This type-checking algorithm is defined precisely in the WebAssembly spec's validation chapter, and it's exactly what V8 and SpiderMonkey run over every module before instantiation — it's the reason a browser can safely execute Wasm from an untrusted website without a separate sandboxing process. Rejecting an ill-typed module at load time, rather than crashing mid-execution, is the core safety guarantee that lets Wasm skip the runtime type checks a language like Python needs.