Re: ScriptProcessorNode behavior without JavsScript references

2013-09-17 23:12, Raymond Toy skrev:
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> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Robert O'Callahan 
> <robert@ocallahan.org <mailto:robert@ocallahan.org>> wrote:
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>     On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 8:48 AM, Raymond Toy <rtoy@google.com
>     <mailto:rtoy@google.com>> wrote:
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>         Let's say you create a ScriptProcessorNode and set the
>         onaudioprocess to generate, say, a sine wave.  Something like
>         the script below.
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>         In this case, all Javascript references to the
>         ScriptProcessorNode and the corresponding onaudioprocess
>         function are dropped.
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>         What should happen now?  Should you still hear the sine wave?
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>     Yes, otherwise the timing of GC would be observable.
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> Ok.
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> And in this particular example, I can't stop the node so the only way 
> of stopping audio is to close the tab (because the script node is 
> directly connected to the destination)?
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Since I'm the author of that particular example, maybe I should 
clarify... ;-)

This example comes from an app I did where I want to have continuous 
playback of generated audio as long as the tab is open. Even when the 
output is silence, events should be fired (but only zeros are filled 
into the buffer).

Yes, I expect that you can't delete it or stop it in anyway (otherwise I 
would have kept a reference to it). I think this is equivalent to other 
nodes in the graph - they won't be garbage collected just because you 
drop a reference to them. The main difference, as I see it, is that all 
nodes (?) except the ScriptProcessorNode have a way of telling the audio 
engine if they are "done" or not. Thus, the ScriptProcessorNode must be 
regarded as having an infinite life (right?).

/Marcus


> Ray
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>     Rob
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Opera Software