- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 11:08:09 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com>
- Cc: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>, public-html <public-html@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0908031107360.6420@hixie.dreamhostps.com>
On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Philip Jägenstedt wrote: > On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:05:42 +0200, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Jul 2009, Philip Jagenstedt wrote: > > > > > > I'd prefer wording requiring the resource selection algorithm to > > > continue the "asynchronous" steps once the triggering script has > > > finished, similar to the old wording for the implicit load(): "the > > > user agent must implicitly invoke the load() method on the media > > > element as soon as all other scripts have finished executing". > > > There's no element of chance involved as far as I can see. If this > > > could help remove the different handling of src/source with two > > > different waiting states and ugliness, all the better. > > > > "as soon as all other scripts have finished executing" is vague to the > > point of not being testable, sadly. But I've taken that idea and > > recast the entire algorithm in a way that gets you the same effect. > > > > Basically now it waits until the current task has finished, and then > > looks to see if there's a src="" or <source>, and if there is, it > > switches to the appropriate mode and processes that src="" or <source> > > (asynchronously). For <source>, if that one fails, it waits until the > > next time the event loop has finished, and then tries the next one. > > Thanks, this fixes the biggest issue (predictability) and better matches > the constraints of actual implementation. > > Pretty much the only testable difference is that immediately after the > resource selection algorithm returns (via load/pause/play) networkState > is NETWORK_NO_SOURCE, whereas it was previously NETWORK_LOADING. This > has the side-effect that calling load() twice no longer fires an abort > event, as the condition is "If the media element's networkState is set > to NETWORK_LOADING or NETWORK_IDLE". This is all fine (and emptied still > fires). Sounds right. > Spelling: "then jump o the waiting step below" Fixed, thanks. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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