{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebAssembly/spec/issues/213","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebAssembly/spec/issues/213/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebAssembly/spec/issues/213/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebAssembly/spec/issues/213/events","html_url":"https://github.com/WebAssembly/spec/issues/213","id":128036163,"number":213,"title":"Strings - Unicode or C","user":{"login":"fmccabe","id":3654349,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3654349?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe","html_url":"https://github.com/fmccabe","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2016-01-21T22:29:38Z","updated_at":"2016-01-21T23:26:30Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I cannot locate any specification within the spec regarding strings. So, my questions are:\r\n\r\n1. Is the zero-terminated string baked into wasm? (If so, why?)\r\n2. What about Unicode? What is the semantics of a string literal, of a block of memory interpreted as a string?\r\n\r\nIf this question has already been answered, please point me to the spec."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebAssembly/spec/issues/comments/173748653","html_url":"https://github.com/WebAssembly/spec/issues/213#issuecomment-173748653","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/WebAssembly/spec/issues/213","id":173748653,"user":{"login":"fmccabe","id":3654349,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3654349?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe","html_url":"https://github.com/fmccabe","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/fmccabe/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-21T23:26:30Z","updated_at":"2016-01-21T23:26:30Z","body":"Why are import/export names null-terminated? \n\n> On Jan 21, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Katelyn Gadd <notifications@github.com> wrote:\n> \n> At present the only \"strings\" formally in wasm are things like import/export names. Those are currently null-terminated. Applications will be able to use whatever string representation they want internally.\n> \n> —\n> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub <https://github.com/WebAssembly/spec/issues/213#issuecomment-173745886>.\n> \n\n"}}