Re: MIDIOutput.send

It is possible to simply overload send() in this way.

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Florian Bomers <Florian.Bomers@bome.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> hello to all, I've just reviewed the MIDI API and commented on a few bugs.
>
> Regarding MIDIOutput.sendMessage() and MIDIOutput.sendMIDIMessage(): I
> find the method names unnecessarily verbose. We might not even send a
> "message", but only e.g. a part of a message. I don't know JavaScript
> well, but can't you use overloading to make it simpler:
>
>   boolean send(MIDIMessage message);
>
>   boolean send(DOMHighResTimeStamp timestamp,
>                short status, short... data);
>
> and possibly even add another convenience send() method:
>
>   boolean send(short status, short... data);
>
> Of course this is mostly a cosmetic issue, but it will make my
> programmer's life easier, and quite possibly others', too.
>
> Thanks,
> Florian
>
>
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Received on Thursday, 6 September 2012 12:50:45 UTC