[whatwg] Web Workers: Worker.onmessage

[Simon Pieters]

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:05:53 +0100, Simon Pieters <simonp at opera.com> wrote:

> Shouldn't setting onmessage on a Worker object enable the port message  
> queue?
>
> Currently step 8 of the "run a worker" algorithm enables the port  
> message queue for the WorkerGlobalObjectScope side, but it is never  
> enabled when going in the other direction, if I'm reading the spec  
> correctly.

Hmm. Actually, step 12 and 13 of the Worker constructor enable the port  
message queue for both the inside and outside ports. Why does the "run a  
worker" algorithm enable one of them again? Isn't it too early to enable  
the port message queues before the worker has run and set 'onmessage'?

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Simon Pieters
Opera Software