Have you done perf testing? What's the change? --Oliver
On Jun 13, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Adam Barth wrote: > People of WebKit, > > As mentioned recently on webkit-dev, Eric, Tonyg, and I have been > working on implementing the HTML5 parsing algorithm in WebKit: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg11472.html > > We're now ready to turn the new tokenization algorithm on by default > (probably early this week). The new code passes all the existing > LayoutTests, with the exception of roughly 40 tests that "expect" > behavior that violates the HTML5 specification [1]. > > There are some differences between the old parser and the HTML5 > parser. We've written up a brief document outlining those > differences: > > https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1as5xYjyMSCph4960iz0-Kb7hZKf_L6f2vts57NMcVBI&hl=en > > If these differences cause real compatibility issues on the web, we > should contribute this information to the working group so we can > improve the specification. If these differences cause compatibility > issues for WebKit-specific HTML (e.g., for Dashboard widgets), we > might need to add a flag to support some subset of these parsing > quirks for non-web uses of WebKit. > > Please be on the lookout for parsing-related regressions and CC Eric, > Tonyg, and me on the bugs. There's still a lot of work to do > (including implementing the tree construction algorithm), but turning > the tokenization code on by default is an important milestone for the > project. > > Happy parsing, > Adam > > [1] See > https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AppchfQ5mBrEdDFJUW5DOGNsdmtvZkN0ZmIzMjdaT0E&hl=en > for details. > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
