[webkit-dev] RenderArena: Teaching an old dog new tricks

Geoffrey Garen ggaren at apple.com
Thu Nov 15 11:49:47 PST 2012


On Nov 14, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Chris Evans <cevans at chromium.org> wrote:

> A first step might be to make it a platform define. For the Chromium platform we'd leave the define "on" -- there are some nice security properties we get from having the RenderObjects in their own spot. I'm happy to go in to more details if you want, but it's similar (although not identical) to the blog post linked by Brendan regarding Firefox.
> 
> Not all WebKit consumers need weight things the same way as the Chromium port of course, but at least for us, the security win outweighs any quirks of RenderArena.

r-

Don't do this.

I have removed the "please" to aid clarity.

Geoff
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