Python's WASI build is being used to provide browser compute for Python in VS Code in all places it runs (i.e. desktop and https://vscode.dev ). The use of WASI allows it to access files in your workspace no matter where they preside (e.g. GitHub remote repo).
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_72#_webassembly-and-python-execution-in-the-web
Python's WASI build is being used to provide browser compute for Python in VS Code in all places it runs (i.e. desktop and https://vscode.dev ). The use of WASI allows it to access files in your workspace no matter where they preside (e.g. GitHub remote repo).