To translate WebAssembly Component Model WIT documentation quickly, edit the explanatory documentation comments while keeping package names, worlds, interfaces, functions, types, field names and import/export declarations unchanged. WIT defines a component contract, not program behavior. A change to its identifiers can change generated bindings or interoperability; a change to comment prose can make that same contract easier for developers to understand. Compile or parse the unchanged contract, regenerate bindings and review rendered documentation before shipping.
This is a specialized software-documentation job. In a WIT file, triple-slash and documentation block comments describe nearby declarations, while the declarations themselves specify how components connect. A phrase such as “read the learner’s progress” might look similar in a comment and in a function identifier, but only the comment is ordinary prose. Renaming a function to a translated word can break a host calling the original export even when the translator believes the behavior was preserved.
We use a fictional reading-progress component with one interface and one world. The guide explains the contract boundary, a small WIT example, code-generation checks, the ambiguity between descriptive and normative words, and ways to handle errors, security cautions and version drift. The examples are educational, not a claim of successful compilation on every current toolchain. Always test with the actual WIT parser, bindgen version and component runtime used by your project.
Know what WIT does and does not declare
The WebAssembly Component Model uses WIT, the Wasm Interface Type language, to describe interfaces and worlds. An interface groups functions and types. A world specifies imports and exports that a component expects or provides. Packages can organize related definitions and provide versioned identity. WIT is a language for contracts rather than a scripting language that computes results. When translating a guide or inline documentation, the editor is explaining a contract maintained by the software team.
That distinction changes what “translation complete” means. A complete target-language guide should help a developer understand the same parameters, result types, error variants and resource lifetimes without changing their spelling in the machine-facing declaration. A build may still compile after a translator accidentally changes a field name if every local consumer is regenerated together, but an external component or older binding may fail. Compatibility requires comparison against the approved public contract.
Locate the documented prose before touching identifiers
WIT supports ordinary comments and special documentation comments. A line beginning with three slashes documents the following item; a documentation block may use /** ... */. The translator should inventory these documentation spans and any separate rendered manual pages. A normal code comment may be an internal note instead of public API help, so its audience and translation priority should be agreed with maintainers rather than guessed from syntax alone.
Keep an AST-aware or otherwise grammar-aware extraction method wherever possible. A line-based replacement of every English word can alter a package declaration, an enum case or a string embedded in an external example. A safe extractor identifies a documentation node and its associated declaration, then exports an editable string with a stable reference to that node. The return path should reinsert the translation without moving the documentation to an unrelated function.
Use exact signature comparisons as the first integrity test
Capture the package identity and every interface, world, type, function, parameter, variant and resource declaration before translation. The natural prose can differ substantially across languages, but the signature set should remain equal under the editorial-only scope. A simple textual diff is helpful but not conclusive because whitespace and comments may change freely. Prefer comparing parsed declarations or generated binding signatures, and explain any intentional API changes as separate development work.
A narrow release can still need a broader dependency test. If one WIT interface is exported by a component and imported by another, run both through their normal binding-generation and composition path. Check that the host still calls the same function and that result/error variants are recognized. The translator owns clarity of description; the component developer owns the contract and runtime validation. Both roles should check the same versioned source fixture.
Preserve normative force in API documentation
Developer documentation often uses verbs such as must, may, should and never, sometimes to describe observable runtime requirements. A target-language sentence that turns a requirement into a suggestion can mislead implementers even though WIT itself still parses. For example, “the caller must close the handle” is different from “the caller can close the handle.” The editor needs a plain-language explanation of whether the statement is a technical requirement, a recommendation or merely an example.
When a translated sentence looks shorter, verify that it still carries preconditions, nullability, ownership and failure behaviour. The word “optional” in a paragraph may describe a workflow choice; the WIT type option<T> has a precise type meaning. Similarly, a result<T, E> describes success and error alternatives, but prose can explain what individual variants mean. Test what a developer would infer from the target sentence by asking them to predict a normal call and a failure case.
Treat examples and binding output as a second product
A localized help page may contain WIT source snippets, generated Rust or JavaScript calls, command lines and expected responses. Distinguish language-neutral syntax from comments and user-visible output. Translate illustrative narrative labels only where they are not used as identifiers or golden test output. If an example contains an English error message returned by a real implementation, replacing it in the documentation without changing the implementation makes the guide misleading.
