[html5] r2085 - [] (0) Further work on the event loop front. (WebSockets, postMessage, MessagePo [...]
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Tue Aug 19 02:30:42 PDT 2008
Author: ianh
Date: 2008-08-19 02:30:40 -0700 (Tue, 19 Aug 2008)
New Revision: 2085
Modified:
index
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Log:
[] (0) Further work on the event loop front. (WebSockets, postMessage, MessagePorts, setTimeout)
Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index 2008-08-19 09:00:41 UTC (rev 2084)
+++ index 2008-08-19 09:30:40 UTC (rev 2085)
@@ -30850,10 +30850,10 @@
<h4 id=processing1><span class=secno>4.12.6 </span>Processing model</h4>
<!-- ua side -->
- <p>The <span>event source</span> for all <a href="#tasks"
+ <p>The <a href="#task-source">task source</a> for all <a href="#tasks"
title=concept-task>tasks</a> <a href="#queue" title="queue a
task">queued</a> by algorithms in this section and its subsections is the
- <dfn id=template1>template event source</dfn>.
+ <dfn id=template1>template task source</dfn>.
<h5 id=the-originalcontent><span class=secno>4.12.6.1. </span>The <code
title=dom-originalContent><a
@@ -42875,6 +42875,17 @@
title=dom-MessageEvent-messagePort><a
href="#messageport">messagePort</a></code> attribute must be null.
+ <hr>
+
+ <p><a href="#tasks" title=concept-task>Tasks</a> in <a
+ href="#server-sent">server-sent events</a> and <a href="#web-sockets">Web
+ Sockets</a> use their own <a href="#task-source" title="task source">task
+ sources</a>, but the <a href="#task-source">task source</a> for the <a
+ href="#tasks" title=concept-task>tasks</a> in <a
+ href="#cross-document">cross-document messaging</a> and <a
+ href="#channel0">channel messaging</a> is the <dfn id=posted>posted
+ message task source</dfn>.
+
<h3 id=server-sent-events><span class=secno>7.2 </span><dfn
id=server-sent>Server-sent events</dfn></h3>
<!-- eventsource -->
@@ -42942,8 +42953,9 @@
href="#absolute">absolute URL</a>.</p>
<p>As data is received, the <a href="#tasks" title=concept-task>tasks</a>
- queued by the <span>networking event source</span> to handle the data
- must consist of following the rules given in the following sections.</p>
+ queued by the <a href="#networking">networking task source</a> to handle
+ the data must consist of following the rules given in the following
+ sections.</p>
</ol>
<p>When an event source is removed from the list of event sources for an
@@ -43446,8 +43458,8 @@
<dt><dfn id=open3 title=dom-WebSocket-OPEN><code>OPEN</code></dfn>
(numeric value 1)
- <dd>The <a href="#web-socket">Web Socket connection is established</a> and
- communication is possible.
+ <dd>The <a href="#web-socket0">Web Socket connection is established</a>
+ and communication is possible.
<dt><dfn id=closed title=dom-WebSocket-CLOSED><code>CLOSED</code></dfn>
(numeric value 2)
@@ -43484,7 +43496,7 @@
<h4 id=websocket><span class=secno>7.3.3 </span>WebSocket Events</h4>
<p>The <dfn id=open4 title=event-WebSocket-open><code>open</code></dfn>
- event is fired when the <a href="#web-socket">Web Socket connection is
+ event is fired when the <a href="#web-socket0">Web Socket connection is
established</a>.
<p>The <dfn id=close1 title=event-WebSocket-close><code>close</code></dfn>
@@ -43499,16 +43511,6 @@
<p>The <code title=event-message><a href="#message2">message</a></code>
event is fired when when data is received for a connection.
