That sounds like a great idea! The blink people are running into a bunch of issues by implementing them on the C++ side as opposed to inside the VM. Implement them in JavaScript seems like the right approach.
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Sam Weinig <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey WebKittens, > > I’d like to add support for Promises. Promises are currently specified in > the DOM Living Standard (http://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#promises) but will > probably be moved to an ECMAScript standard at some point in the future. > As such, I plan to implement them in JavaScriptCore. > > The main motivation for adding Promises is that many upcoming specs have > them as a dependency, including WebCrypto ( > https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/webcrypto-api/raw-file/tip/spec/Overview.html), > the updated FileSystem API ( > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2013JulSep/0071.html) > and others. > > Thoughts? > > -Sam > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev >
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