It is considered a bug. On Dec 9, 2009, at 4:57 PM, Jonas Sicking wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:10 PM, James Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2009/12/9 tali garsiel <[email protected]> >>> >>> Well, not completely. >>> Regarding the first question- Webkit guys told me (on their IRC channel) >>> that the don't block the parser and only block scripts that request visual >>> information, so I'm still confused. >> >> Here's my understanding of the implementation inside WebKit currently: >> During parsing, WebKit does not block the parser on stylesheet loads, but >> does block external scripts from running until previously-encountered >> stylesheets have loaded. WebKit does not suspend script execution on >> requests for visual information if stylesheets have not loaded (for example >> for inline scripts or in the case of stylesheets added dynamically after >> parsing has completed). WebKit does suspend parsing of the document on >> script loads, but has a speculative preloader to attempt to start fetches >> for resources past the <script> tag. > > Why does webkit treat external scripts different from inline scripts > here? I.e. why is an inline script allowed to run even if there are > pending stylesheet loads, but external scripts not? That seems > inconsistent and confusing. > > Is this considered a bug or desired behavior? > > / Jonas
