FW: What changes to Web Messaging spec are proposed? [Was: Re: Using ArrayBuffer as payload for binary data to/from Web Workers]

>From: Arthur Barstow [mailto:art.barstow@nokia.com]
>On Jun/8/2011 5:24 PM, ext Kenneth Russell wrote:
>> My understanding is that we have reached a proposal which respecifies
>> the "ports" argument to postMessage as an array of objects to
>> transfer, in such a way that we:
>>
>>   - Maintain 100% backward compatibility
>>   - Enhance the ability to pass MessagePorts, so that the object graph
>> can refer to them as well
>>   - Allow more object types to participate in transfer of ownership in
>> the future
>>
>> To the best of my knowledge there are no active points of
>> disagreement. I think we are only waiting for general consensus from
>> all interested parties that this is the desired step to take.
>>
>> If it is, I would be happy to draft proposed edits to the associated
>> specs; there are several, and the edits may be somewhat involved. I'd
>> also be happy to share the work with Ian or anyone else.
>
>Concrete proposals should be helpful and it may make sense to first use
>Bugzilla to capture the related issues for the various specs.

I'll get a bug filed with the summarized proposal as discussed in this thread. Thanks!

Received on Monday, 13 June 2011 17:49:23 UTC