2010/9/2 Mike Shaver mike.sha...@gmail.com:
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Erik Corry erik.co...@gmail.com wrote:
Surely that is the case with WeakMap? At least unless you lost the
key and don't have any other references to the value. In which case
you can't reach the value any more, so
But HashMaps and WeakMaps both map objects to values. The difference is just
that, with WeakMaps, the mapping is weak. The name is excellent, short, and
clear.
Perhaps ObjectMap would be better?
That wouldn't distinguish them from HashMaps, since they are both object maps.
WeakMap is a
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 8:22 AM, David Herman dher...@mozilla.com wrote:
Mike momentarily forgot what they mean
Yes, it was a lapse from a casual observer reading the conversations
quickly; please don't let my brain-blip harm the sweet naming.
Mike
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From email on this thread and from private email I've received, I'm a bit
worried that my earlier message was misunderstood. I agree that we're not
going to secure JavaScript well enough to solve the covert channel problem.
I stated so:
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Mark S. Miller
On Sep 3, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Mark S. Miller wrote:
From email on this thread and from private email I've received, I'm a bit
worried that my earlier message was misunderstood.
I wrote covert channel too, when inviiting you to reply -- sorry about that,
you're right that the side channel is
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Brendan Eich bren...@mozilla.com wrote:
On Sep 3, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Mark S. Miller wrote:
From email on this thread and from private email I've received, I'm a bit
worried that my earlier message was misunderstood.
I wrote covert channel too, when
Although I illustrated the non-overt channel here as a covert channel in a
possibly failed attempt at clarity, my real point and my real worry is about
its use as a side channel. As a side channel, this ability to sense the
collection of individual objects is much more informative than
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Leo Meyerovich lmeye...@gmail.com wrote:
Although I illustrated the non-overt channel here as a covert channel in
a possibly failed attempt at clarity, my real point and my real worry is
about its use as a side channel. As a side channel, this ability to sense
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