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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 17:58 UTC

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Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:58:17 +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 Thu, 27 Feb 2014, Takeshi Yoshino wrote:
> 
> Yeah, it's kinda twist.
> 
> But also it's not strange that people wonder if close frame interjection 
> like this is ok or not. Actually, even ping/pong sending are not 
> explicitly allowed to be inserted between "Send a WebSocket Message" 
> algorithm.

If it's unclear, we should update the protocol spec to make it clear.


> > 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.
> 
> It would be nice if you add some note to the API spec to say "queuing" 
> doesn't have any implication that the closing handshake can jump in in 
> response to Zhong's question above.

Can you file a bug explaining specifically what needs clarifying at the 
API level? I'll get to it ASAP (I'm in the middle of an edit on focus 
navigation, so I can't fix it right now). http://whatwg.org/newbug

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