Build the examples from an approved source revision, record tool versions, and test them in the target-language document. Do not rely on the appearance of code in Markdown: syntax highlighting can display invalid or stale declarations attractively. A documentation QA report should state exactly what was parsed or compiled, what was merely inspected, and whether the example was checked against a corresponding runtime. That precision is more valuable than a blanket claim that every translated line was verified.
Tested example: a minimal safe contract
This small illustrative WIT file contains a package, an interface and a world. The documentation comment is the translation surface; the function, parameter and exported interface names are not. A team could author a French version of the comment in a locale-specific documentation build while keeping the declarations byte-for-byte identical.
package school:reading@0.1.0;
/// Returns the number of words a learner read in one session.
interface progress {
read-count: func(session-id: string) -> u32;
}
/// Provides a read-only learning progress API.
world reading-app {
export progress;
}The symbols school:reading, progress, read-count, session-id and reading-app are contract identifiers. The type u32 declares an unsigned integer return. A translated explanatory sentence cannot justify changing the function name. The sample follows the shape shown in the official WIT reference, but this offline manuscript does not claim successful WIT toolchain compilation; a consuming project should validate it with its own parser and generated bindings.
Extract the correct prose from WIT source
Documentation extraction starts by identifying real doc comments and the declarations they describe. The most common failure is translating source code that merely looks like natural language.
For documentation extraction, begin with a source file that contains one package declaration, one named interface and a world exporting that interface. Pair each triple-slash documentation comment with the concrete declaration immediately following it, using the parser’s syntax tree rather than an editor’s line number when production tooling is available. Now add an ordinary comment that uses double slashes to explain a temporary implementation note. A naive text extractor may treat all comments as localized user documentation and accidentally replace code-adjacent engineering guidance. The safer test is to confirm that the expected documentation nodes and only those nodes appear in the translation packet. After re-insertion, compare the extracted declaration paths and comments to the baseline. A review log should make it possible to answer which comment describes which function after the file has been reformatted.
1. A normal line comment mistaken for public documentation
An extractor collects every line beginning with two slashes and sends developer TODO notes to translators. The final public guide now exposes unfinished implementation comments as if they were stable API promises.
WIT distinguishes ordinary comments from special documentation comments such as triple-slash lines. The parser may discard normal comments, while a documentation generator associates designated doc comments with declarations.
Inventory documentation comments with a grammar-aware extractor and mark ordinary implementation comments separately. Translate only approved audience-facing material, then compare the generated reference against the source documentation inventory.
2. A translated triple-slash marker disappears
A string export includes the /// prefix inside the translatable segment. A translator removes the slashes, turning the declaration's help into plain source text that a WIT parser cannot accept.
The documentation marker is syntax, while the sentence following it is prose. Treating both as one editable string gives an otherwise skilled translator permission to modify the grammar of the file.
Lock the marker during extraction and restore translated text after the exact delimiter. Parse the result with the project's WIT tool and confirm the comment still attaches to the intended declaration.
3. Block documentation closes in the wrong place
A translation contains the literal characters */ as part of an explanatory example inside a documentation block. The block closes early and the remaining words are interpreted as source tokens.
Block-comment delimiters have syntactic meaning. A translation can introduce a sequence that did not occur in the source, especially when it quotes an example of comments or wildcard syntax.
Prefer line documentation when supported by the team's style or escape/restructure the example safely. Parse the translated WIT and inspect the node following the documentation comment, not just visual highlighting.
4. Documentation attaches to a neighboring declaration
A merge script reorders two translated comments without changing either sentence. The warning about one function now appears above a different function with a similar name.
Documentation comments describe the following item. Their position is part of the association between language and contract, even though their words are not executable declarations.
Generate an extraction record keyed to the parsed declaration path rather than line number alone. Diff comment-to-declaration associations after reinsertion and ask a maintainer to inspect changed attachments.
Guard identifiers and type semantics
A contract can remain readable while becoming incompatible. These cases distinguish human commentary from the identifiers that generated bindings and components rely upon.
The public contract is larger than a function’s visible English name. Freeze the package and namespace, package version, interface name, world name, function identifiers, record fields, cases of variants, type aliases and related imports or exports before translation. For a toy read-count operation, write a check that its declared input remains session-id: string and its output remains u32. Then deliberately translate the function identifier but leave its comment accurate. The resulting file may still look like understandable WIT, yet generated bindings can now expose an unexpected symbol and consumers may fail to link against what they were promised. The repair is to restore the contract spelling, not to mistranslate the documentation to match an unapproved rename. If the product truly needs a newly named API, treat that as a versioned engineering decision.
