Subj : Making SpiderMonkey idleing
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : "Andreas Podgurski" <Andreas.Podgurski@MediaGUILD.de>
Date : Wed Jan 29 2003 04:40 am

Hi again!
Now, as the multithreading problems have been solved, I came to a point
where I have to modify the Engine a bit. I want to make SpiderMonkey aware
of some idle mechanism, simply giving focus to an idle routine to allow
system message processing. Currently, the script slows down the app
unnecessarly, because its *always* running. I know, it would be better not
to let one script run in an keep alive loop, but it fits my needs more than
other soltutions. Which point would be the best to insert such idle call? I
don't want to do it completly on my own, because the authors of SpiderMonkey
know their code bettet and know the pros and cons of specific ways. Too,
there may still be a hook for such, which I havn't found yet... Especially I
want to prevent the engine to block in the garbage collection, because every
few seconds (I assume its the garbage) the engine resists in a longer run
without returning into the script. Currently, I added an idle call to all my
methods and getter (and setters), but it still suffers from these lags...

Thanks in advance,
Andreas Podgurski

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