Re: CHANGE: [Bug 18486] New: Let RTCSessionDescription take a Dictionary parameter

I'm fine both with removing the stringifier and letting it create "JS
object strings" as long as everyone understands that it
isn't necessarily JSON compatible.

JSON.stringify(object) != (string)object


On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Cullen Jennings (fluffy)
<fluffy@cisco.com>wrote:

>
> This one is not a real big deal to me one way or ther other but the string
> still seems nicer in the exmaple code I have. Is there a real strong
> argument one way or the other?
>
>
> On Aug 6, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no>
> wrote:
>
> > [Chair hat on]
> > Based on discussion so far, this seems reasonable.
> > If anyone objects, please say so Real Soon (like in the next 48 hours).
> >
> >            Harald
> >
> > On 08/04/2012 02:22 AM, bugzilla@jessica.w3.org wrote:
> >> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18486
> >>
> >>            Summary: Let RTCSessionDescription take a Dictionary
> parameter
> >>            Product: WebRTC Working Group
> >>            Version: unspecified
> >>           Platform: PC
> >>         OS/Version: Linux
> >>             Status: NEW
> >>           Severity: normal
> >>           Priority: P2
> >>          Component: WebRTC API
> >>         AssignedTo: public-webrtc@w3.org
> >>         ReportedBy: harald@alvestrand.no
> >>                 CC: public-webrtc@w3.org
> >>
> >>
> >> >From Tommy Widenflycht, July 31 (see mailing list for discussion):
> >>
> >> Today I would like to propose a small change to RTCSessionDescription
> and
> >> RTCIceCandidate which would make the much more flexible:
> >>
> >> [Constructor(optional Dictionary description)]
> >> interface RTCSessionDescription {
> >>              attribute RTCSdpType type;
> >>              attribute DOMString  sdp;
> >> };
> >>
> >> In short the single constructor takes an Dictionary which is expected
> to mimic
> >> its members, and the stringifier method is removed.
> >>
> >>
> >> This has the advantages of being extremely powerful:
> >>
> >> sd = new RTCSessionDescription();
> >> sd.sdp = ...;
> >> sd.type = ...;
> >>
> >> sd = new RTCSessionDescription({sdp:"..."});
> >> sd.type = ...;
> >>
> >> sd = new RTCSessionDescription({type:"answer", sdp:"..."});
> >>
> >> sd = new RTCSessionDescription(JSON.parse(some_json_string));
> >>
> >> sd2 = new RTCSessionDescription(sd);
> >>
> >> and in the other direction
> >>
> >> jsonified_sd = JSON.stringify(sd);
> >>
> >>
> >> There's some precedence in using a constructor like this in some of the
> base
> >> Event classes.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>


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