5. A package namespace is localized
The source package school:reading@0.1.0 becomes a target-language namespace because the words look like English nouns. An importing component still asks for the original package and cannot resolve the changed dependency.
Package identity belongs to the component contract. A translated explanation may describe what the package offers, but its namespace and name are not prose to be localized in an existing published interface.
Compare package declarations with the baseline and inspect use references in dependent WIT files. Restore the name and give the localized documentation a separate presentation path outside the contract.
6. A world name changes while the prose stays accurate
A translator renames reading-app to a natural French expression while translating the world comment. Local examples may regenerate successfully, but a host expecting the former world cannot locate the same contract.
A world names a collection of imports and exports; it is not merely the headline above its explanation. Compatibility checks must include the chosen world identifier and its composition, not just function signatures.
Diff world names and contents, then regenerate bindings or components against the original world. Treat any intentional world rename as a versioned API migration requiring owner review.
7. A function identifier is used as a translated verb
The documentation sentence correctly says “read the count,” but the developer changes the declaration read-count into a translated verb to make it match. Generated bindings now expose a different method name.
Identifiers are consumed by tooling that maps WIT to host-language symbols. A translation can be idiomatic while leaving an English-style API spelling intact because identifiers and explanatory words serve different audiences.
Freeze function identifiers and compare binding-level symbols before and after localization. If the comment sounds awkward next to the original name, explain the name in prose instead of modifying it.
8. A record field name is rewritten
An example defines a record with session-id, and a translator changes the field spelling to match the target-language explanation. A caller compiling against the prior record cannot construct the expected shape.
Record fields are typed members of a declared data structure. Their identifiers and types participate in the interface, so localizing only the visible description is the correct editorial scope.
Compare record declarations by parsed AST path and generate a sample binding. Check that a caller can still construct the record using the unchanged field name and expected type.
Explain return values and error behavior faithfully
Describing WIT types accurately matters because developers use documentation to predict caller behaviour, not simply to memorize syntax.
Type descriptions are a useful comprehension test because a translator can get the grammar right and the semantics wrong. Prepare a function returning option<string> and a second function returning result<u32, error>. Ask a reader of the translated documentation to predict what happens when no value is available, when a value is an empty string, and when an error alternative is returned. The answers should distinguish absence from an ordinary empty value and a result error from a successful integer. A related example using list<string> should allow zero, one or many elements, not guarantee a single record. The maintainers can then match that reading to the source definitions. Preserve actual variant identifiers in code samples while translating explanatory descriptions of why an error occurs and what a caller should do.
9. An option type described as a default value
A function returns option<string> when a title may be absent. The target documentation says the function will return an empty title, leading callers to treat absence as an ordinary empty string.
An option describes presence or absence at the type level. An empty string is a value, not necessarily the same state as no value, and consuming code may branch differently for them.
Ask the developer for examples of both present and absent results. Revise the explanation to distinguish them and add a test in the target-language guide showing the correct caller behavior.
10. A result error variant loses its meaning
The documentation for a result says that failure returns an error with a retriable condition. A translation calls every failure permanent, so developers stop retrying recoverable operations.
A result type models success and error alternatives, but the prose communicates the operational meaning of particular variants. Translating the syntax alone does not specify when a caller should retry or stop.
Pair each documented error variant with a concrete source example and owner-approved recovery rule. Keep variant identifiers unchanged and test that a target-language developer chooses the same retry path.
11. Unsigned numeric bounds softened in translation
An API returns u32, but the translated guide loosely calls it an arbitrary integer that may be negative. A developer writes code that treats a negative sentinel as expected output.
u32 has a precise unsigned type meaning. An editor can use accessible language, but must not suggest values outside the declared type or invent sentinel conventions unsupported by the contract.
Review numeric type names and documented ranges with the implementer. Add zero and large-value examples where helpful, then ensure generated bindings expose the same unsigned type semantics.
12. A variant case label becomes a new identifier
A translated manual explains not-found as “item missing” and the example silently changes the actual WIT variant case to a target-language spelling. Existing consumers no longer match the same error.
Variant cases are part of a tagged union contract and may become generated enum-like names. Prose can unpack their meaning; declaration identifiers must remain stable across localized documentation.
Check variant case sets before and after translation and compile a caller that handles each case. Keep examples using the real spelling and translate only surrounding narrative.
