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Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposed schedule
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strk |
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Re: [Gnash-dev] Proposed schedule |
Date: |
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:46:55 +0200 |
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 02:41:25PM -0400, Dossy Shiobara wrote:
> strk wrote:
> >> Anything that helps get the Gnash core VM closer to being
> >> reentrant/thread-safe so it be embedded directly inside applications
> >> that use it as a plugin would be fantastic. :-)
> >
> > Are you candidating for this 1-month task ?
>
> As talented as I might be (ha ha), I think making the VM core
> thread-safe and embeddable is likely to take more than one month. :-)
>
> Is the VM mature enough to properly clean itself up and reset so that it
> can play a second SWF in the same process? If not, perhaps that's a
> task I can try to tackle ... ?
Yes, go for it !
The reset must make sure no references exist to the old VM, which
means no objects remain alive (as they store refs to the VM in which
they where created).
--strk;