- From: Kenneth Russell <kbr@google.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 11:28:15 -0700
- To: "Mark S. Miller" <erights@google.com>
- Cc: arun@mozilla.com, public-script-coord@w3.org, es-discuss@mozilla.org, Vladimir Vukicevic <vladimir@mozilla.com>
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Mark S. Miller <erights@google.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Arun Ranganathan <arun@mozilla.com> wrote: >> >> Greetings, TC-39 WG and script mavens! >> >> Browser vendors participating in the WebGL WG intend to implement the >> "Typed Arrays" specification, allowing for greater manipulation of binary >> data: >> >> >> https://cvs.khronos.org/svn/repos/registry/trunk/public/webgl/doc/spec/TypedArray-spec.html >> >> The draft specification (a work in progress) resides at Khronos, which is >> typically an unusual home for something integral to the rest of the web >> platform. Khronos is where we work on WebGL, which enjoys Google, Opera, >> Mozilla, and Apple participation, amongst other organizations. >> >> The general usefulness of constructs such as ArrayBuffers (covered in the >> "Typed Arrays" draft specification) lends itself to other web platform >> specifications, such as the File API, parts of which are implemented in >> Firefox 3.6.3: >> >> http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/FileAPI/ >> >> In the above draft (also a work in progress), the Blob interface exposes >> an ArrayBuffer property, which can then be used with different views. >> >> While implementations are currently proceeding unimpeded by >> standards-track considerations, it would be useful if Typed Arrays were >> taken on as a work item by TC-39, for more general inclusion in JavaScript. >> Should it live elsewhere, and if so, where? > > http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:typed_arrays Can this page be updated to point to the current draft of the TypedArray spec? https://cvs.khronos.org/svn/repos/registry/trunk/public/webgl/doc/spec/TypedArray-spec.html Thanks, -Ken > I agree it should be taken on by TC39. On the strawman page, you are listed > as the champion of this proposal. It is on the agenda (see 6.4 or 6.5) for > the upcoming May 24/25 meeting. Hope to see you there! > >> >> -- A* >> _______________________________________________ >> es-discuss mailing list >> es-discuss@mozilla.org >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > > > > -- > Cheers, > --MarkM > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > es-discuss@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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