[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 120112] Typed Arrays have no public facing API

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120112

--- Comment #29 from Filip Pizlo <fpizlo at apple.com> ---
(In reply to comment #27)
> > This isn't about creating an API just for you.  Data APIs on OSX allow you
> > to create data object wrappers that borrow (or take ownership) of some data
> > blob.  What you are proposing is changes to an OSX API.  Therefore, we like
> > to be consistent with how OSX does things.
> 
> I'm not sure I understand. JSC is used on a lot of platforms that are not
> OSX/iOS. I also never proposed a change to an OSX API. If you are talking
> about the new Obj-C API, as opposed to the C API I propose here, then yes,
> by all means it should follow OSX semantics. The existing C API however does
> not follow these.

The JSC C API, which you are proposing changes to, is a public API on OSX.

> 
> I understand that a TypedArray API will be used for a whole number of
> different things. Obviously I can only speak for my own use cases here, but
> I'd argue that Ejecta already covers many of these, as it offers a full
> WebSocket, XMLHttpRequest, Canvas2D and WebGL implementation that makes
> heavy use TypedArrays.

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