- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:07:44 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/workers
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv25333
Modified Files:
Overview.html
Log Message:
Allow 'kill a worker' to be run whenever; change /window/ to /worker/ in the 'run a worker' steps; mention that other algorithms than 'kill' can set 'closing' to true. (whatwg r26)
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/workers/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.18
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -d -r1.18 -r1.19
--- Overview.html 18 Jul 2008 09:48:12 -0000 1.18
+++ Overview.html 18 Jul 2008 10:07:42 -0000 1.19
@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@
<p>The <dfn id=closing
title=dom-WindowWorker-closing><code>closing</code></dfn> attribute must
- return false until the "<a href="#kill-a">kill a worker</a>" processing
- model defined below sets it to false.
+ return false until it is set to true by one of the algorithms in the
+ processing model section below.
<p>The following are the <span>event handler DOM attributes</span> that
must be supported by objects implementing the <code><a
@@ -560,22 +560,22 @@
<li>
<p>Create a new <code><a href="#windowworker">WindowWorker</a></code>
- object, <var title="">window</var>.</p>
+ object, <var title="">worker</var>.</p>
<li>
<p>Set the <code title=dom-WindowWorker-URL><a href="#url">URL</a></code>
- attribute of <var title="">window</var> to the value of <var
+ attribute of <var title="">worker</var> to the value of <var
title="">url</var>.</p>
<li>
<p>Set the <code title=dom-WindowWorker-name><a
- href="#name">name</a></code> attribute of <var title="">window</var> to
+ href="#name">name</a></code> attribute of <var title="">worker</var> to
the value of <var title="">name</var>.</p>
<li>
<p>Let <var title="">script</var>'s <span>script execution context</span>
(and thus also <span>global object</span>) be <var
- title="">window</var>.</p>
+ title="">worker</var>.</p>
<li>
<p>Let <var title="">script</var>'s <span>script browsing context</span>
@@ -594,19 +594,19 @@
href="#queue">queue of events</a>. If it does, that event will have a
<code>MessagePort</code> and thus the list of <a
href="#the-workers0">the worker's ports</a> will not be empty. If it
- doesn't, then the next step will set the <var title="">window</var>
+ doesn't, then the next step will set the <var title="">worker</var>
object's <code title=dom-WindowWorker-closing><a
href="#closing">closing</a></code> attribute to true.</p>
<li>
<p>Start monitoring <var title="">worker</var>, such that as soon as the
worker stops being a <a href="#needed">needed worker</a>, the <var
- title="">window</var> object's <code title=dom-WindowWorker-closing><a
+ title="">worker</var> object's <code title=dom-WindowWorker-closing><a
href="#closing">closing</a></code> attribute is set to true.</p>
<li>
<p>Start monitoring <var title="">worker</var>, such that whenever the
- <var title="">window</var> object's <code
+ <var title="">worker</var> object's <code
title=dom-WindowWorker-closing><a href="#closing">closing</a></code>
attribute is false and the worker is not an <a href="#active0">active
needed worker</a>, the user agent suspends execution of script in that
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@
<li>
<p><i>Event loop</i>: Wait until either there is an event in the <a
href="#queue">queue of events</a> associated with <var
- title="">window</var> or the <var title="">window</var> object's <code
+ title="">worker</var> or the <var title="">worker</var> object's <code
title=dom-WindowWorker-closing><a href="#closing">closing</a></code>
attribute is set to true.</p>
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
<li>
<p>If there are any more events in the <a href="#queue">queue of
- events</a> or if the <var title="">window</var> object's <code
+ events</a> or if the <var title="">worker</var> object's <code
title=dom-WindowWorker-closing><a href="#closing">closing</a></code>
attribute is set to false, then jump back to the step above labeled
<i>event loop</i>.</p>
@@ -700,6 +700,13 @@
title=event-unload>unload</code> event).
</ol>
+ <p>User agents may invoke the "<a href="#kill-a">kill a worker</a>"
+ processing model on a worker at any time, e.g. in response to user
+ requests, in response to CPU quota management, or when a worker stops
+ being a <a href="#needed">needed worker</a> if the worker continues
+ executing even after its <code title=dom-WindowWorker-closing><a
+ href="#closing">closing</a></code> attribute was set to true.
+
<hr>
<p>When a script invokes the <dfn id=import
Received on Friday, 18 July 2008 10:08:19 UTC