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Summary

  • Adds an RFC document exploring potential alignment between VS Code's WASM extension work and the emerging WebAssembly IDE Extension Standard
  • Provides comparison between current approach and standard-based approach
  • Outlines potential integration paths and discussion points

Motivation

As VS Code's WASM support matures, there's an opportunity to contribute to broader ecosystem interoperability. This RFC opens discussion about:

  1. Cross-IDE Portability: Could WASM extensions written for VS Code run in other IDEs?
  2. Standardization: Would aligning with community standards benefit extension authors?
  3. Security Model: How does fine-grained capability-based permissions compare to current approach?

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  • Links to external resources are valid
  • Gather feedback from maintainers and community

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This document explores potential alignment between VS Code's WASM
extension work and the emerging WebAssembly IDE Extension Standard.

Key topics covered:
- Overview of the IDE Extension Standard specification
- Comparison with current vscode-wasm approach
- Potential integration paths
- Discussion points for community feedback

Related to: microsoft#249

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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