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Description
Specification
https://github.com/WebAssembly/branch-hinting/blob/main/proposals/branch-hinting/Overview.md
Description
A new section in Wasm modules containing likelihood hints for branch instructions, allowing engines to generate more optimal code.
To be in line with other Wasm features, I expect that the name will be wasm-branch-hinting.yml. The group is "webassembly".
Documentation
https://github.com/WebAssembly/branch-hinting/blob/main/proposals/branch-hinting/Overview.md
Browser support
According to the table at https://webassembly.org/features:
Chrome: requires flag
Firefox: enabled in Nightly, requires flag in Beta/Stable
Safari: enabled since 16
Chrome will enable it by default soon (likely in version 136 or 137): https://issues.chromium.org/issues/373151164