[whatwg] RFC: Alternatives to storage mutex for cookies and localStorage

[Robert O'Callahan]

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Jeremy Orlow <jorlow at chromium.org> wrote:

> You'd have to implement it via a mutex.  An optimized implementation could
> wait until the first operation that can't be un-done before acquiring it,
> and do everything optimistically until then.  This is the same situation as
> WebDatabase if I understand it correctly.
>

AFAIK WebDatabase transactions can't have side effects outside the database,
so they can be implemented optimistically with automatic retries so aborts
aren't exposed to the developer.

If localStorage transactions are made to be just syntax around a mutex then
I'm not sure we've gained much for the compatibility break.

Rob
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