| 16:31 | <acr> | from MDN and spec it seems that array buffers should be transferable |
| 16:32 | <acr> | But in WebGPU, they aren't. I'm trying to understand why are these called array buffers then? |
| 16:35 | <bakkot> | Not all ArrayBuffers are transferable. They all have the method, but some host-provided ones throw if you call it. They behave the same as other ArrayBuffers in all other respects; it doesn't make sense to treat them as a different kind of object just because this method throws. |
| 16:36 | <bakkot> | This is in the spec; see https://tc39.es/ecma262/multipage/structured-data.html#sec-arraybuffercopyanddetach step 8. |