Re: DNS Request Routing

Honza Bambas <[email protected]> Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:29:21 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.netlib
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2/19/2014 4:31 PM, Patrick McManus wrote:
>> Can this be done in JS or should it be done in C++? Would it be
>> advisable to do it in C++?
>>
>>
> the idl will let you do either. I'm not really certain whether or not you
> will find the other JS libraries sufficient to the implementation in JS or
> not. Make sure not to block the main thread.
>

I *think* nsIDNSService is called from non-main threads too.  Hence, you 
may be forced to have a C++ thread-safe implementation (JS is limited to 
main thread only).  Good to check before you decide.

-hb-