- From: Andrei Popescu <andreip@google.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:57:10 +0100
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Cc: Marcin Hanclik <Marcin.Hanclik@access-company.com>, public-geolocation <public-geolocation@w3.org>
On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Anne van Kesteren<annevk@opera.com> wrote: > On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:42:07 +0200, Andrei Popescu <andreip@google.com> wrote: >> I guess using a float is also fine since WebIDL says it maps to Number >> in ECMAScript. But why doesn't WebIDL allow double? Numbers in >> ECMASctipt are doubles... > > Not sure, maybe OMG IDL did it this way and heycam did not think about changing it. > > >> Anyway, I imagine this was already discussed >> by the group defining WebIDL, do you have any pointer to the >> discussion? Out of curiosity, I'd like to read it. > > I don't recall this being discussed. The goal is mostly to provide a better definition of OMG IDL where the language bindings are defined in a central place plus any extensions specifications written today need. (E.g. optional arguments, overloading, etc.) > I see. Ok, I will drop them an email asking about this. Thanks for the explanation! Andrei
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