Re: which algorithm do we use for copying buffer sources in dictionaries?

thanks JC -- please see 
<https://github.com/w3c/webappsec-credential-management/pull/130>

=JeffH

On 10/24/2018 11:47 PM, J.C. Jones wrote:
> Sorry for the delay. See inline:
> 
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 7:24 PM =JeffH <Jeff.Hodges@kingsmountain.com 
> <mailto:Jeff.Hodges@kingsmountain.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 10/23/2018 1:29 AM, J.C. Jones wrote:
> 
>       > Particularly, everything in the dictionary is passed by reference
>       > when we go async, except for buffers which are cloned.
> 
>     hm, sorry, I'm confused (probably due to my ignorance), in part because
>     <https://heycam.github.io/webidl/#idl-dictionaries> says "Dictionaries
>     are always passed by value."
> 
> 
> Interesting. Probably I misunderstand what is happening inside this part 
> of Firefox, but obviously we must respect the spec.
> 
>     wrt "except for buffers which are cloned", are you referring to how the
>     [=create a copy of any buffer sources' data=] works or something else
>     (eg how FF works internally?)
> 
> 
> Both. Internally, I explicitly copy the buffers, and from prior comments 
> Edge and Chrome do as well.
> 
> 
>       > A "deep copy" would suggest we should make some code changes to how
>       > WebAuthn is called by Credential Management. At least how I read
>       > it.
> 
>     by "code changes" you mean actual FF code changes?
> 
> 
> I no longer know what I was talking about. I retract my comment above. :)
> 
> Cheers,
> J.C.
> 
>

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