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/usr/bin/wat-desugar

The WebAssembly Binary Toolkit

From wabt 1.0.42-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running wat-desugar --help (exit 0). permalink

usage: wat-desugar [options] filename

  read a file in the wasm s-expression format and format it.

examples:
  # write output to stdout
  $ wat-desugar test.wat

  # write output to test2.wat
  $ wat-desugar test.wat -o test2.wat

  # generate names for indexed variables
  $ wat-desugar --generate-names test.wat

options:
      --help                                   Print this help message
      --version                                Print version information
  -o, --output=FILE                            Output file for the formatted file
  -f, --fold-exprs                             Write folded expressions where possible
      --inline-exports                         Write all exports inline
      --inline-imports                         Write all imports inline
      --disable-exceptions                     Disable Experimental exception handling
      --disable-mutable-globals                Disable Import/export mutable globals
      --disable-saturating-float-to-int        Disable Saturating float-to-int operators
      --disable-sign-extension                 Disable Sign-extension operators
      --disable-simd                           Disable SIMD support
      --enable-threads                         Enable Threading support
      --enable-function-references             Enable Typed function references
      --disable-multi-value                    Disable Multi-value
      --disable-tail-call                      Disable Tail-call support
      --disable-bulk-memory                    Disable Bulk-memory operations
      --disable-reference-types                Disable Reference types (externref)
      --disable-annotations                    Disable Custom annotation syntax
      --enable-code-metadata                   Enable Code metadata
      --enable-gc                              Enable Garbage collection
      --disable-memory64                       Disable 64-bit memory
      --disable-multi-memory                   Disable Multi-memory
      --disable-extended-const                 Disable Extended constant expressions
      --disable-relaxed-simd                   Disable Relaxed SIMD
      --enable-custom-page-sizes               Enable Custom page sizes
      --enable-compact-imports                 Enable Compact import section
      --enable-wide-arithmetic                 Enable Wide arithmetic
      --enable-all                             Enable all features
      --generate-names                         Give auto-generated names to non-named functions, types, etc.
Options (29)
OptionDescriptionSource
--helpPrint this help messagehelp + man
--versionPrint version informationhelp + man
-o, --output FILEOutput file for the formatted filehelp + man
-f, --fold-exprsWrite folded expressions where possiblehelp + man
--inline-exportsWrite all exports inlinehelp + man
--inline-importsWrite all imports inlinehelp + man
--disable-exceptionsDisable Experimental exception handlinghelp + man
--disable-mutable-globalsDisable Import/export mutable globalshelp + man
--disable-saturating-float-to-intDisable Saturating float-to-int operatorshelp + man
--disable-sign-extensionDisable Sign-extension operatorshelp + man
--disable-simdDisable SIMD supporthelp + man
--enable-threadsEnable Threading supporthelp + man
--enable-function-referencesEnable Typed function referenceshelp + man
--disable-multi-valueDisable Multi-valuehelp + man
--disable-tail-callDisable Tail-call supporthelp + man
--disable-bulk-memoryDisable Bulk-memory operationshelp + man
--disable-reference-typesDisable Reference types (externref)help + man
--disable-annotationsDisable Custom annotation syntaxhelp + man
--enable-code-metadataEnable Code metadatahelp + man
--enable-gcEnable Garbage collectionhelp + man
--disable-memory64Disable 64-bit memoryhelp + man
--disable-multi-memoryDisable Multi-memoryhelp + man
--disable-extended-constDisable Extended constant expressionshelp + man
--disable-relaxed-simdDisable Relaxed SIMDhelp + man
--enable-custom-page-sizesEnable Custom page sizeshelp + man
--enable-compact-importsEnable Compact import sectionhelp + man
--enable-wide-arithmeticEnable Wide arithmetichelp + man
--enable-allEnable all featureshelp + man
--generate-namesGive auto-generated names to non-named functions, types, etc.help
Examples (3) from the manual page, untested

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