Eliminate use of CrossPageChannel about austin HOT 3 OPEN

Currently leaning towards "just use weasel". It seems to work nicely, websockets are supported in all JS environments that we care about (AFAIK), and it would keep me from having to implement another browser REPL environment :-P This turns Austin into little more than a set of convenience / ease of use utilties, but I'm quite okay with that.

from austin.

I have been looking at Austin actually as an alternative to Weasel, as I seem to have occasional issues with websockets, the Chrome console spits out odd websocket-related errors and so I found myself wondering if Austin was instead using the more stable and old technology of Ajax (xhr). I can't find specific mention of the technique Austin is using and don't have the time to poke through its code just yet. This is not a question or anything other than a comment, that XHR browser repl is a valid need in the clojurescript world since websockets are still relatively new.

from austin.

Austin's current browser REPL env implementation is based on ClojureScript's "stock" browser REPL, which uses GClosure's CrossPageChannel for transport; this is based on XHR, but has other characteristics (including fallback mechanisms, IIRC) that make it compatible with very old browsers, even IE 6. The problems with it are significant, though, including subtle security context violations in some browsers/applications, as well as hard failures due to certain browsers' installed plugins/addons (see above-linked issues).

I see no reason for Austin's current browser REPL environment implementation to go away, it'll just not be the default anymore. So many others simply have a better experience and fewer problems with websockets, especially if the browsers being used are "modern".

from austin.