On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Glenn Maynard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:33 PM, David Levin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ah so the proposal is really only adding a new method only >> on DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope which send a synchronous message and >> something corresponding on Worker which can respond to this. >> > > There's no need for a new sending method; only a receiving method. To > reuse the original example: > > postMessage({action: "prompt_user", prompt: "How about a nice game of > chess?"}); > var msg = waitForMessage(); > if(msg && msg.data) { chess_game.begin(); } > > The other side is as usual: > > worker.onmessage = function(e) { worker.postMessage(true); } > > without caring which API the worker is using to receive the response. > So the primary use case is code in the worker which has no other (async) messages coming in? dave
