Nope, it isn't.

Cheers,
Fedor.



On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Shea Levy <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to write a javascript wrapper around uv_queue_work to deal
> with the case of computationally-expensive functions that shouldn't run in
> the event loop. While obviously this is potentially dangerous, well-written
> code could ensure that the callback called does not touch any state that
> could also potentially be viewed in parallel in the event loop. An example
> might be:
>
> function addInBackground(a,b,cb) {
>   var add;
>   add = function() {
>     return a + b;
>   }
>   uv_queue_work(add,cb);
> }
>
> I know that in my naive guess on how threading could work, this particular
> usage should be safe. My question is: under the hood, is it possible that
> calling the 'add' callback from the work_cb function of uv_queue_work
> manipulates some v8 state in an unsafe way?
>
> Thanks,
> Shea
>
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