Re: Spec update: deviceorientation event should fire when listener is first registered

On 07/12/2011 02:50 PM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:42:36 +0200, Andrei Popescu <andreip@google.com>
> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I think firing when a new listener registers for the event is wrong.
>>> Tying that together goes against the event model. addEventListener()
>>> has no such side effects.
>>
>> What exactly is it wrong with it? And what alternative would you
>> suggest to solve the given problem?
>
> You could follow a similar design to http://www.whatwg.org/C#messageport
> that does have special handling for onmessage
That special handling for onmessage looks like a spec bug to me.


-Olli

Received on Tuesday, 12 July 2011 12:02:41 UTC