level CMakeLists and platform-specific CMakeLists.
Users can turn those features on or off by using compilation options. If a relevant compilation option is not available(`N/A`), it indicates that the feature is permanently enabled.
## On-by-default Wasm Proposals
| Proposal | >= Phase 4 | Compilation Option |
| ------------------------------------- | ---------- |----------------------------|
| Bulk Memory Operations | Yes | `WAMR_BUILD_BULK_MEMORY` |
| Fixed-width SIMD[^1] | Yes | `WAMR_BUILD_SIMD` |
| Import/Export of Mutable Globals[^2] | Yes | N/A |
| Multi-value | Yes | N/A |
| Non-trapping float-to-int Conversions | Yes | N/A |
| Reference Types | Yes | `WAMR_BUILD_REF_TYPES` |
| Sign-extension Operators | Yes | N/A |
| WebAssembly C and C++ API | No | N/A |
| Branch Hinting | Yes | `WASM_ENABLE_BRANCH_HINTS` |
[^1]: llvm-jit and aot only.
[^2]: in WAMR's implementation, if a mutable global shared by several wasm instances, each instance maintains its own copy of the global rather than sharing it.
## Off-by-default Wasm Proposals
| Proposal | >= Phase 4 | Compilation Option |
| ----------------------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------|
| Extended Constant Expressions | Yes | `WAMR_BUILD_EXTENDED_CONST_EXPR` |
| Garbage Collection | Yes | `WAMR_BUILD_GC` |
| Legacy Exception Handling[^3] | No | `WAMR_BUILD_EXCE_HANDLING` |
| Memory64 | Yes | `WAMR_BUILD_MEMORY64` |
| Multiple Memories[^4] | Yes | `WAMR_BUILD_MULTI_MEMORY` |
| Reference-Typed Strings | No | `WAMR_BUILD_STRINGREF` |
| Tail Call | Yes | `WAMR_BUILD_TAIL_CALL` |
| Threads[^5] | Yes | `WAMR_BUILD_SHARED_MEMORY` |
| Typed Function References | Yes | `WAMR_BUILD_GC` |
[^3]:
interpreter only. [a legacy version](https://github.com/WebAssembly/exception-handling/blob/main/proposals/exception-handling/legacy/Exceptions.md).
This proposal is currently also known as the "legacy proposal" and still
supported in the web, but can be deprecated in future and the use of
this proposal is discouraged.
[^4]: interpreter only
[^5]: `WAMR_BUILD_LIB_PTHREAD` can also be used to enable
## Unimplemented Wasm Proposals
| Proposal | >= Phase 4 |
| ------------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| Custom Annotation Syntax in the Text Format | Yes |
| Exception Handling[^6] | Yes |
| JS String Builtins | Yes |
| Relaxed SIMD | Yes |
[^6]: [up-to-date version](https://github.com/WebAssembly/exception-handling/blob/main/proposals/exception-handling/Exceptions.md)
## On-by-default WASI Proposals
| Proposal | >= Phase 4 | Compilation Option |
| -------- | ---------- | ------------------ |
## Off-by-default WASI Proposals
| Proposal | >= Phase 4 | Compilation Option |
| -------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------- |
| Machine Learning (wasi-nn) | No | `WAMR_BUILD_WASI_NN` |
| Threads | No | `WAMR_BUILD_LIB_WASI_THREADS` |
## Unimplemented WASI Proposals
| Proposal | >= Phase 4 |
| -------- | ---------- |
## WAMR features
WAMR offers a variety of customizable features to create a highly efficient runtime. For more details, please refer to [build_wamr](./build_wamr.md).