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Wait, am I dumb? What does NodeJS' WASI implementation only accept file descriptor numbers for stdio? Why don't they allow a Readables/Writables? How are you supposed to capture the output of a WASI module? nodejs.org/api/wasi.htm...

nodejs.orgWebAssembly System Interface (WASI) | Node.js v23.6.0 Documentation

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Hollis Wu

@h4s.one

19 Jan 2025

Feels like they're just shelling out to some process with this API design lol

A. H. Zakai

@kripken.com

18 Jan 2025

does seem pretty limiting, yeah github.com/nodejs/node/...

github.comWASI stdio (stdin, stdout) API not very useful · Issue #52614 · nodejs/nodeWhat is the problem this feature will solve? Currently the WASI API only lets you give file descriptors for stdin, stdout and stderr. That's not very useful. In most cases I want to interact with t...