> On Mar 19, 2015, at 3:44 PM, saam barati <saambara...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think JavaScriptCore will need access to 'platform', too, to implement some > ES6 features.
Anything needed for JavaScriptCore should go to WTF. Otherwise there is no point having a separation. - Maciej > > Saam > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com > <mailto:m...@apple.com>> wrote: > > > > On Mar 19, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Benjamin Poulain <benja...@webkit.org> wrote: > > > > On 3/18/15 9:43 PM, Myles C. Maxfield wrote: > >> Hello, all, > >> > >> I’d like to announce that I intend to create a standalone static library > >> from the current contents of WebCore/platform over the coming months. This > >> will involve creating a “Platform" top-level directory and moving source > >> files into it, one by one. > >> > >> There are a few reasons for this: > >> > >> 1. Enforcing the layering between Platform and WebCore. Moving Platform > >> into its own target/directory can guarantee that nothing inside it knows > >> about anything in WebCore. > >> 2. Being able to test code in the Platform directory with TestWebKitAPI > >> (without exporting Platform symbols from the WebCore library) > >> 3. Managing conceptual complexity. > >> > >> Does anyone have any thoughts or feedback? > > > > That's an awesome project. That's gonna be a lot of work. > > > > How do you plan to do the interface between WebCore and Platform? > > > > Between WebCore and WebKit, we use interfaces with pure virtual functions > > that are implemented by the clients. > > Between WebCore and the platform, we have headers and each port has its own > > implementation of that interface. > > > > Do you plan to move Platform behind a public interface or keep the current > > model? > > I don’t think we need a model like the WebCore/WebKit interface. WTF is > essentially like the proposed Platform library already, and it just exposes > normal C++ headers and implementation files. I think the main benefit here is > cleaning up the layering, as opposed to adding more abstraction. In fact, you > could sort of think of WTF and Platform as logically the same library, with > WTF being only the parts needed by JavaScriptCore, plus things that are > logically at the same level (so basically non-GUI and no networking code). > > This almost makes me want to suggest a jokey name for Platform. I can’t off > the top of my head think of a good expansion of OMG, though. Or BBQ. > > Regards, > Maciej > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev >
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