setTimeout/setInterval with disabled JavaScript

[Infocatcher]

Bookmarklet:

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javascript: (function() { for(var i = 1; i <= 52; ++i) delayed(i); function delayed(i) { setTimeout(function() { console.log(i); }, 0); } })();

"Source":

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(function() {
	for(var i = 1; i <= 52; ++i)
		delayed(i);
	function delayed(i) {
		setTimeout(function() {
			console.log(i);
		}, 0);
	}
})();

(Open Tools - Web Developer - Web Console before!)
For pages with enabled JavaScript:
1 ... 52
With disabled JavaScript:
52 ... 3
(only last 49!)

noscript-2.5.6-sm+fx+fn.xpi\components\noscriptService.js

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            while (tt.length && count++ < 50) { // let's prevent infinite pseudo-loops
              tt.sort(function(b, a) { return a.d < b.d ? -1 : (a.d > b.d ? 1 : 0); });
              t = tt.pop();
              t.f.call(window, t.a);
            }

You should, at least, use Array.shift(), not .pop().

And this is very simple way to do something pseudo asynchronously:

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Array.forEach(
	document.getElementsByTagName("*"),
	function processAsync(item) {
		setTimeout(function() {
			process(item); // Something slow
		}, 0);
	}
);

And unfortunately following trick fails:

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var delayed = {
	maxActive: 15,
	active: 0,
	queue: [],
	add: function(func, args) {
		if(this.active >= this.maxActive) {
			console.log("wait...");
			this.queue.push(arguments);
			return;
		}
		++this.active;
		var _this = this;
		setTimeout(function() {
			_this.next(--_this.active);
			func.apply(window, args);
		}, 0);
	},
	next: function(cnt) {
		while(cnt++ < this.maxActive && this.queue.length)
			this.add.apply(this, this.queue.shift());
	}
};
function processAsync(item) {
	delayed.add(process, arguments);
}

Some real examples:
https://github.com/Infocatcher/Bookmark ... rs.js#L171
https://github.com/Infocatcher/UserScri ... er.js#L353


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[iDrugoy]

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[Giorgio Maone]

You should, at least, use Array.shift(), not .pop().

Yes, this is a bug and is gonna be fixed in next release.

And this is very simple way to do something pseudo asynchronously:

Unfortunately I have to keep it synchronous because bookmarklets temporary set "Allow scripts globally" for compatibility reasons, and you don't want this to happen periodically in an asynchronous fashion

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[Infocatcher]

Unfortunately I have to keep it synchronous because bookmarklets temporary set "Allow scripts globally" for compatibility reasons, and you don't want this to happen periodically in an asynchronous fashion

But what about current limit of setTimeout/setInterval calls?
May be just replace setTimeout/setInterval by synchronous equivalents, without any arrays for "queue" (and without delays, of course)?
Or replace it by corresponding functions from window with enabled scripts.
Or can I detect, that scripts are disabled and don't call asynchronous things in this case?

[Upd]
Or create asynchronous equivalents using window.postMessage() or createEvent()/dispatchEvent()?

[Giorgio Maone]

Fixed in latest development build 2.5.7rc5.
I raised the limit to 200 and fixed the ordering.
Making them unconstrained or asynchronous is out of discussion because of the need for allowing scripts globally in a controlled and safe way.
Anyway if scripts are allowed for the page, no emulation occurs and the timeout callbacks happen "normally", as expected.

[Infocatcher]

I raised the limit to 200 and fixed the ordering.

Thanks!

Anyway I can get real

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function (f, d, a) {
    if (typeof f != "function") {
        f = new Function(f || "");
    }
    tt.push({f: f, d: d, a: a});
    return 0;
}

for

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alert("setTimeout:\n" + setTimeout);

from bookmarklet, so I can do some corrections from my side.
[Upd]: Improve compatibility with NoScript + disabled scripts

And another issue:

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javascript: setTimeout(function(a, b, c, d, e) { alert(Array.join(arguments, ", ")); }, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); void 0;

Firefox only, as I know, but built-in setTimeout produce "1, 2, 3, 4, 5", not only "1".

Another idea: use evalInSandbox() (as Greasemonkey) - works in pages with disabled scripts, but setTimeout/setInterval doesn't work for now (see https://github.com/greasemonkey/greasem ... ef-7eccacb).