Consider Blob for access to raw buffers
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Description
Due to the lack of read-only ArrayBuffers, extra copying may be necessary to make some WebCodecs APIs safe.
Blobs however can be read-only. We should investigate whether supporting Blobs in some APIs would be beneficial.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No file or test is identified in the issue. Start by reviewing the WebCodecs APIs that expose raw ArrayBuffers and compare their safety needs with read-only Blob access. Done means determining which APIs, if any, would benefit from Blob support and documenting a concrete direction.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100