GoogleChromeLabs/worker-plugin

worker_threads compatibility?

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#10 opened on Oct 9, 2018

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Understood if this is off-topic, and feel free to close, but I was just wondering if you'd considered compatibility with Node.js worker_threads here at all?

It seems like the sort of thing that would be generally useful for Node.js optimization as well, in having some kind of --node output, since you're already in the game of worker builds.

Although perhaps, a translation layer from web-style workers to Node.js-style worker_threads would be the better route as its own project.

Otherwise do you know anyone working on this problem / who considers this important?

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Investigate the differences between Web Workers and Node.js worker threads and propose a design for a compatibility layer.
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