[webkit-dev] Join the URL hackathon (already in progress)!

[David Levin]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:35 PM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org> wrote:

> Ah, sorry, I meant to the point where the library was integrated with
> the various build systems, etc.  Maybe that's already possible today.
> I haven't investigated it in detail.  It probably also makes sense to
> talk about correctness between steps (1) and (2), once we have the
> tests and their results to compare across browsers.
>
> Adam
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Darin Fisher <darin at chromium.org> wrote:
> > #4 is already basically done.  See USE(GOOGLEURL).
> > -Darin
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I think Maciej took notes, but my recollection is as follows:
> >>
> >> 1) Convert as many of the unit tests to LayoutTests as possible.
> >> 2) Land GURL in svn.webkit.org as is.
>

I think there was:
   2.5 Change the name from GoogleURL to something else.

(WebKitUrl?)

>> 3) Convert GURL to WebKit style.
>
>> 4) Make an ifdef that lets ports switch between KURL and GURL.
> >>
> >> Once we get to this point, it will be easy to evaluate the performance
> >> and correctness impact of switching from KURL to GURL.  Ideally, we'd
> >> have a "bake-off" and pick the best parser based on some objective
> >> criterion.  If KURL wins the bake-off, we should consider refactoring
> >> KURL's parser not to depend on WebCore::String (or really any of
> >> WebCore).  If GURL wins the bake-off, we should document (either with
> >> comments or tests) which parts of GURL's API is needed by Chromium but
> >> not necessarily need by other ports.
> >>
> >> Adam
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Chris Jerdonek <cjerdonek at webkit.org>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Regarding the URL parsing code, could someone that attended the
> >> > session list what steps were proposed or tentatively agreed to (of
> >> > which the below is the first)?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks a lot,
> >> > --Chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org>
> wrote:
> >> >> Have you ever wanted WebKit's URL parsing to be awesome?  Do crazy
> >> >> characters in URLs keep you up at night?  Do you love writing tests?
> >> >>
> >> >> If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might want to join
> >> >> the URL hackathon.  In this hackathon, we're adding a ton of test of
> >> >> our URL parsing code by adapting a BSD-licensed unit test suit into a
> >> >> set of LayoutTests.
> >> >>
> >> >> You can find the instructions and sign-up sheet at following URL:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AZpchfQ5mBrEZGQ0cDh3YzRfMTVnZmZ3dGNmNg&hl=en
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks, and happy hacking!
> >> >> Adam
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