- <p>Events that would be fired during script execution (e.g. between the
- <code><a href="#websocket0">WebSocket</a></code> object being created
- — and thus the connection being established — and the current
- script completing; or, during the execution of a <code
- title=event-message><a href="#message2">message</a></code> event handler)
- must be buffered, and those events queued up and each one individually
- fired after the script has completed.</p>
- <!-- XXX make this more generic
- -->
-
<hr>
<p>The following are the <a href="#event6">event handler DOM attributes</a>
@@ -43544,6 +43546,11 @@
<h4 id=the-web><span class=secno>7.3.4 </span>The Web Socket protocol</h4>
+ <p>The <a href="#task-source">task source</a> for all <a href="#tasks"
+ title=concept-task>tasks</a> <a href="#queue" title="queue a
+ task">queued</a> by algorithms in this section and its subsections is the
+ <dfn id=web-socket>Web Socket task source</dfn>.
+
<h5 id=client-side><span class=secno>7.3.4.1. </span>Client-side
requirements</h5>
@@ -43904,13 +43911,14 @@
title=dom-WebSocket-OPEN><a href="#open3">OPEN</a></code> (1).</p>
<li>
- <p><a href="#firing2">Fire a simple event</a> named <code
- title=event-WebSocket-open><a href="#open4">open</a></code> at the
- <code><a href="#websocket0">WebSocket</a></code> object.</p>
+ <p><a href="#queue">Queue a task</a> to <a href="#firing2">fire a simple
+ event</a> named <code title=event-WebSocket-open><a
+ href="#open4">open</a></code> at the <code><a
+ href="#websocket0">WebSocket</a></code> object.</p>
<li>
- <p>The <dfn id=web-socket>Web Socket connection is established</dfn>. Now
- the user agent must send and receive to and from the connection as
+ <p>The <dfn id=web-socket0>Web Socket connection is established</dfn>.
+ Now the user agent must send and receive to and from the connection as
described in the next section.</p>
</ol>
@@ -43922,7 +43930,7 @@
<h6 id=data-framing><span class=secno>7.3.4.1.2. </span>Data framing</h6>
- <p>Once a <a href="#web-socket">Web Socket connection is established</a>,
+ <p>Once a <a href="#web-socket0">Web Socket connection is established</a>,
the user agent must run through the following state machine for the bytes
sent by the server.
@@ -43931,7 +43939,7 @@
<p>Try to read a byte from the server. Let <var title="">frame type</var>
be that byte.</p>
- <p>If no byte could be read because the <a href="#web-socket0">Web Socket
+ <p>If no byte could be read because the <a href="#web-socket1">Web Socket
connection is closed</a>, then abort.</p>
<li>
@@ -43944,7 +43952,7 @@
<dd>
<p>Run these steps. If at any point during these steps a read is
- attempted but fails because the <a href="#web-socket0">Web Socket
+ attempted but fails because the <a href="#web-socket1">Web Socket
connection is closed</a>, then abort.</p>
<ol>
@@ -43984,7 +43992,7 @@
<dd>
<p>Run these steps. If at any point during these steps a read is
- attempted but fails because the <a href="#web-socket0">Web Socket
+ attempted but fails because the <a href="#web-socket1">Web Socket
connection is closed</a>, then abort.</p>
<ol>
@@ -44011,9 +44019,10 @@
href="#message2">message</a></code>, which does not bubble, is
cancelable, has no default action, and whose <code
title=dom-MessageEvent-data><a href="#data4">data</a></code>
- attribute is set to <var title="">data</var>, and dispatch it at the
- <code><a href="#websocket0">WebSocket</a></code> object. Otherwise,
- discard the data.
+ attribute is set to <var title="">data</var>, and <a
+ href="#queue">queue a task</a> to dispatch it at the <code><a
+ href="#websocket0">WebSocket</a></code> object. Otherwise, discard
+ the data.
</ol>
</dl>
@@ -44027,7 +44036,7 @@
<hr>
- <p>Once a <a href="#web-socket">Web Socket connection is established</a>,
+ <p>Once a <a href="#web-socket0">Web Socket connection is established</a>,
the user agent must use the following steps to <dfn id=send->send <var
title="">data</var> using the Web Socket</dfn>:
@@ -44212,7 +44221,7 @@
<p>To <dfn id=close2>close the Web Socket connection</dfn>, either the user
agent or the server closes the TCP/IP connection. There is no closing
handshake. Whether the user agent or the server closes the connection, it
- is said that the <dfn id=web-socket0>Web Socket connection is
+ is said that the <dfn id=web-socket1>Web Socket connection is
closed</dfn>.
