Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of WebKit2


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Apr 9, 2010, 1:06:47 AM (16 years ago)
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mjs@apple.com
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    4343We plan to build a fully noblocking Objective-C API for Mac OS X as a wrapper on top of the C API. We believe a similar approach may be viable for other ports.
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     45We are also not removing or obsoleting any of the existing port-specific APIs. WebCore will remain as-is, and all current APIs will continue to work and be fully supported. Thus, WebKit development and existing ports of WebKit will not be disrupted.
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     48== Process Architecture ==
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     52== Internals ==
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     54There are two key subsystems that support the process division :
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     56* CoreIPC - an abstraction for general message passing, including event handling. The current implementations use mach messages on Mac OS X, and named pipes on Windows.
     57* DrawingArea - an abstraction for a cross-process drawing area. Multiple drawing strategies are possible, the simplest is just a shared memory bitmap.