Re: Lengthy Javascript message...

[Frank Hecker <hecker@netscape.com>]

Ernie Oporto wrote:
> I have a scrolling text javascript running on my web page, but if I
> let it run for quite some time, I get a very annoying message that
> says "Lengthy Javascript Still Running.  Continue?"  There is no way
> that we will be able to tolerate using a real app if that message is
> going to keep coming up.
> 
> How do I get rid of it for good?

You can't as far as I know (at least for now).  As I understand it, this 
is a feature put in to prevent JavaScript scripts from going into 
infinite loops and silently chewing up CPU time on your system.  I think 
the message comes up after 1,000,000 continuous operations in the 
JavaScript run-time system.

I guess my question is: other than text scrolling in JavaScript (which 
many people deprecate anyway), are there any real-life JavaScript 
applications for which this restriction would really be a problem?  I 
don't make decisions about this sort of thing, but I'd be glad to 
provide input to our marketing folks if there's widespread support for 
removing or relaxing this restriction.

Frank

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Frank Hecker          Pre-sales tech support, Netscape Federal sales
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