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// - IPC https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/ipc
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//
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// [Note: Transferring Files over IPC]
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// [Note: Transferring large amount of data over IPC]
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//
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// Electron's IPC implementation uses the HTML standard Structured Clone
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// Algorithm to serialize objects passed between processes. [1]
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// https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/tutorial/ipc#object-serialization
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//
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// In particular, both ArrayBuffer and the web File types can be passed.
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// In particular, both ArrayBuffer and the web File types are eligible for
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// structured cloning.
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// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Structured_clone_algorithm
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//
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// Also, ArrayBuffer is "transferable", which means it is a zero-copy operation
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// operation when it happens across threads.
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// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API/Transferable_objects
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//
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// In our case though, we're not dealing with threads but separate processes, so
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// I'm not yet aware if the transfer involves copying or not. I haven't found
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// any explicit documentation stating one way or the other.
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// In our case though, we're not dealing with threads but separate processes,
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// and it seems like there is a copy involved since the documentation for
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// contextBridge explicitly calls out that "parameters, errors and return values
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// are **copied** when they're sent over the bridge".
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// https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/context-bridge#methods
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//
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// Closest is a note from one of the Electron committers stating that even with
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// Related is a note from one of Electron's committers stating that even with
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// copying, the IPC should be fast enough for even moderately large data:
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// https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/1948#issuecomment-864191345
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//
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