Prepare release for wasmi version 0.24.0 (#637)

* bump versions of crates

* update README Wasm proposal support

* add initial CHANGELOG skeleton for v0.24.0

* update changelog for version 0.24.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,46 @@ Additionally we have an `Internal` section for changes that are of interest to d
 
 Dates in this file are formattes as `YYYY-MM-DD`.
 
+## [`0.24.0`] - 2023-01-31
+
+### Added
+
+- Added support for the [`bulk-memory`] Wasm proposal. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/628)
+- Added support for the [`reference-types`] Wasm proposal. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/635)
+- Added `ValueType::{is_ref, is_num`} methods. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/635)
+- Added `Value::{i32, i64, f32, f64, externref, funcref}` accessor methods to `Value`.
+
+[`bulk-memory`]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/bulk-memory-operations
+[`reference-types`]: https://github.com/WebAssembly/reference-types
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix a bug with `Table` and `Memory` imports not respecting the current size. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/635)
+  - This sometimes led to the problem that valid `Table` and `Memory` imports
+    could incorrectly be rejected for having an invalid size for the subtype check.
+  - This has been fixed as part of the [`reference-types`] Wasm proposal implementation.
+
+### Changed
+
+- Use more references in places to provide the compiler with more optimization opportunities. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/634)
+  - This led to a speed-up across the board for Wasm targets of about 15-20%.
+- Move the `Value` type from `wasmi_core` to `wasmi`. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/636)
+  - This change was necessary in order to support the [`reference-types`] Wasm proposal.
+- There has been some consequences from implementing the [`reference-types`] Wasm proposal which are listed below:
+  - The `Value` type no longer implements `Copy` and `PartialEq`.
+  - The `From<&Value> for UntypedValue` impl has been removed.
+  - Remove some `From` impls for `Value`.
+  - Moved some `Display` impls for types like `FuncType` and `Value` to the `wasmi_cli` crate.
+  - Remove the `try_into` API from the `Value` type.
+    - Users should use the new accessor methods as in the Wasmtime API.
+
+### Internal
+
+- Update `wast` dependency from version `0.44` to `0.52`. (https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/632)
+- Update the Wasm spec testsuite to the most recent commit: `3a04b2cf9`
+- Improve error reporting for the internal Wasm spec testsuite runner.
+  - It will now show proper span information in many more cases.
+
 ## [`0.23.0`] - 2023-01-19
 
 > **Note:** This is the Wasmtime API Compatibility update.

README.md

@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ The new `wasmi` engine supports a variety of WebAssembly proposals and will supp
 
 | WebAssembly Proposal | Status | Comment |
 |:--|:--:|:--|
-| [`mutable-global`] | ✅ | |
-| [`saturating-float-to-int`] | ✅ | |
-| [`sign-extension`] | ✅ | |
-| [`multi-value`] | ✅ | |
-| [`bulk-memory`] | ⌛ | Support is planned. [(#364)] |
-| [`reference-types`] | ⌛ | Support is planned. [(#496)] |
+| [`mutable-global`] | ✅ | Since version `0.14.0`. |
+| [`saturating-float-to-int`] | ✅ | Since version `0.14.0`. |
+| [`sign-extension`] | ✅ | Since version `0.14.0`. |
+| [`multi-value`] | ✅ | Since version `0.14.0`. |
+| [`bulk-memory`] | ✅ | Since version `0.24.0`. [(#628)] |
+| [`reference-types`] | ✅ | Since version `0.24.0`. [(#635)] |
 | [`simd`] | ❌ | Unlikely to be supported. |
 | [`tail-calls`] | ⌛ | Support is planned. [(#363)] |
 | | |
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ The new `wasmi` engine supports a variety of WebAssembly proposals and will supp
 [(#363)]: https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/issues/363
 [(#364)]: https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/issues/364
 [(#496)]: https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/issues/496
+[(#628)]: https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/628
+[(#635)]: https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/pull/635
 
 ## Usage
 

crates/arena/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wasmi_arena"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wasmi_arena/"
 description = "Entity arena data structures for wasmi"
 exclude = ["tests/*", "benches/*"]

crates/cli/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wasmi_cli"
-version = "0.23.1"
+version = "0.24.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wasmi/"
 description = "WebAssembly interpreter"
 publish = true
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ categories.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
-wasmi = { path = "../wasmi", version = "0.23.0" }
+wasmi = { path = "../wasmi", version = "0.24.0" }
 wat = "1"
 anyhow = "1"
 

crates/core/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wasmi_core"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.9.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wasmi_core"
 description = "Core primitives for the wasmi WebAssembly interpreter"
 authors.workspace = true

crates/wasi/Cargo.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 wasi-common = "2.0"
 wasi-cap-std-sync = "2.0"
 wiggle = { version = "2.0", default-features = false, features = ["wiggle_metadata"] }
-wasmi = { version = "0.23.0", path = "../wasmi" }
+wasmi = { version = "0.24.0", path = "../wasmi" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 wat = "1.0.50"

crates/wasmi/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "wasmi"
-version = "0.23.0"
+version = "0.24.0"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/wasmi/"
 description = "WebAssembly interpreter"
 exclude = ["tests/*", "benches/*"]
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ categories.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 wasmparser = { version = "0.91", package = "wasmparser-nostd", default-features = false }
-wasmi_core = { version = "0.8", path = "../core", default-features = false }
-wasmi_arena = { version = "0.3", path = "../arena", default-features = false }
+wasmi_core = { version = "0.9", path = "../core", default-features = false }
+wasmi_arena = { version = "0.4", path = "../arena", default-features = false }
 spin = { version = "0.9", default-features = false, features = [
     "mutex",
     "spin_mutex",