Re: document.register and ES6

Short of running Object.getOwnPropertyNames on the existing node > then
iterating over each to grab the property descriptor with
Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor to rebuild an unbaked object > and finally
setting the properties with Object.setProperties, I am unaware of how to do
so - is there an easier way? If so I would love to not do the above or go
the unbaked object allowance wrapper route :)

Daniel J. Buchner
Product Manager, Developer Ecosystem
Mozilla Corporation


On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Scott Miles <sjmiles@google.com> wrote:

> Seems like you decided that descriptor syntax is *necessary* for IE
> compatibility. I'm 80% sure it is not.
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> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Daniel Buchner <daniel@mozilla.com> wrote:
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>> I guess it isn't a show stopper for poly-*ish*-fills, I would just wrap
>> the native document.register method where it is present > sniff the
>> incoming prototype property value to detect whether it was baked > cache
>> the unbaked prototype > then pass a baked one to the native method.
>>
>> Of course this means we'll (I'll) be evangelizing a polyfill with a
>> slightly augmented wrapper for taking unbaked objects, but for IE
>> compatibility devs will probably offer their first born, so I doubt they'll
>> bat an eye at such a benign incongruity.
>>
>> Daniel J. Buchner
>> Product Manager, Developer Ecosystem
>> Mozilla Corporation
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>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Scott Miles <sjmiles@google.com> wrote:
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>>> Remember where we started: absurdly clean ES6 class syntax.
>>>
>>> Requiring class definition class using property descriptors is a radical
>>> march in the other direction.
>>>
>>> I'm hardcore about syntactical tidiness. The reason I'm not freaking out
>>> about defineProperties is IMO because I can avoid it when I don't need it
>>> (which is about 99% of the time).
>>>
>>> Scott
>>>
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>>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Daniel Buchner <daniel@mozilla.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just made sure it worked, and it does. As for developers freaking
>>>> out, I really don't believe they would. If that was the case,
>>>> Object.defineProperties should be causing a global pandemic of whopperdeveloper freakouts (
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhF6Kr4ITNQ).
>>>>
>>>> This would give us easy IE compat for the whole range of property
>>>> types, and I'm willing to all but guarantee developers will have a bigger
>>>> freakout about not having IE9 support than the prototype property of
>>>> document.register taking both a baked and unbaked object.
>>>>
>>>> Daniel J. Buchner
>>>> Product Manager, Developer Ecosystem
>>>> Mozilla Corporation
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Scott Miles <sjmiles@google.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Daniel Buchner <daniel@mozilla.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> So you're directly setting the user-added methods on matched elements
>>>>>> in browsers that don't support proto, but what about accessors?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe those can be forwarded too, I just didn't bother in my
>>>>> fiddle.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Equipped with the unbaked prototype descriptor, in your upgrade
>>>>>> phase, you should be able to simply bake the node with:
>>>>>> Object.defineProperties(element, unbakedPrototypeDescriptor) - right?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, but I believe developers would freak out if we required them to
>>>>> provide that type of descriptor (I would).
>>>>>
>>>>>  <snip>
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