Preserve import and export contracts
The world boundary is where abstract definitions become concrete dependencies. Incorrectly translated descriptions here can make host and guest teams choose incompatible builds.
An interface imported by a world is a requirement imposed on the host or composition environment, while an exported interface describes a capability made available by the component. A translated description that swaps those directions can induce an integration mistake even if the WIT declarations are unchanged. Make two diagrams: one showing a host that supplies an imported dependency, and another showing a consumer calling an exported operation. Have the translator label each arrow without reading the English source. Then compare the target wording to the world declaration, run a component composition test if the toolchain is installed, and document any missing runtime verification. This establishes a practical boundary: localizing the explanation is fine; describing a required host service as a feature supplied by the guest is not.
13. A flag is described as permission rather than state
A WIT flags type describes feature indicators, but a target translation calls an enabled flag proof that the user has authorization. Engineers may skip an independent access-control check because the sentence sounds normative.
Flags express values in an interface. Their business or security meaning depends on the application's documented policy and is not a substitute for an authorization mechanism unless explicitly designed as one.
Ask the security owner for the intended meaning of each flag and examples of permitted and denied operations. Rewrite the explanation without inventing privileges and test it with a denied-call fixture.
14. An ownership statement becomes optional advice
Documentation says a caller must release a resource handle under a defined lifecycle, and a short translation changes must to may. A long-running integration leaks resources in production.
Resource lifetime requirements can be expressed in prose when they are not fully visible from the WIT declaration. Weakening normative force changes a developer's implementation despite the interface syntax remaining unchanged.
Highlight every must, may, should and never phrase for deliberate review. Ask the implementer to confirm the consequence, then run a resource-lifecycle test that would reveal omitted cleanup.
15. A list return is misread as one record
A function returning list<record> is translated as though it returns one record. A student writes code for a single result and fails when multiple entries arrive.
Container types carry cardinality semantics. A list may be empty, contain one value or contain several; natural-language docs should preserve those distinctions without requiring the reader to decode every type symbol.
Add target-language examples with zero, one and multiple records. Confirm that the return declaration and binding remain unchanged, and revise singular nouns that imply an impossible fixed cardinality.
16. An error sample no longer matches implementation output
A translated tutorial shows a localized runtime error string even though the component still emits the original English message. Learners following the guide search for a message the software never actually produces.
A quoted output may be a test fixture rather than descriptive prose. Translating it changes the example's expected observation unless the implementation localizes that output at runtime.
Mark code output as literal when it represents actual behavior. If the product supports localized messages, test them and update the fixture; otherwise explain the English output in target-language commentary.
Validate documentation in generated outputs
A correct WIT source translation can still disappear from a published reference page or be copied beside a stale binding sample. The rendered documentation must be audited too.
Generating bindings is not the same as rendering a tutorial correctly. A WIT identifier with a hyphen may be adapted into a different naming convention in Rust or JavaScript; a localized reference page should quote the actual generated symbol for the pinned toolchain version. Build one sample call from generated bindings and compare the target guide with the compiler or runtime result. The documentation may also show an English error string as a literal fixture, which should not be translated unless the implementation emits a localized equivalent. Create an explicit legend distinguishing syntax that can be copied, text that should be read as a translated explanation, and outputs that are illustrative rather than guaranteed. Test all code fences independently so a polished Markdown page cannot conceal an invalid snippet.
17. An imported interface is mistaken for a local export
A guide says the component provides an interface that its WIT world actually imports. A developer packages the module without its host dependency and receives a linking error.
Imports state dependencies required from outside, while exports state capabilities offered to consumers. Reversing those terms in translation changes architectural expectations even though the declarations themselves stay intact.
Cross-check each explanatory sentence against the world declaration and a concrete host/guest diagram. Attempt composition with the required dependency present and absent so the text reflects observed behavior.
18. A package version is removed from translated examples
A target-language tutorial omits the version suffix from a package reference for readability. Readers install or bind against a different interface revision than the one used to author the explanation.
Package and interface versions are compatibility signals, not optional decoration. A prose tutorial may explain them simply, but examples should preserve the versioned reference required by the toolchain.
Compare all package references with the tested source release and state the intended version. Rebuild the examples against that version, then update the docs only when the contract and sample change together.
19. Generated bindings have different names than the WIT source
A translated guide uses WIT-style hyphenated names as though they were identical to the generated Rust or JavaScript API symbols. The target developer cannot find the documented method in their language binding.
