Re: [WebStorage] Property enumeration and checking presence

"Nikunj R. Mehta" <nikunj.mehta@oracle.com>, 2009-06-29 11:04 -0700:

>  There is a requirement to obtain the storage mutex prior to performing 
>  Storage interface operations on the localStorage DOM attribute.
> 
>  Section 3.4 asks for obtaining the storage mutex during property 
>  enumeration, although this term is not used anywhere else in the document. 
>  Similarly, it is not clear what is meant by "when checking for the presence 
>  of a property" that is any different from the getItem() method.

The terms "storage mutex" and "obtain storage mutex" are defined
in the HTML5 draft:

  http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/browsers.html#storage-mutex
  http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/browsers.html#obtain-the-storage-mutex

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Received on Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:06:54 UTC