Does array.push copies deeply?

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I'm trying to make array of workers so I wrote this code.

for(var c=0;c<core;c++){
let worker = new Worker("Html/Worker.js");
worker.postMessage({core:core,W:width,H:height,id:c,px:px,py:py,pz:pz,yaw:yaw,pitch:pitch,D:D,fov:fov});
worker.onmessage=(e)=>{
let gap = this.sH/core*e.data[2];
this.frameBuffer.set(e.data[0],Math.floor(gap)*this.sW*4);
//alert(e.data);
this.depthBuffer.set(e.data[1],Math.floor(gap)*this.sW);
}
this.threads.push(worker);
}

I wonder if it's able to copy worker without multiple initialization (like the code below)

let worker = new Worker("Html/Worker.js");
for(var c=0;c<core;c++){
worker.postMessage({core:core,W:width,H:height,id:c,px:px,py:py,pz:pz,yaw:yaw,pitch:pitch,D:D,fov:fov});
worker.onmessage=(e)=>{
let gap = this.sH/core*e.data[2];
this.frameBuffer.set(e.data[0],Math.floor(gap)*this.sW*4);
this.depthBuffer.set(e.data[1],Math.floor(gap)*this.sW);
}
this.threads.push(worker);
}

does array.push causes deep copying?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '18 at 00:20

No, Array.push does not cause deep copying.

this.threads.push(worker) will not modify the worker you are passing to it but will just add it as-is to the array this.threads.

This means in your second example there will be only one worker which receives core many messages and have a single message listener.

Please notice that in both examples you should not access c in your onmessage callback because at the time of receiving messages c will be equal to core. If you need it in the callback, declare it with let c instead of var c to have access to the value at the time of creating the callback (explanation).

Does array.push copies deeply?

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