Re: [WebIDL] Default Values for Arguments

On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Steffen Krüssel wrote:
> 
> If I understand you right, it should be enough to put a descriptive text 
> on the appropriate method in order to indicate what the actual 
> requirements for an implementation are (e.g. default value if left out)?
> 
> But then most of the implementation-relevant requirements could be put 
> into the interface's documentation rather than specified formally. For 
> example, [TreatNullAs] could also be documented informal, can't it? So 
> if I didn't get anything wrong, the question is which directives are 
> specified (in)formal?!

Yes, [TreatNullAs] could also be handled this way. In fact, that's how I 
generally handle that particular case.

We could add syntax for default values also, I don't have a strong opinion 
either way. I was just trying to clarify the earlier e-mail.

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