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[VIDEO] Terminating a Web Worker terminates "everything"
Terminating a Web Worder in an extension seem to terminate "everything". I have a simple code to demonstrate.
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<button onclick="startWorker()">Start Worker</button>
<button onclick="terminateWorker()">Terminate Worker</button>
</body>
<script>
var w;
function startWorker() {
if (typeof Worker !== "undefined") {
if (typeof w == "undefined") {
w = new Worker("demo_workers.js");
}
}
}
function terminateWorker() {
if (w) {
w.terminate();
w = undefined;
console.log("Worker Terminated");
}
}
</script>
</html>
demo_workers.js:
function hiWorker() {
console.log("hi");
setTimeout("hiWorker()", 1000);
}
hiWorker();
One button spawns a worker that's logs "hi" once every second until "Terminate Worker" is pressed. Everything works as expected when run in a web environment, and the console looks something like this:
hi
hi
hi
hi
Worker Terminated
I get the same results when running this in CEP/extension. but when I click on "Terminate Worker" everything resets, even the console clears and there's a quick little flicker/glitch on the panel. Any ideas?
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