<p>Servers may <a href="#close2">close the Web Socket connection</a>
@@ -44221,14 +44230,15 @@
<p>User agents should not <a href="#close2">close the Web Socket
connection</a> arbitrarily.
- <p id=closeWebSocket>When the <a href="#web-socket0">Web Socket connection
+ <p id=closeWebSocket>When the <a href="#web-socket1">Web Socket connection
is closed</a>, the <code title=dom-WebSocket-readyState><a
href="#readystate1">readyState</a></code> attribute's value must be
changed to <code title=dom-WebSocket-CLOSED><a
href="#closed">CLOSED</a></code> (2), and the user agent must <a
- href="#firing2">fire a simple event</a> named <code
- title=event-WebSocket-close><a href="#close1">close</a></code> at the
- <code><a href="#websocket0">WebSocket</a></code> object.
+ href="#queue">queue a task</a> to <a href="#firing2">fire a simple
+ event</a> named <code title=event-WebSocket-close><a
+ href="#close1">close</a></code> at the <code><a
+ href="#websocket0">WebSocket</a></code> object.
<h3 id=crossDocumentMessages><span class=secno>7.4 </span><dfn
id=cross-document>Cross-document messaging</dfn></h3>
@@ -44336,14 +44346,6 @@
continue running these steps.</p>
<li>
- <p>Wait for all scripts in the <a href="#unit-of">unit of related
- browsing contexts</a> to which the <code><a
- href="#window">Window</a></code> object on which the method was invoked
- belongs to have finished executing any pending scripts.</p>
- <!-- XXX define this in terms of the
- event queue -->
-
- <li>
<p>If the <var title="">targetOrigin</var> argument has a value other
than a single literal U+002A ASTERISK character ("*"), and the <a
href="#active">active document</a> of the <a href="#browsing1">browsing
@@ -44379,9 +44381,11 @@
<li>
- <p>Dispatch the event created in the previous step at the <code><a
- href="#window">Window</a></code> object on which the method was invoked.</p>
- <!-- XXX define this in terms of the event queue -->
+ <p><a href="#queue">Queue a task</a> to dispatch the event created in the
+ previous step at the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object on
+ which the method was invoked. The <a href="#task-source">task source</a>
+ for this <a href="#tasks" title=concept-task>task</a> is the <a
+ href="#posted">posted message task source</a>.</p>
<!-- XXX apply any body/window dispatch decisions here -->
</ol>
@@ -44423,14 +44427,6 @@
continue running these steps.</p>
<li>
- <p>Wait for all scripts in the <a href="#unit-of">unit of related
- browsing contexts</a> to which the <code><a
- href="#window">Window</a></code> object on which the method was invoked
- belongs to have finished executing any pending scripts.</p>
- <!-- XXX define this in terms of the
- event queue -->
-
- <li>
<p>If the <var title="">targetOrigin</var> argument has a value other
than a single literal U+002A ASTERISK character ("*"), and the <a
href="#active">active document</a> of the <a href="#browsing1">browsing
@@ -44471,9 +44467,11 @@
<var title="">new port</var>.</p>
<li>
- <p>Dispatch the event created in the previous step at the <code><a
- href="#window">Window</a></code> object on which the method was invoked.</p>
- <!-- XXX define this in terms of the event queue -->
+ <p><a href="#queue">Queue a task</a> to dispatch the event created in the
+ previous step at the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object on
+ which the method was invoked. The <a href="#task-source">task source</a>
+ for this <a href="#tasks" title=concept-task>task</a> is the <a
+ href="#posted">posted message task source</a>.</p>
<!-- XXX apply any body/window dispatch decisions here -->
</ol>
@@ -44804,23 +44802,32 @@
its port's <a href="#port-message">port message queue</a>, if it is not
already open.
