[webkit-dev] Windows Multithread issue

[Oliver Hunt]

It's not just JS -- WebCore is not threadsafe -- chrome gets around  
this by hosting each webview in a distinct process -- effectively the  
same as if you launched multiple instances of safari (or Cruz, Shiira,  
OmniWeb, etc) to get parallel browsing (this is a high level overview,  
chrome does other work as well, but it's not relevant to the  
discussion).

Making WebCore and the WebKit API threadsafe in the way requested  
would be non-trivial.  Although i'm kind of interested in what  
specifically the original emailer wanted to do

--Oliver

On Jun 16, 2009, at 12:10 AM, John Abd-El-Malek wrote:

> Thanks for the info guys, I stand corrected.  Completely forgot  
> about the JS issue.
>
> 2009/6/15 Oliver Hunt <oliver at apple.com>
> This is not possible due to various issues with the interaction  
> between JS across multiple webviews, and the additional assumption  
> that all layout and painting occurs in the UI thread.  Attempting to  
> interact with WebKit on multiple threads will cause crashes.
>
> --Oliver
>
> On Jun 15, 2009, at 9:05 PM, 熊科浪 wrote:
>
>>
>> hi
>>     I want to develop c++ application that uses WebKit on Windows.  
>> Can I start a thread for each web view? or I must ceate every web  
>> view and handle every event in the main thread?and why?are there  
>> any plan to change it?
>>
>>     Thank you.
>>
>> --
>> clive
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