[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 13595] Repeatedly accessing XHR.responseText on a large file (70MB) causes memory usage to baloon

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13595


ggaren at apple.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|When loading a big file     |Repeatedly accessing
                   |(70MB) using XHR, memory    |XHR.responseText on a large
                   |usage shoots up dramatically|file (70MB) causes memory
                   |                            |usage to baloon




------- Comment #5 from ggaren at apple.com  2007-07-16 15:49 PDT -------
In particular, it looks like the problem is caused by this line
               var currentLength = xhr.responseText.length;
which causes the network data to be serialized to text every time a new chunk
arrives.

Is there a real website that uses this technique?


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