Shared workers - use .source instead of .ports[0] ?

• From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
• Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:25:35 +0200
• To: "public-webapps@w3c.org" <public-webapps@w3c.org>
• Message-ID: <op.wb8ygxe3idj3kv@simons-macbook-pro.local>

Hi,

In Opera Extensions we use something that resembles shared workers. One  
modification is that the 'connect' event's source port is exposed in  
.source instead of in .ports[0], to make it closer to the API for  
cross-document messaging. Maybe we should make this change to Shared  
Workers as well.

I think shared workers hasn't seen wide adoption yet, so maybe changes  
like this are still possible.

What do people think?

currently:
onconnect = function(e) { e.ports[0].postMessage('pong') }

proposed change:
onconnect = function(e) { e.source.postMessage('pong') }

-- 
Simon Pieters
Opera Software

Received on Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:26:13 UTC