Bug 22266

Summary: Stop using MessagePort for communication with workers
Product: WebKit Reporter: Alexey Proskuryakov <ap>
Component: DOMAssignee: Alexey Proskuryakov <ap>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: Normal CC: aa
Priority: P2    
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)   
Hardware: Mac   
OS: OS X 10.5   
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proposed patch mjs: review+

Alexey Proskuryakov
Reported 2008-11-14 10:29:44 PST
The existing MessagePort specification does not work with multiple threads or processes well, and doesn't appear to be easily fixable. Besides, Mozilla is about to ship an entirely different and much simpler API for workers. Patch forthcoming.
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proposed patch (110.55 KB, patch)
2008-11-14 11:07 PST, Alexey Proskuryakov 		mjs: review+
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Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 1 2008-11-14 11:07:58 PST
Created attachment 25173 [details] proposed patch
Maciej Stachowiak
Comment 2 2008-11-15 16:38:38 PST
Comment on attachment 25173 [details] proposed patch r=me I hope this reaches the point of testability soon so that we can document behavior changes like this with test case changes.
Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 3 2008-11-16 01:12:27 PST
Committed revision 38443.
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