Re: Question about sync / async for createOffer and createAnswer from Martin Thomson on 2012-05-09 (public-webrtc@w3.org from May 2012)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 13:31:11 -0700
To: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
Cc: Cullen Jennings <fluffy@cisco.com>, public-webrtc@w3.org, Justin Uberti <juberti@google.com>, Adam Bergkvist <adam.bergkvist@ericsson.com>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnWjVAK=giCN7iKGo=5CMdK6Xv5dZsW2bCpK3ohZ-QNwRg@mail.gmail.com>

On 9 May 2012 11:22, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> wrote:
> Hmm... I'd be generally not thrilled if my implementation didn't guarantee
> that caling setLocalDescription() in the callback didn't succeed, modulo
> some sort of emergency condition. Makes it hard to write the JS code...

Sure.  A browser would fully intend to honour the offer.  And I'd
expect that to be the case in all but the rarest cases.  But as time
passes, its ability to do so might change.  Someone else might grab
the necessary "resources".

Received on Wednesday, 9 May 2012 20:31:41 UTC