ParallelArray

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Table of Contents

  1. Summary
  2. Syntax
  3. ParallelArray instances
    1. Properties
    2. Methods
  4. Examples
    1. Example: Using map in parallel
  5. See also
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Introduced in Gecko 17.0

Non-standard

Gecko 22.0 note

This object is now disabled in the Beta, Release and ESR channels. Use the Aurora or Nightly channel to try out this feature. (bug 853067)

Summary

The goal of ParallelArray is to enable data-parallelism in web applications.

Syntax

new ParallelArray()
new ParallelArray([element0, element1, ...])
new ParallelArray(arrayLength, elementalFunction)

ParallelArray instances

Properties

length
Reflects the number of elements in the ParallelArray.

Methods

map
Apply map callback to array elements.
reduce
 
scan
scatter
Scatter array elements.
filter
flatten
partition
get
Get ParallelArray element.

Examples

Example: Using map in parallel

var p = new ParallelArray([0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);
var m = p.map(function (v) {
  return v + 1;
});

See also