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Re: [hybi] Straw poll: Do you miss interjectable WebSocket level control frame? (was: Re: Discontinuation of mux ...)

Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> Wed, 26 February 2014 17:35 UTC

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:35:10 +0000
From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
To: Takeshi Yoshino <tyoshino@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [hybi] Straw poll: Do you miss interjectable WebSocket level control frame? (was: Re: Discontinuation of mux ...)
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2014, Takeshi Yoshino wrote:
> 
> I think it's underspecified. In the WHATWG WebSocket API spec, close() 
> is required to "start the WebSocket closing handshake". RFC 6455 neither 
> says the algorithm may terminate ongoing "Send a WebSocket Message" 
> algorithm nor says it may not.

If it doesn't allow it, then it's not allowed.

If you send a bunch of messages, then start the closing handshake, then 
the messages should all be sent. I don't think there's anything in either 
spec that would allow the handshake to jump ahead.

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