Re: [1.2T-LC] evt and event

On Sep 17, 2008, at 00:34 , Krzysztof Maczyñski wrote:
>> An 'event' variable can be used instead of 'evt' ('event' is an  
>> alias to 'evt').
> Please define it more formally in terms of ECMAScript.
>> Other interpreted languages should behave in a similar manner.
> This sentence occurs earlier, so does it entail an expectation for  
> such aliasing? Note that it may not be a possibility in many  
> interpreted languages unless you specify something explicitly like  
> "function(evt, event)" and require the same object to be passed in  
> both arguments. We'd be left with "evt" only, whereas drafts  
> maintained by the Web Applications WG call for "event".


Actually, most languages that I think are here being put under the  
"interpreted" label could probably support what is being required  
here. What I don't understand is what this "interpreted language"  
provision is supposed to bring. The manner in which a given language  
may be processed and compiled has very little bearing on its feature- 
set (the one exception being eval() functionality, and even then  
that's just a common difference, not a necessary one).

What bindings should do should be up to their respective definitions,  
so I'd suggest just dropping that last sentence.

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