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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>postMessage transfer</title>
</head>
<body>
  <button id="send" type="button">Transfer buffer</button>
  <pre id="out">Waiting...</pre>
  <script>
    var code = "self.onmessage = function (e) { self.postMessage(e.data.byteLength); };";
    var url = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([code], { type: "application/javascript" }));
    var worker = new Worker(url);
    var out = document.getElementById("out");

    worker.onmessage = function (e) {
      out.textContent += "\nworker saw: " + e.data;
    };

    document.getElementById("send").addEventListener("click", function () {
      var buf = new ArrayBuffer(8);
      out.textContent = "before: " + buf.byteLength;
      worker.postMessage(buf, [buf]);
      out.textContent += "\nafter send: " + buf.byteLength;
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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