Re: [geometry] DOMRectList with legacy

On Jul 18, 2014, at 10:08 AM, Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com> wrote:

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> On Jul 18, 2014, at 8:20 AM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:10 PM, Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com> wrote:
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>> On Jul 18, 2014, at 7:05 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU> wrote:
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>>> On 7/17/14, 5:37 PM, Dirk Schulze wrote:
>>>> With the current limitations of WebIDL, does it mean you prefer using [ArrayClass]? (Instead of subclassing Array?).
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>>> For green-field things, I would prefer just using an Array for now, then doing subclassing once it's implemented.
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>>> For legacy stuff, subclassing Array is not an option thus far, because none of the JS engines support subclassing yet.  This has nothing to do with WebIDL limitations; it's a V8/SpiderMonkey/Chakra/JSC limitation.
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>>>> Does that work together with [NoInterfaceObject]
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>>> You mean [ArrayClass]?  Yes, it does.
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>>>> and would you even consider it?
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>>> Consider [NoInterfaceObject], you mean?  I could probably live with that, yes.
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>> Thanks Boris! Anne, Domenic, Ms2ger, Rik does that sound like a compromise:
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>> [NoInterfaceObject,
>> ArrayClass]
>> interface DOMRectList {
>>    readonly attribute unsigned long length;
>>    getter DOMRect? item(unsigned long index);
>> };
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>> Weren't we going to rename it to LegacyDOMRectList so people don't try to reuse it in the future?
>> I would still like to know if other browser are onboard with implementing [ArrayClass] and extending this object with that feature.

I made the changes to the specification. You can find it here: http://dev.w3.org/fxtf/geometry/#DOMRectList

Anne, Domenic, Ms2ger, please reply if you agree that your concerns have been addressed.

Greetings,
Dirk

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> There is a huge normative note that it should not be used (getClientRects() will obviously be the exception). Since we don’t spread the name in the global namespace because of the [NoInterfaceObject], I see all concerns from Anne and Domenic addressed.
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> Greetings,
> Dirk
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