[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 159410] Add a SPI to remove the current item in WKBackForwardList.

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159410

--- Comment #8 from Yongjun Zhang <yongjun_zhang at apple.com> ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #6)
> > (In reply to comment #5)
> > > Comment on attachment 282747 [details]
> > > Fix style issue.
> > > 
> > > We've resisted APIs to directly manipulate the back/forward list for the
> > > entirety of WK2.
> > > 
> > > Every time we've heard that one is needed, we've always found an alternate.
> > > 
> > > Why is this needed?
> > 
> > Sometimes when we restore the saved session state from disk, we would like
> > to skip the current item (to prevent crash-loop if the app crashed because
> > of loading the URL in current item). We can't just do bfList->back since
> > that would make it possible to go forward and crash again if user swipes
> > forward.
> > 
> > Seems like there isn't a good way to achieve this with the current API/SPI.
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> -Take the session state blob
> -Restore without navigating
> -Make a new session state blob, but filter out the bad url.
> -Restore the new session state blob

Thanks Brady! I will try this approach.

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