The Start Function
Explore how the start function operates in WebAssembly by setting initial values when a module loads. Understand its role, how to define it in WAT format, convert it using WABT, and execute it in browsers. This lesson helps you grasp module initialization and its significance.
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The start function is a special function that runs after the WebAssembly module is initialized. Let’s take the same example that we used for the globals. We add the following content to globals.wat:
We define the initMutableValue function, which sets mutableValue to 200. After that, we add a start block, which starts with the ...