- From: Bronislav Klučka <Bronislav.Klucka@bauglir.com>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 05:49:56 +0200
- CC: public-webapps@w3.org
On 30.3.2012 5:40, Glenn Maynard wrote: > 2012/3/29 Bronislav Klučka <Bronislav.Klucka@bauglir.com > <mailto:Bronislav.Klucka@bauglir.com>> > > Sure, weak referencing is probably not well explored approach, but > the underlying idea applied to blob is interesting: URL creates no > reference to Blob (from GC perspective), meaning Blob is subjected > to GC regardless of BlobUrl existence. This would remove the need > for revoking URL, programmers would only need to maintain blobs > they want to be persistent (e.g. in some global array). > > > Weak referencing is pretty well explored, I think. It's intentionally > not supported for the most part in JavaScript, because most weakref > features expose garbage collection behavior to scripts. Web APIs > don't do that. > > This approach exposes GC behavior, making it possible to write code > that behaves differently depending on GC. > > -- > Glenn Maynard > The point was not to talk about weak refs, but about not creating a GC reference from URL to Blob Brona
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