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Simple inline web worker helper. compute version of Dart in JavaScript.
function compute(computation, ...message) {
const delegate = () => {
onmessage = ({ data: { computation, message } }) => {
const wrapper = (fn) => Function('"use strict"; return (' + fn.toString() + ')')();
const result = wrapper(computation)(...message);
postMessage(result);
};
}
const functionBody = delegate.toString().replace(/^[^{]*{\s*/, '').replace(/\s*}[^}]*$/, '');
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const worker = new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(
new Blob([functionBody], { type: 'text/javascript' })
));
worker.onmessage = ({ data }) => {
resolve(data);
worker.terminate();
};
worker.onerror = worker.onmessageerror = reject;
worker.postMessage({ computation: computation.toString(), message });
return worker;
});
}
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