[webkit-dev] LocalStorage spec and structured cloning

[Darin Fisher]

I'm concerned that implementing this will only encourage more use of
localStorage.  The API is very poor because it requires synchronous IO and
synchronization between browser contexts, which may live on different
threads.  (Note: Chrome does not implement the required synchronization.)

If we could fix localStorage to be asynchronous and transactional :-) then
it'd be cool.  Of course, one answer is that people should just use
IndexedDB.

FWIW, Jorlow (when he was still working on chrome) expressed similar
sentiments.
On Jun 2, 2011 4:13 PM, "Maciej Stachowiak" <mjs at apple.com> wrote:
>
> Does anyone have an opinion on this Web Storage spec bug? The input of the
WebKit community is desired. And probably Safari and Chrome folks in
particular, if opinions differ.
>
> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12111
>
> http://dev.w3.org/html5/webstorage/#dom-storage-getitem says that "The
> getItem(key) method must return a structured clone of the current value
> associated with the given key." but all browsers I've tested return a
string
> representation of the value instead."
>
> Regards,
> Maciej
>
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