Re: Implement jsdICompilationUnit

On 02/12/2009 03:34 AM, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> On 12/1/09 6:29 PM, John J Barton wrote:
>> The implementation is "lightly salted": a few lines need to be added in
>> a lot of places. Every place JS can be compiled needs a call to the hook
>> and the hook-setting code needs to propagate up through the jsd layer
>> cake to the JS interface. Algorithmically the jsengine builds a simple
>> list of jsdIScripts threaded through JSDScript with the head in
>> JSDContext. If the compilation hook is taken, the list can be copied out
>> via enumerateCompiledScripts(), else it is not useful.
>
> Hmm... So does this involve firebug js running when the compile happens?
> I believe right now there are various places (event handlers, xbl, etc)
> that assume that js compilation will not trigger random script, and in
> particular won't spin the event loop.
>
> -Boris

I think at least Venkman works around these kinds of issues by making JSD enter 
a nested event loop. I have no idea if Firebug does the same.

http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/js/jsd/idl/jsdIDebuggerService.idl#373

~ Gijs