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Why is WebAssembly.Memory with shared set to false not serializable?

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
wasm
Domain
compilers

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by researching the WebAssembly.Memory serialization rules for non-shared and shared memories, then determine whether the behavior is intentional or requires a specification change; done means documenting the rationale or identifying a concrete change to make.

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Description

Both AB and SAB are. It seems a tad weird that their Memory-fronted counterparts are not analogous, but then I don't really know much about WebAssembly so it might well make sense.

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