Upcoming features
There are several upcoming WebAssembly features in various phases of the standardization process. Some of them are more impactful than others, but all of them are valuable improvements. In this section, we'll describe the standardization process and review a subset of the features that represent a significant shift in WebAssembly's capabilities. Most of the content in this section was referenced from Colin Eberhardt's blog post titled The future of WebAssembly - A look at upcoming features and proposals. The post can be found at https://blog.scottlogic.com/2018/07/20/wasm-future.html.
The standardization process
The WebAssembly W3C Process documentation at https://github.com/WebAssembly/meetings/blob/master/process/phases.md describes the six phases (from 0 to 5) of the standardization process. The following list provides brief descriptions of each of these phases:
- Phase 0. Pre-Proposal: A WebAssembly Community Group (CG) member has an idea, and the CG votes on whether to...