RE: latest DOM spec 19980720

Hi folks

On Tue, 21 Jul 1998, Kirkpatrick, Alfie wrote:
>>The latest spec has a 'delete' member function on the Data
>interface. This clashes with the C++ delete operator (and
>presumably the Java delete too). I don't know if this is
which is named finalize() ;-)
I didn't look on the new DOM spec yet, but
DOM should definitely make no assumptions on memory
management! 
>strictly legal but MSVC++ definitely doesn't like it...
>
>Any chance we can change the name to 'remove', the semantics
>might actually be slightly better?
not only slightly if it implies the removing of objects from a
container object (as counterpart to add())
>
>Thanks, Alfie.
>

Bye,
Axel

Received on Tuesday, 21 July 1998 11:20:29 UTC