[vim/vim] runtime: rename `wast` filetype to `wat` (Wasm text format) (PR #13533)

Linda_pp

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Nov 13, 2023, 10:50:34 AM11/13/23

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Hi, this is a patch from upstream vim-wasm repository to fix this issue reported in upstream project.

The problem is the name of the filetype wast. When I firstly created this filetype plugin, the file extension for Wasm text format was not fixed and .wast was most popular.

However, recently .wat became the official file extension for WebAssembly text (WAT) format and .wast is now a file extension for the unofficial WAST format, which is a superset of .wat for the convenience to describe the Wasm specification conformance tests.

https://webassembly.js.org/docs/contrib-wat-vs-wast.html

To follow the change and avoid confusion in filetype name, this PR renames wast filetype to wat. Since .wast files are highlighted as wat files, the syntax highlighting for .wast files is maintained.

You can view, comment on, or merge this pull request online at:

https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/13533

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3e2f63f runtime: rename `wast` filetype to `wat` (Wasm text format)

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Linda_pp

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Nov 13, 2023, 10:51:41 AM11/13/23

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@rhysd pushed 1 commit.

9291911 runtime: rename `wast` filetype to `wat` (Wasm text format)

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Linda_pp

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Nov 13, 2023, 11:00:14 AM11/13/23

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@rhysd pushed 1 commit.

d53d352 runtime: rename `wast` filetype to `wat` (Wasm text format)

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Christian Brabandt

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Nov 14, 2023, 10:56:54 AM11/14/23

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I included it thanks. I suppose, eventuall we will need a separate wast filetype, which correctly handles the superset features.

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Christian Brabandt

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Nov 14, 2023, 11:04:28 AM11/14/23

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Closed #13533 via bc8f79d.

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Linda_pp

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Nov 14, 2023, 11:14:03 AM11/14/23

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Yeah, wast is different from wat so there should be a different syntax file which includes wat syntax file. I need to investigate what wast extends.