Add JavaScript "include" capability

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It's common for JavaScript code to rely on external scripts.
However, JS workers can't use <script> tags because there is no DOM.

For current thoughts on how to implement this, see the the load() function 
described here:
  http://code.google.com/p/google-gears/wiki/NewWorkerPoolFeatures

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 16 Jul 2007 at 9:42

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We need to think more about the right place to expose this.
  - Only in workers, or globally?
  - A global singleton, or a method on some object? (If so, which one?)
Implementation shouldn't be too bad once we decide.

Original comment by [email protected] on 18 Aug 2007 at 5:39

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Original comment by [email protected] on 20 Aug 2007 at 7:44

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Original comment by [email protected] on 20 Aug 2007 at 7:44

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Original comment by [email protected] on 4 Sep 2007 at 11:21

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Original comment by [email protected] on 5 Sep 2007 at 6:22

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The wiki page linked to is out of date. We implemented load() in 
createWorkerFromUrl(), but it does not 
take an array. It was decided that it makes most sense for a worker to decide 
what its requirements are, 
not its caller.

Therefore, we still need an include() method. The only possible functionality I 
can imagine is:

{{{
// synchronously HTTP GET this resource, then eval() it in opt_scope (or the 
global scope
// if opt_scope is not provided).
include(relativeOrAbsoluteUrl, opt_scope);
}}}

It seems a little ridiculous to have a gears module for one method, but that's 
all I can think of. I suppose 
we could go PHP-stylie and have include() and include_once() to offer slightly 
more functionality 
(include_once is what you usually want).

Original comment by [email protected] on 31 Oct 2007 at 4:04

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Original comment by [email protected] on 27 Nov 2007 at 10:06

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Here you can get a solution to simulate an "include":

http://sviudes.blogspot.com/2009/09/simular-un-include-en-un-worker-de.html

Original comment by [email protected] on 14 Sep 2009 at 6:14