Implement the GC proposal

[q82419]

Summary

WASM GC proposal supporting for WasmEdge

Details

Following is expected supported in 0.14.0:

• [x] Loader phase
• [x] Validation phase
• [x] Instantiation
• [x] Execution phase
• [x] Spec test json parsing
• [x] Update for WasmEdge C API
• [x] Pass the spec tests
  • ~~gc br_on_cast~~
  • ~~gc extern~~
  • ~~gc ref_test~~
  • ~~gc type-subtyping~~
• [x] Refactor and refine the designs

Following is expected supported in 0.14.1 or future:

• [ ] Implement the tracing GC mechanism for reference values
• [ ] AOT/JIT mode for GC proposal

Implementation Status

• Next step: Implement the tracing garbage collection

Appendix

https://github.com/WebAssembly/gc

[hydai]

@q82419 Should we close this now?