Re: [whatwg] Handling out of memory issues with getImageData/createImageData

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Justin Novosad <junov@google.com> wrote:
> Currently there is no spec'ed behavior for handling out-of memory issues
> for the specific case of attempting to allocate a large buffer through
> image data APIs.

Actually, there is no specified behavior for out-of-memory behavior,
period. This is a problem that starts with the ECMAScript standard and
everything that builds upon it.

I have seen Mark Miller discuss some of the issues surrounding this
and perhaps even the necessity to eventually define it, but so far
this has not happened. Not sure if the full story is documented
somewhere. Mark?

https://esdiscuss.org/topic/using-max-stack-limit-to-determine-current-js-engine-and-revision#content-7
indicates there may be security issues with throwing out-of-memory
exceptions.


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Received on Saturday, 26 September 2015 14:35:07 UTC