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Run a function into a web worker instance
/**
* @argument callback function
* @argument arg argument
* @argument onMessageCallback function
* usage: runInWorker(function(e){return JSON.parse(e);}, '{"name": "toto"}', console.log);
**/
function runInWorker(callback, arg, onMessageCallback){
var blob = new Blob(['onmessage=function(_e){postMessage('+ callback.toString() + '(_e)); close();']);
var worker = new Worker(URL.createObjectURL(blob));
worker.onmessage = onMessageCallback;
worker.postMessage(message)
return worker;
}
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