[whatwg] ArrayBuffer and ByteArray questions

[Simon Pieters]

On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:22:44 +0200, Chris Marrin <cmarrin at apple.com> wrote:

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> On Sep 8, 2010, at 12:13 AM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
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>> On Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:09:13 +0200, Jian Li <jianli at chromium.org> wrote:
>>> Several specs, like File API and WebGL, use ArrayBuffer, while other  
>>> spec, like XMLHttpRequest Level 2, use ByteArray. Should we change to  
>>> use the same name all across our specs? Since we define ArrayBuffer in  
>>> the Typed Arrays spec (
>>> https://cvs.khronos.org/svn/repos/registry/trunk/public/webgl/doc/spec/TypedArray-spec.html),
>>> should we favor ArrayBuffer?
>>>
>>> In addition, can we consider adding ArrayBuffer support to BlobBuilder,
>>> FormData, and XMLHttpRequest.send()?
>>
>> So TC39 is going to leave this thing alone? I.e. are we sure  
>> ArrayBuffer is the way of the future?
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> ArrayBuffer certainly has momentum behind it. It started as a part of  
> the WebGL spec as a way of passing buffers of data of various types  
> (sometimes heterogeneous types) to the WebGL engine. Since then, it has  
> found uses in the Web Audio proposal, the File API and there has been  
> talk in using it as a way to pass data to Web Workers.

Do you mean WebSockets?


> We have discussed using it in XHR as well, and I think that would be a  
> great idea. From a WebGL standpoint, it is the one missing piece to make  
> it possible to easily get data of any type from a URL into the WebGL  
> engine. But it would have uses in many other places as well.
>
> For reference, here is the latest proposal:
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> 	https://cvs.khronos.org/svn/repos/registry/trunk/public/webgl/doc/spec/TypedArray-spec.html
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> ~Chris
> cmarrin at apple.com
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Simon Pieters
Opera Software