- <p>When a port's <a href="#port-message">port message queue</a> is open and
- contains an event, the user agent must, at the earliest opportunity, after
- any scripts have finished executing<!-- XXX queue -->, dispatch the first
+ <p>When a port's <a href="#port-message">port message queue</a> is open,
+ contains an event, and its owner is <a href="#available" title="port owner
+ available">available</a>, the user agent must <a href="#queue">queue a
+ task</a> in the <a href="#event3">event loop</a> to dispatch the first
event in the queue on the <code><a
href="#messageport0">MessagePort</a></code> object, and remove the event
- from the queue.
+ from the queue. The <a href="#task-source">task source</a> for this <a
+ href="#tasks" title=concept-task>task</a> is the <a href="#posted">posted
+ message task source</a>.
- <p>If the <code><a href="#messageport0">MessagePort</a></code> is owned by
- a <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object and the
+ <p>A <code><a href="#messageport0">MessagePort</a></code>'s owner is <dfn
+ id=available title="port owner available">available</dfn> if the <code><a
+ href="#messageport0">MessagePort</a></code> is owned by an object other
+ than a <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object, or if it is owned
+ by a <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object and the
<code>Document</code> that was the <a href="#active">active document</a>
in that <a href="#browsing1">browsing context</a> when the <code><a
- href="#messageport0">MessagePort</a></code> was created is not <a
- href="#fully">fully active</a>, then an opportunity doesn't exist —
- events in such cases must only be dispatched once the
- <code>Document</code> in question becomes <a href="#fully">fully
- active</a>. If that doesn't happen before that <code>Document</code> is
- discarded, then the events are lost.
+ href="#messageport0">MessagePort</a></code> was created is <a
+ href="#fully">fully active</a>. If that <code>Document</code> is discarded
+ before the port's owner becomes available, then the events are lost.</p>
+ <!-- XXX when we have sorted out the global object mess, if that
+ makes this easier to fix, then fix it better. (e.g. maybe just say
+ that callback tasks aren't processed if they involve firing a
+ callback that wouldn't fire because the code is swapped out? not
+ sure how you'd handle prioritisation, i guess you'd just pretend
+ those events weren't there for the time being) -->
<hr>
@@ -44834,14 +44841,20 @@
<p>Unentangle the two ports.
<li>
- <p>At the next available opportunity, after any scripts have finished
- executing<!-- XXX queue -->, <a href="#firing2">fire a simple event</a>
- called <code title=event-unload>unload</code> at each of the message
- ports. If the two message ports are in the same <a href="#unit-of">unit
- of related browsing contexts</a>, then the port on which the method was
- called must receive the event first.
+ <p><a href="#queue">Queue a task</a> to <a href="#firing2">fire a simple
+ event</a> called <code title=event-unload>unload</code> at the port on
+ which the method was called.
+
+ <li>
+ <p><a href="#queue">Queue a task</a> to <a href="#firing2">fire a simple
+ event</a> called <code title=event-unload>unload</code> at the other
+ port.
</ol>
+ <p>The <a href="#task-source">task source</a> for the two <a href="#tasks"
+ title=concept-task>tasks</a> above is the <a href="#posted">posted message
+ task source</a>.
+
<p>If the method is called on a port that is not entangled, then the method
must do nothing.
@@ -44911,10 +44924,11 @@
<p>Unentangle the two ports.
<li>
- <p>At the next available opportunity, after any scripts have finished
- executing<!-- XXX queue -->, <a href="#firing2">fire a simple event</a>
- called <code title=event-unload>unload</code> at <var title="">surviving
- port</var>.
+ <p><a href="#queue">Queue a task</a> to <a href="#firing2">fire a simple
+ event</a> called <code title=event-unload>unload</code> at <var
+ title="">surviving port</var>. The <a href="#task-source">task
+ source</a> for this <a href="#tasks" title=concept-task>task</a> is the
+ <a href="#posted">posted message task source</a>.
</ol>
<h5 id=ports0><span class=secno>7.5.3.2. </span>Ports and garbage
@@ -55461,8 +55475,9 @@
<h3 id=timers><span class=secno>10.4 </span>Timers</h3>
- <p class=big-issue>This section is expected to be moved to the Window
- Object specification in due course.
+ <p class=big-issue>This section is expected to be moved to its own
+ specification in due course. It needs a lot of work to actually make it
+ into a semi-decent spec.
