[Bug 11172] wouldn't it be better to return the context handler instead of void, making "context.moveTo(x1,y1).lineTo(x2,y2).lineTo..." possible and easier?

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11172

Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |ian@hixie.ch
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #4 from Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> 2010-12-27 23:54:48 UTC ---
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: Returning self isn't a good design pattern IMHO. It leads to very
odd APIs that favour syntactic sugar over conveying logic.

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Received on Monday, 27 December 2010 23:54:50 UTC