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Comment at: llvm/lib/CodeGen/WasmEHPrepare.cpp:374-375
+  // be lowered to wasm 'catch' instruction. We do this mainly because
+  // instruction selection cannot handle wasm.get.exception intrinsic's token
+  // argument.
+  Instruction *CatchCI =
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tlively wrote:
> What is the token argument used for? Could clang generate `llvm.wasm.catch` 
> directly?
Token arguments (https://llvm.org/docs/ExceptionHandling.html#wineh) are used 
to preserve the original scoping structure in mid-level optimization passes. I 
haven't looked at this intrinsic recently but I'd guess that maybe the token 
keeps it from getting moved out of its containing scope?


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