<p>Objects that implement the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code>
interface must also implement the <code><a
@@ -55501,19 +55516,22 @@
<code><a href="#timeouthandler">TimeoutHandler</a></code> object and a
length of time in milliseconds. It must return a handle to the timeout
created, and then asynchronously wait <var title="">timeout</var>
- milliseconds and then invoke <code>handleEvent()</code> on the <var
- title="">handler</var> object. If any <var title="">arguments...</var>
- were provided, they must be passed to the <var title="">handler</var> as
- arguments to the <code>handleEvent()</code> function.
+ milliseconds and then <a href="#queue">queue a task</a> to invoke
+ <code>handleEvent()</code> on the <var title="">handler</var> object. If
+ any <var title="">arguments...</var> were provided, they must be passed to
+ the <var title="">handler</var> as arguments to the
+ <code>handleEvent()</code> function.
<p>Alternatively, <dfn id=settimeout0 title=""><code>setTimeout(<var
title="">code</var>, <var title="">timeout</var>[, <var
title="">language</var>])</code></dfn> may be used. This variant takes a
string instead of a <code><a
- href="#timeouthandler">TimeoutHandler</a></code> object. That string must
- be parsed using the specified <var title="">language</var> (defaulting to
- ECMAScript if the third argument is omitted) and executed in the scope of
- the <a href="#browsing1">browsing context</a> associated with the <code><a
+ href="#timeouthandler">TimeoutHandler</a></code> object. <span
+ title=big-issue>define the actual requirements for this method, as with
+ the previous one.</span> That string must be parsed using the specified
+ <var title="">language</var> (defaulting to ECMAScript if the third
+ argument is omitted) and executed in the scope of the <a
+ href="#browsing1">browsing context</a> associated with the <code><a
href="#window">Window</a></code> object on which the <code
title=setTimeout>setTimeout()</code> method was invoked.
@@ -55523,9 +55541,10 @@
title=dom-windowtimers-setInterval><code>setInterval(...)</code></dfn>
variants must work in the same way as the <code>setTimeout</code> variants
except that if <var title="">timeout</var> is a value greater than zero,
- the <var title="">handler</var> or <code><a href="#code">code</a></code>
- must be invoked again every <var title="">timeout</var> milliseconds, not
- just the once.</p>
+ the <a href="#tasks" title=concept-task>task</a> that invokes the <var
+ title="">handler</var> or <code><a href="#code">code</a></code> must be <a
+ href="#queue" title="queue a task">queued</a> again every <var
+ title="">timeout</var> milliseconds, not just the once.</p>
<!-- so
setInterval(x) and setInterval(x, 0) are equivalent to setTimeout(x)
and setTimeout(x, 0) respectively -->
@@ -55543,10 +55562,6 @@
correspond to an active timeout or interval, the methods must return
without doing anything.
- <p>Timeouts must never fire while another script is executing. (Thus the
- HTML scripting model is strictly single-threaded and not reentrant.)</p>
- <!-- XXX queue -->
-
<h2 class=no-num id=index>Index</h2>
<p><em>This section is non-normative.</em>
Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source 2008-08-19 09:00:41 UTC (rev 2084)
+++ source 2008-08-19 09:30:40 UTC (rev 2085)
@@ -28063,10 +28063,10 @@
<h4>Processing model</h4>
<!-- ua side -->
- <p>The <span>event source</span> for all <span
+ <p>The <span>task source</span> for all <span
title="concept-task">tasks</span> <span title="queue a
task">queued</span> by algorithms in this section and its
- subsections is the <dfn>template event source</dfn>.</p>
+ subsections is the <dfn>template task source</dfn>.</p>
<h5>The <code title="dom-originalContent">originalContent</code> DOM
@@ -40144,8 +40144,16 @@
null, and the <code title="dom-MessageEvent-messagePort">messagePort</code>
attribute must be null.</p>
+ <hr>
+ <p><span title="concept-task">Tasks</span> in <span>server-sent
+ events</span> and <span>Web Sockets</span> use their own <span
+ title="task source">task sources</span>, but the <span>task
+ source</span> for the <span title="concept-task">tasks</span> in