Bindgen tools map interface declarations to host-language names according to tool and language conventions. Translation should describe the mapping actually emitted, not assume a textual copy of WIT identifiers.
Generate bindings with the documented version and inspect the symbols. Keep WIT declaration snippets distinct from host-language examples, and ask a developer to execute the example from a clean project.
20. Doc comments disappear from generated reference pages
A WIT source contains reviewed French comments, but the documentation generator displays only the default-language source. The localization report says complete while visitors still see English.
Translation storage, documentation extraction and site rendering are separate stages. A generator may ignore locale-specific artifacts or choose only one source file despite successfully parsing the rest.
Inspect generated page files and live preview for target strings, not merely source repositories. Record the input artifact and generator version, then repair locale routing in the documentation build.
Maintain release versions and cross-language ownership
Language review must follow the same source revision as the component. These cases show how to keep localization from hiding intentional API evolution.
Imagine a course team reuses last year’s translated WebAssembly interface guide after the underlying package is upgraded. The new declaration changes a parameter type and adds an error variant, but only the English page receives the update. A translation-memory match makes the old target paragraph look familiar and highly reusable while it is now wrong. Pin each documentation sentence to a source revision and declaration identity; flag every changed signature for fresh technical review before republishing its locale page. For release acceptance, compare source and translated declaration signatures, try representative caller paths, regenerate bindings and render the final localized guide. A reviewer should be able to identify the exact source commit behind the target document and explain which runtime checks were performed rather than equating “translated” with “compatible.”
21. A code block is translated by a generic Markdown tool
A publishing tool rewrites identifiers in fenced WIT code examples while leaving the actual WIT source unchanged. The page is polished but the copy-and-paste snippet cannot compile.
Documentation rendering is another serialization boundary. A translator should not have free access to syntax inside a code fence unless the sample is explicitly marked as a localized output fixture.
Compare code block tokens with verified source snippets and run a parser or compiler on extracted examples. Lock machine syntax in the translation platform and keep explanation outside the fence.
22. A stale source version survives in one locale
A project changes its interface signature in the current release but the target-language manual still describes the old parameter. A multilingual user receives instructions that compile only against a previous version.
Translation approval is conditional on a source revision. When the contract changes, old translated prose may remain linguistically correct while referring to obsolete behavior and cannot be treated as release-ready.
Associate every translated paragraph with the originating WIT commit or package version. Diff changed declaration paths, re-review their documentation and publish all supported locale editions with explicit version labels.
23. A security warning becomes ordinary guidance
A comment warns that a function must not be given untrusted resource handles, but the target sentence frames the issue as a performance tip. Developers may expose a dangerous call path.
Security language has operational force beyond stylistic tone. A translation that removes the risk condition or action prohibition can be harmful even if the contract itself is unchanged.
Have a security owner validate the threat model and an editor check the target imperative. Test the stated forbidden scenario in a safe environment and ensure the warning remains adjacent to the relevant function.
24. A translator copies a function description to another API
Two interface functions have similar names, so a translation memory offers an exact-looking sentence for the wrong operation. The resulting doc claims that a read-only function writes progress data.
Reuse systems match wording, not necessarily runtime behavior. A sentence attached to the wrong contract can mislead callers more severely than a visibly untranslated comment.
Include declaration path, parameter types and behavior notes in translation-memory context. Ask a developer to verify one successful and one forbidden call for each function before accepting recycled documentation.
Diagnose the entire delivery chain
A useful release pipeline extracts documentation nodes and their declaration paths from the source WIT, then produces a signature snapshot that deliberately excludes comments. After applying translations, compare the signature snapshots. Parse the resulting WIT with the actual project toolchain, regenerate bindings and inspect a sample host call. Finally, build the localized reference pages and check that the comments are present beside their correct declarations. The report should distinguish source parsing, binding generation and runtime composition: they establish different things.
A two-person review often catches more than a checklist completed by one specialist. The language reviewer explains each target sentence in plain words, including error conditions and security warnings. The component maintainer compares that explanation with the WIT declaration and runtime contract. A documentation maintainer checks cross-links and rendered examples. Save a small regression fixture that fails if an identifier changes, a comment moves to another declaration or an English-only paragraph remains in a supposedly complete locale.
Changed-context transfer exercise
A project exports progress from a world named reading-app and defines read-count: func(session-id: string) -> u32. A translator prepares Japanese documentation. During editing, the package name is translated, the function is renamed, and the prose describes the unsigned return as a value that can be negative on error. A code sample also omits the package version. Identify the changes that belong in translation, the invariant symbols to restore, and the tests needed before publishing the Japanese guide.
