[whatwg] ArrayBuffer and ByteArray questions

Eric Uhrhane ericu at google.com
Wed Sep 8 10:57:30 PDT 2010


On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Jian Li <jianli at chromium.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 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()?

It seems like an obvious addition for BlobBuilder or XHR.send, but do
we need it in both, or is one sufficient?

> Thanks,
> Jian
>



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