+ <span>cross-document messaging</span> and <span>channel
+ messaging</span> is the <dfn>posted message task source</dfn>.</p>
+
<h3 id="server-sent-events"><dfn>Server-sent events</dfn></h3>
<!-- eventsource -->
@@ -40214,7 +40222,7 @@
<p>As data is received, the <span
title="concept-task">tasks</span> queued by the <span>networking
- event source</span> to handle the data must consist of following
+ task source</span> to handle the data must consist of following
the rules given in the following sections.</p>
</li>
@@ -40802,15 +40810,6 @@
<p>The <code title="event-message">message</code> event is fired
when when data is received for a connection.</p>
- <p>Events that would be fired during script execution (e.g. between
- the <code>WebSocket</code> object being created — and thus the
- connection being established — and the current script
- completing; or, during the execution of a <code
- title="event-message">message</code> event handler) must be
- buffered, and those events queued up and each one individually fired
- after the script has completed.</p> <!-- XXX make this more generic
- -->
-
<hr>
<p>The following are the <span>event handler DOM attributes</span>
@@ -40842,6 +40841,11 @@
<h4>The Web Socket protocol</h4>
+ <p>The <span>task source</span> for all <span
+ title="concept-task">tasks</span> <span title="queue a
+ task">queued</span> by algorithms in this section and its
+ subsections is the <dfn>Web Socket task source</dfn>.</p>
+
<h5>Client-side requirements</h5>
<p><em>This section only applies to user agents.</em></p>
@@ -41276,8 +41280,8 @@
<li>
- <p><span>Fire a simple event</span> named <code
- title="event-WebSocket-open">open</code> at the
+ <p><span>Queue a task</span> to <span>fire a simple event</span>
+ named <code title="event-WebSocket-open">open</code> at the
<code>WebSocket</code> object.</p>
</li>
@@ -41393,9 +41397,9 @@
the event name <code title="event-message">message</code>,
which does not bubble, is cancelable, has no default action,
and whose <code title="dom-MessageEvent-data">data</code>
- attribute is set to <var title="">data</var>, and dispatch it
- at the <code>WebSocket</code> object. Otherwise, discard the
- data.</p></li>
+ attribute is set to <var title="">data</var>, and <span>queue a
+ task</span> to dispatch it at the <code>WebSocket</code>
+ object. Otherwise, discard the data.</p></li>
</ol>
@@ -41634,8 +41638,9 @@
closed</span>, the <code
title="dom-WebSocket-readyState">readyState</code> attribute's value
must be changed to <code title="dom-WebSocket-CLOSED">CLOSED</code>
- (2), and the user agent must <span>fire a simple event</span> named
- <code title="event-WebSocket-close">close</code> at the
+ (2), and the user agent must <span>queue a task</span> to <span>fire
+ a simple event</span> named <code
+ title="event-WebSocket-close">close</code> at the
<code>WebSocket</code> object.</p>
@@ -41762,16 +41767,6 @@
<li>
- <p>Wait for all scripts in the <span>unit of related browsing
- contexts</span> to which the <code>Window</code> object on
- which the method was invoked belongs to have finished executing
- any pending scripts.</p> <!-- XXX define this in terms of the
- event queue -->
-
- </li>
-
- <li>
-
<p>If the <var title="">targetOrigin</var> argument has a value
other than a single literal U+002A ASTERISK character ("*"), and
the <span>active document</span> of the <span>browsing
@@ -41807,9 +41802,11 @@
<li>
- <p>Dispatch the event created in the previous step at the
- <code>Window</code> object on which the method was invoked.</p>
- <!-- XXX define this in terms of the event queue -->
+ <p><span>Queue a task</span> to dispatch the event created in the
+ previous step at the <code>Window</code> object on which the
+ method was invoked. The <span>task source</span> for this <span
+ title="concept-task">task</span> is the <span>posted message task
+ source</span>.</p>
<!-- XXX apply any body/window dispatch decisions here -->
</li>
@@ -41872,16 +41869,6 @@
<li>
- <p>Wait for all scripts in the <span>unit of related browsing
- contexts</span> to which the <code>Window</code> object on
- which the method was invoked belongs to have finished executing
- any pending scripts.</p> <!-- XXX define this in terms of the
