On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Hugo Lima <hugo.l...@openbossa.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Darin Adler <da...@apple.com> wrote: > > On Sep 12, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Hugo Lima <hugo.l...@openbossa.org> wrote: > > > >> the Nix implementation will just delegate the implementation to the > application > > > > I think what this means is that Nix will export interfaces that closely > match WebKit internals as the Nix API to WebKit. > > > > This may well create a long term problem for the WebKit project. Changes > that would be fine for other platforms, internal restructuring, could be a > problem for the Nix platform. Generally speaking, this is what the platform > layers in the WebKit directory provide; a port that omits this level of > abstraction and indirection could pose some serious challenges to us as we > make major changes to WebKit internals while preserving external API > compatibility. > > > > I’m not saying this is an immediate show-stopper, but it’s a critical > topic to discuss. > > This is the challenge, the Nix::Platform API need to focus on the > primitives of the problem and not just being just a thin wrapper tied > to the WebCore implementation, if the internals of WebCore change we > just need to solve the problem on the glue code between WebCore and > our API without need to change either, our API or the WebCore change. > > This is a issue that could happen in the future for sure, but I don't > think it will be a show-stopper for any WebCore refactor, it will just > add a bit of work to the Nix port layer the same way it will add to > other ports, maybe a bit more for us due to the "low level" nature of > our API, but not much if we do our job right. > Interesting. That sounds a lot like Chromium's WebKit API layer. If I remember correctly, that layer had to be modified constantly as WebCore/WebKit code was refactored so I'm a bit worried about this. But it sounds like you're suggesting that Nix port's maintainers will be responsible for making any code changes necessary to support WebCore/WebKit/WebKit2 refactoring? - R. Niwa
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