This whole thread reminds me of diffable: http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2010/07/09/diffable-only-download-the-deltas/ which can probably used for the same purpose.
On Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 7:05 AM, Brandon Benvie wrote: > In theory it would be possible with some work. If I was doing it, my starting > point would be to implement a membrane targeted at hot swapping objects and > functions (using tools I've already made for such tasks > https://github.com/Benvie/meta-objects). That is, I'd make it so I could swap > out the actual object or function that is mirrored, yet retain same-identity > externally. That is the first major hurdle to really achieving true hot > swapping, because there's no way to come in after the fact and try and play > cleanup duty and expect it to work. Once the references are disseminated > there's nothing that can be done except for rebooting the context. But if > you're able to protect and control those references (using the membrane > concept) you can sidestep around the issue and get on to the other > difficulties with the idea. I do think it's possible to do. > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