- event queue -->
-
- </li>
-
- <li>
-
<p>If the <var title="">targetOrigin</var> argument has a value
other than a single literal U+002A ASTERISK character ("*"), and
the <span>active document</span> of the <span>browsing
@@ -41925,9 +41912,11 @@
<li>
- <p>Dispatch the event created in the previous step at the
- <code>Window</code> object on which the method was invoked.</p>
- <!-- XXX define this in terms of the event queue -->
+ <p><span>Queue a task</span> to dispatch the event created in the
+ previous step at the <code>Window</code> object on which the
+ method was invoked. The <span>task source</span> for this <span
+ title="concept-task">task</span> is the <span>posted message task
+ source</span>.</p>
<!-- XXX apply any body/window dispatch decisions here -->
</li>
@@ -42248,23 +42237,32 @@
method must open its port's <span>port message queue</span>, if it
is not already open.</p>
- <p>When a port's <span>port message queue</span> is open and
- contains an event, the user agent must, at the earliest opportunity,
- after any scripts have finished executing<!-- XXX queue -->,
- dispatch the first event in the queue on the
- <code>MessagePort</code> object, and remove the event from the
- queue.</p>
+ <p>When a port's <span>port message queue</span> is open, contains
+ an event, and its owner is <span title="port owner
+ available">available</span>, the user agent must <span>queue a
+ task</span> in the <span>event loop</span> to dispatch the first
+ event in the queue on the <code>MessagePort</code> object, and
+ remove the event from the queue. The <span>task source</span> for
+ this <span title="concept-task">task</span> is the <span>posted
+ message task source</span>.</p>
- <p>If the <code>MessagePort</code> is owned by a <code>Window</code>
- object and the <code>Document</code> that was the <span>active
- document</span> in that <span>browsing context</span> when the
- <code>MessagePort</code> was created is not <span>fully
- active</span>, then an opportunity doesn't exist — events in
- such cases must only be dispatched once the <code>Document</code> in
- question becomes <span>fully active</span>. If that doesn't happen
- before that <code>Document</code> is discarded, then the events are
- lost.</p>
+ <p>A <code>MessagePort</code>'s owner is <dfn title="port owner
+ available">available</dfn> if the <code>MessagePort</code> is owned
+ by an object other than a <code>Window</code> object, or if it is
+ owned by a <code>Window</code> object and the <code>Document</code>
+ that was the <span>active document</span> in that <span>browsing
+ context</span> when the <code>MessagePort</code> was created is
+ <span>fully active</span>. If that <code>Document</code> is
+ discarded before the port's owner becomes available, then the events
+ are lost.</p>
+ <!-- XXX when we have sorted out the global object mess, if that
+ makes this easier to fix, then fix it better. (e.g. maybe just say
+ that callback tasks aren't processed if they involve firing a
+ callback that wouldn't fire because the code is swapped out? not
+ sure how you'd handle prioritisation, i guess you'd just pretend
+ those events weren't there for the time being) -->
+
<hr>
<p>The <dfn title="dom-MessagePort-close"><code>close()</code></dfn>
@@ -42276,15 +42274,20 @@
<li><p>Unentangle the two ports.</p></li>
- <li><p>At the next available opportunity, after any scripts have
- finished executing<!-- XXX queue -->, <span>fire a simple
- event</span> called <code title="event-unload">unload</code> at
- each of the message ports. If the two message ports are in the same
- <span>unit of related browsing contexts</span>, then the port on
- which the method was called must receive the event first.</p></li>
+ <li><p><span>Queue a task</span> to <span>fire a simple
+ event</span> called <code title="event-unload">unload</code> at the
+ port on which the method was called.</p></li>
+ <li><p><span>Queue a task</span> to <span>fire a simple
+ event</span> called <code title="event-unload">unload</code> at the
+ other port.</p></li>
+
</ol>
+ <p>The <span>task source</span> for the two <span
+ title="concept-task">tasks</span> above is the <span>posted message
+ task source</span>.
