Re: TAG feedback on Web Audio from Robert O'Callahan on 2013-08-01 (www-tag@w3.org from August 2013)

From: Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 08:54:28 +1200
To: Adam Goode <agoode@google.com>
Cc: Chris Wilson <cwilso@google.com>, Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan.akhgari@gmail.com>, Noah Mendelsohn <nrm@arcanedomain.com>, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@annevk.nl>, Olivier Thereaux <Olivier.Thereaux@bbc.co.uk>, Alex Russell <slightlyoff@google.com>, "public-audio@w3.org" <public-audio@w3.org>, "www-tag@w3.org List" <www-tag@w3.org>
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On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 2:13 AM, Adam Goode <agoode@google.com> wrote:

> That document is a bit misleading/outdated when it comes to data races
> being "harmless". This more recent article illustrates these issues:
>
> http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2013/01/06/benign-data-races-what-could-possibly-go-wrong
>

Thanks. That page reminds us that a C++ implementation of Web Audio with
the status quo data-race-enabled AudioBuffers must rely on behavior that's
technically undefined by C++.

Rob
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