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SharedArrayBuffer.prototype

The SharedArrayBuffer.prototype property represents the prototype for the SharedArrayBuffer object.

Property attributes of SharedArrayBuffer.prototype
Writable no
Enumerable no
Configurable no

Description

SharedArrayBuffer instances inherit from SharedArrayBuffer.prototype. As with all constructors, you can change the constructor's prototype object to make changes to all SharedArrayBuffer instances.

Properties

SharedArrayBuffer.prototype.constructor
Specifies the function that creates an object's prototype. The initial value is the standard built-in SharedArrayBuffer constructor.
SharedArrayBuffer.prototype.byteLength Read only
The size, in bytes, of the array. This is established when the array is constructed and cannot be changed. Read only.

Methods

SharedArrayBuffer.prototype.slice(begin, end)
Returns a new SharedArrayBuffer whose contents are a copy of this SharedArrayBuffer's bytes from begin, inclusive, up to end, exclusive. If either begin or end is negative, it refers to an index from the end of the array, as opposed to from the beginning.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 601 No2

573 4

55 — 57

46 — 555

No No 10.1 —?
Feature Android webview Chrome for Android Edge mobile Firefox for Android Opera Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support 601 601 ?

573 4

55 — 57

46 — 555

No No ?

1. Chrome disabled SharedArrayBuffer on January 5, 2018 to help reduce the efficacy of speculative side-channel attacks. This is intended as a temporary measure until other mitigations are in place.

2. Support was removed to mitigate speculative execution side-channel attacks (Windows blog).

3. Support was disabled by default to mitigate speculative execution side-channel attacks (Mozilla Security Blog).

4. From version 57: this feature is behind the javascript.options.shared_memory preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.

5. From version 46 until version 55 (exclusive): this feature is behind the javascript.options.shared_memory preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/SharedArrayBuffer/prototype