+
<p>If the method is called on a port that is not entangled, then the
method must do nothing.</p>
@@ -42348,10 +42351,11 @@
<li><p>Unentangle the two ports.</p></li>
- <li><p>At the next available opportunity, after any scripts have
- finished executing<!-- XXX queue -->, <span>fire a simple
+ <li><p><span>Queue a task</span> to <span>fire a simple
event</span> called <code title="event-unload">unload</code> at
- <var title="">surviving port</var>.</p></li>
+ <var title="">surviving port</var>. The <span>task source</span>
+ for this <span title="concept-task">task</span> is the <span>posted
+ message task source</span>.</p></li>
</ol>
@@ -50397,8 +50401,9 @@
<h3 id="timers">Timers</h3>
- <p class="big-issue">This section is expected to be moved to the
- Window Object specification in due course.</p>
+ <p class="big-issue">This section is expected to be moved to its own
+ specification in due course. It needs a lot of work to actually make
+ it into a semi-decent spec.</p>
<p>Objects that implement the <code>Window</code> interface must
also implement the <code>WindowTimers</code> interface:</p>
@@ -50433,22 +50438,23 @@
to a <code>TimeoutHandler</code> object and a length of time in
milliseconds. It must return a handle to the timeout created, and
then asynchronously wait <var title="">timeout</var> milliseconds
- and then invoke <code>handleEvent()</code> on the <var
- title="">handler</var> object. If any <var
- title="">arguments...</var> were provided, they must be passed to
- the <var title="">handler</var> as arguments to the
- <code>handleEvent()</code> function.</p>
+ and then <span>queue a task</span> to invoke
+ <code>handleEvent()</code> on the <var title="">handler</var>
+ object. If any <var title="">arguments...</var> were provided, they
+ must be passed to the <var title="">handler</var> as arguments to
+ the <code>handleEvent()</code> function.</p>
<p>Alternatively, <dfn title=""><code>setTimeout(<var
title="">code</var>, <var title="">timeout</var>[, <var
title="">language</var>])</code></dfn> may be used. This variant
- takes a string instead of a <code>TimeoutHandler</code> object. That
- string must be parsed using the specified <var
- title="">language</var> (defaulting to ECMAScript if the third
- argument is omitted) and executed in the scope of the <span>browsing
- context</span> associated with the <code>Window</code> object on
- which the <code title="setTimeout">setTimeout()</code> method was
- invoked.</p>
+ takes a string instead of a <code>TimeoutHandler</code>
+ object. <span title="big-issue">define the actual requirements for
+ this method, as with the previous one.</span> That string must be
+ parsed using the specified <var title="">language</var> (defaulting
+ to ECMAScript if the third argument is omitted) and executed in the
+ scope of the <span>browsing context</span> associated with the
+ <code>Window</code> object on which the <code
+ title="setTimeout">setTimeout()</code> method was invoked.</p>
<p class="big-issue">Need to define <var title="">language</var>
values.</p>
@@ -50457,8 +50463,9 @@
title="dom-windowtimers-setInterval"><code>setInterval(...)</code></dfn>
variants must work in the same way as the <code>setTimeout</code>
variants except that if <var title="">timeout</var> is a value
- greater than zero, the <var title="">handler</var> or
- <code>code</code> must be invoked again every <var
+ greater than zero, the <span title="concept-task">task</span> that
+ invokes the <var title="">handler</var> or <code>code</code> must be
+ <span title="queue a task">queued</span> again every <var
title="">timeout</var> milliseconds, not just the once.</p> <!-- so
setInterval(x) and setInterval(x, 0) are equivalent to setTimeout(x)
and setTimeout(x, 0) respectively -->
@@ -50474,13 +50481,9 @@
with a value that does not correspond to an active timeout or
interval, the methods must return without doing anything.</p>
- <p>Timeouts must never fire while another script is executing. (Thus
- the HTML scripting model is strictly single-threaded and not
- reentrant.)</p><!-- XXX queue -->
-
<h2 class="no-num">Index</h2>
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