Re: Using Web IDL enums instead of numeric constants

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:03 PM, olivier Thereaux <
olivier.thereaux@bbc.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Ehsan,
>
>
> On 21 Sep 2012, at 16:55, Ehsan Akhgari wrote:
> > Should we consider using Web IDL enums instead of numeric constants for
> things in the spec which are actually enumerated values?
>
> I recall we had an issue about that. Ah, yes:
> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17323
>
> The bug is currently closed, my bad as I thought we'd fixed all the
> IDL-related issues with your recent set of changes. Feel free to reopen it.
>
> As for you question, if indeed enums are more expressive and closer to our
> spec in prose, I see no reason to not use them.
>

Just to make it clear, it will break the existing implementation in WebKit
since the API will change to use strings instead of numbers.  Is that OK?

Thanks!
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Ehsan
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