On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au> wrote: > Brendan Eich: > > As bz and others point out, the object detection w/ var pattern can >> arise for operations, e.g. for requestAnimationFrame, using the same >> >> var requestAnimationFrame = window.**mozRequestAnimationFrame || ... >> || >> window.requestAnimationFrame; >> >> pattern. So WebIDL operations (JS methods) on the global would be >> promoted to "own" too. They'd be configurable, if I recall correctly, >> and either writable or replaceable. Do I have that right? >> > > OK. So one thing that I think has been pointed out is that moving > properties for operations on to window makes it harder to monkeypatch > addEventListener and friends. We *could*, if we thought it was important, > have the properties on window forward on to the ones from the prototype. > Can we leave EventTarget's methods on the proto chain and only move the ones on the Window interface itself? Unlike Window, EventTarget isn't changing very much. - Kyle
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