On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 22:32:54 -0000, Robin Pelgrim <robinpelgrim@zonnet.nl> wrote: > Please watch closer to the functionality of XMLHttpRequest. > Since it used mostly in a Javascript environment, where no threading > functions are supported (at the moment) , > ways for (re)synchronize asynchronous requests are insufficiant. > Since there is no Thread.sleep functionality in Javascript there is no > way wait for the request to be finished without leaving a function > (without using setTimeout). > This is unacceptable for application building. It's al so clumsy, > primitive. > I expect more from W3C and introduce good standards. > Till there is no Threading functionality in JavaScript, the > XMLHttpRequest object should be extended with > a 'resync' function. With this function you (simply) can wait for a > async request to finish. > > (Of coarse it would be better to impement Threading functionality in JS, > but for the moment it just isn't there). > > > it's far from complete by now, please try to improve the standards. I don't really get this comment. Why is it clumsy, insufficient and primitive? It's also unclear why you can't use a synchronize request which is functionality the API provides. -- Anne van Kesteren <http://annevankesteren.nl/> <http://www.opera.com/>Received on Tuesday, 19 September 2006 10:56:07 GMT
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