WorkerOptions for shared workers constructor

Category: JavaScript
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 81)
Intent stage: None

Summary

Adds the WorkerOptions object as the second argument for a shared worker constructor. The previous second argument, a DOMString containing the worker’s name is still supported.

Motivation

WorkerOptions is necessary for implementing the new feature (ES module).

Standards & signals

Specification: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/workers.html#shared-workers-and-the-sharedworker-interface
Firefox: Positive
Safari: No signal
Web developers: No signals
Tracking bug: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=907749

Explainers: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/workers.html#shared-workers-and-the-sharedworker-interface https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/workers.html#workeroptions

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