[html5] Is there any way to processmessages inside a worker?

[Ian Hickson]

On Mon, 12 Jul 2010, Marcelo Saviski wrote:
>
> It's possible?
> 
> inside the myworker.js:
> 
> onmessage = function() {
> >   //why you don't call me?
> > }
> >
> > while (true) {
> >   doSomething();
> >   processMessages(); //check for waiting message in the message queue
> > }

The "onmessage" handler won't be called while you have code running. You 
have to do it the same way you do outside of workers, e.g.:

   onmessage = processMessage();
   setInterval(0, doSomething);

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