Worked answer to the transfer exercise
Translate only the appropriate documentation comments and explanatory text. Restore the original package, world, interface, function and parameter identifiers, the return type u32, and the versioned package reference. Do not invent negative error sentinels for an unsigned type; if the runtime has failures, document their actual contract separately. Re-parse WIT using the project tool, compare declaration signatures, regenerate bindings for the chosen host language and test a call. Build the Japanese documentation and confirm its commentary matches the same current WIT revision. If a future API rename is genuinely desired, handle it as a separate versioned engineering change.
Practical release review checklist
A reviewer can use this checklist after translating documentation but before merging the associated source branch or publishing a reference page.
- Every translated phrase is tied to a documentation node and declaration path
- Package, namespace, version, world, interface and exported names unchanged
- Function signatures, parameter names, record fields and variant cases unchanged
- Documentation markers and source grammar still parse
- Normative words, error semantics, ownership and security advice reviewed
- All code examples retain real identifiers and expected output
- Bindings regenerated with the documented tool versions
- Localized reference pages visibly contain the translated comments
- Tests cover import/export and a representative failure path
- Language and component maintainers approved the same source revision
Where this method stops working
WIT does not define the runtime behaviour of an implementation. Correct comments cannot guarantee that a component follows their descriptions. Likewise, the exact binding names and supported feature set depend on the component-model tooling and host language. This article provides a practical translation QA method, not a substitute for parsing, compiling, composing and running against the actual toolchain.
A project that intentionally wants to internationalize public identifiers, ABI shapes or package identities is planning an API migration, not a documentation-only translation. That work can require compatibility aliases, versioning, upstream coordination and consumer changes. It should not be hidden inside a language-editing request. The safe editorial boundary ends where machine-readable interface identity begins.
Summary: keep the human wording and machine contract aligned
Translate WIT prose by attaching reviewed natural language to stable declarations. The best workflow preserves identifiers and type semantics, checks documentation-node association, then validates generated bindings and rendered guides against the same version. A developer reading a localized manual should make the same calls, handle the same errors and link to the same exported interface as someone reading the source-language edition.
Frequently asked questions
1. What is the difference between a WIT interface and a world?
An interface groups callable functions and types. A world specifies the imports and exports expected or provided by a component. Translating documentation about them should not change their machine-readable identifiers.
2. Are triple-slash /// comments safe to translate?
Their descriptive text is a normal localization target; the documentation marker and association with the following item are syntax that must be preserved. Test extraction and reinsertion with a WIT parser.
3. May an API function name be translated to improve readability?
Not within a documentation-only job. Renaming public functions changes the contract and possibly generated bindings. Explain the function in target-language prose instead, or plan a separately versioned API migration.
4. Can generated Rust or JavaScript method names differ from WIT names?
Yes. Binding generators map WIT declarations into host-language naming conventions. Check the real generated output rather than assuming the same spelling appears in every language.
5. Why are option and result types important in translation?
They express absence and success/error alternatives. A mistranslated description can cause callers to confuse an absent value with an empty one or to handle a recoverable error incorrectly.
6. Should source code examples be localized?
Translate narrative comments and labels where appropriate, but preserve machine-facing syntax and actual runtime output. Verify copy-and-paste examples with the target toolchain.
7. Will a successful WIT parse prove the translation is correct?
No. Parsing checks syntax, not the semantic accuracy of documentation. A maintainer must compare the translated descriptions with the real interface behavior and security requirements.
8. How can the project prevent a translated comment moving to the wrong function?
Attach extraction records to parsed declaration paths and compare the associations after reinsertion. Line numbers alone are fragile because unrelated edits can reorder code.
9. What happens when the WIT package version changes?
Recheck documentation attached to changed declarations and regenerate examples for the new version. A sentence can be fluent but describe an obsolete parameter or return convention.
10. What evidence should appear in the release report?
Record the WIT revision, signature comparison, parser or build tool version, binding-generation result, rendered locale pages and approvals. State clearly any stages not actually executed.
Authoritative current sources
- Bytecode Alliance Component Model: WIT Reference — authoritative reference for interfaces, worlds, declarations and documentation comments
- WebAssembly component-model specification repository — primary specification work and version history for the component model
- Bytecode Alliance wit-bindgen project — implementation details for generating host-language bindings from WIT
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