Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of WebKit2


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Aug 16, 2022 6:37:49 PM (21 months ago)
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mmaxfield@apple.com
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    v17 v18  
    77The somewhat pedestrian reason is that it's an incompatible API change from the original WebKit, so it will probably be installed as something like /System/Library/WebKit2.framework on Mac.
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    9 == C API ==
     9== C SPI/API ==
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    11 WebKit2 provides a stable C-based non-blocking API that is mostly platform agnostic.  In order to achieve the goal of a non-blocking API, several techniques are used to make the API usable while still providing a comprehensive set of features to the embedder. These techniques include:
     11WebKit2 provides a set of stable C-based functions that are mostly platform agnostic. Each port of WebKit is free to expose these functions as supported API, but they may chose not to. The macOS / iOS ports do not expose these functions as API, but instead treat them as SPI.
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     13In order to achieve the goal of a non-blocking API, several techniques are used to make the API usable while still providing a comprehensive set of features to the embedder. These techniques include:
    1214  - Notification style client callbacks (e.g. didFinishLoadForFrame)
    1315    These inform the embedder that something has happened, but do not give