Re: [webkit-dev] Deep copy of the page with it's JS context

2012-12-19 Thread Filip Pizlo
What you describe is super hard to do. Not just in WebKit but in any system. The classical approach involves some combination of checkpointing (what you seem to call "deep copy" - though the words "deep" and "copy" don't accurately describe the technical challenge - there's no way for WebKit t

Re: [webkit-dev] Deep copy of the page with it's JS context

2012-12-19 Thread Karen Shaeffer
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:21:54PM -0800, Benjamin Poulain wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Николай Матюнин wrote: > > My answer: > If you are using Linux and don't care too much about efficiency, it may be > easier to patch the kernel to snapshot the process state and memory, and > rest

Re: [webkit-dev] Deep copy of the page with it's JS context

2012-12-12 Thread Benjamin Poulain
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Николай Матюнин wrote: > I need your help (or just some advice). > Currently I use WebKit (actually phantom.JS, which is based on the WebKit) > as an instrument to research and develop the effective methods of ajax > web-applications crawling (just for academic pu

[webkit-dev] Deep copy of the page with it's JS context

2012-12-12 Thread Николай Матюнин
Dear WebKit developers! I need your help (or just some advice). Currently I use WebKit (actually phantom.JS, which is based on the WebKit) as an instrument to research and develop the effective methods of ajax web-applications crawling (just for academic purposes). So, during the crawling, the ap