LGTM3 On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 8:12 AM Daniel Bratell <[email protected]> wrote:
> LGTM2 > > /Daniel > On 2026-03-25 13:50, Mike Taylor wrote: > > https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb/issues/5154#issuecomment-4114620422 is > helpful, thanks. > > LGTM1 > On 3/23/26 2:59 p.m., 'Alan Baker' via blink-dev wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > I've added https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb/issues/5154 as an explainer. > This was a user-requested feature for the WebGPU WG. It went through > prioritization and discussion there. It adds QoL polyfills over existing > builtins. Everyone (including myself) who has tried to write those formulae > themselves has failed at least once so there was good value for > implementations to provide the builtin (and overflow safety checks). > > Thanks, > Alan > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM Alex Russell <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hey Alan, >> >> Thanks for sending this Intent. I'm glad to see a team go straight to >> shipping when we have confidence that a feature is worthwhile! >> >> That said, it's a bit surprising that we don't have any developer >> signals. Likewise, I can't find an Explainer or any example code from the >> links in the Intent that will benefitfeature. What does this improve? Who >> will use it? How will it make things better for users and/or developers? >> >> Best, >> >> Alex >> >> On Monday, March 23, 2026 at 7:04:03 AM UTC-7 Chromestatus wrote: >> >>> *Contact emails* >>> [email protected] >>> >>> *Explainer* >>> *No information provided* >>> >>> *Specification* >>> https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb/pull/5554 >>> >>> *Summary* >>> Functionality added to the WebGPU spec after its first shipment in a >>> browser. Adds two new compute shader built-in values for user quality of >>> life. These are implemented for all backends (as polyfills of existing >>> built-in values). >>> >>> *Blink component* >>> Blink>WebGPU >>> <https://issues.chromium.org/issues?q=customfield1222907:%22Blink%3EWebGPU%22> >>> >>> *Web Feature ID* >>> webgpu <https://webstatus.dev/features/webgpu> >>> >>> *Motivation* >>> This feature adds two new compute built-in values to WGSL. They are >>> quality-of-life additions whose implementations are polyfilled on top of >>> existing values. >>> >>> *Initial public proposal* >>> *No information provided* >>> >>> *TAG review* >>> *No information provided* >>> >>> *TAG review status* >>> Pending >>> >>> *Goals for experimentation* >>> None >>> >>> *Risks* >>> >>> >>> *Interoperability and Compatibility* >>> *No information provided* >>> >>> *Gecko*: No signal ( >>> https://github.com/mozilla/standards-positions/issues/1205#issuecomment-3312534193 >>> ) >>> >>> *WebKit*: Closed Without a Position ( >>> https://github.com/WebKit/standards-positions/issues/294#issuecomment-1877411933 >>> ) >>> >>> *Web developers*: No signals >>> >>> *Other signals*: >>> >>> *WebView application risks* >>> >>> Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such >>> that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications? >>> *No information provided* >>> >>> >>> *Debuggability* >>> *No information provided* >>> >>> *Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, >>> Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?* >>> Yes >>> >>> *Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests >>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>?* >>> Yes >>> WebGPU conformance tests added in >>> https://github.com/gpuweb/cts/pull/4595 >>> >>> *Flag name on about://flags* >>> Enable Unsafe WebGPU >>> >>> *Finch feature name* >>> UnsafeWGSLFeatures >>> >>> *Rollout plan* >>> Will ship enabled for all users >>> >>> *Requires code in //chrome?* >>> False >>> >>> *Tracking bug* >>> https://crbug.com/tint/482840564 >>> >>> *Estimated milestones* >>> Shipping on desktop 148 >>> Shipping on Android 148 >>> Shipping on WebView 148 >>> >>> *Anticipated spec changes* >>> >>> Open questions about a feature may be a source of future web compat or >>> interop issues. Please list open issues (e.g. links to known github issues >>> in the project for the feature specification) whose resolution may >>> introduce web compat/interop risk (e.g., changing to naming or structure of >>> the API in a non-backward-compatible way). >>> *No information provided* >>> >>> *Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status* >>> https://chromestatus.com/feature/5071243424432128?gate=6507584288849920 >>> >>> This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status >>> <https://chromestatus.com>. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CABg%2BrB41HHKCY697rceUjpheBEQzXvmfEGStAAPT_2HZmx5CDg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/CABg%2BrB41HHKCY697rceUjpheBEQzXvmfEGStAAPT_2HZmx5CDg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/fb507e9f-c5e9-470b-bc64-c66215d6f3a5%40chromium.org > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/fb507e9f-c5e9-470b-bc64-c66215d6f3a5%40chromium.org?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "blink-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/c557c2bb-4e5a-476a-b29d-c7ff78d2ee5e%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/d/msgid/blink-dev/c557c2bb-4e5a-476a-b29d-c7ff78d2ee5e%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blink-dev" group. 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