Re: WebIDL: how to address the various audiences and constraints? from Mark S. Miller on 2009-09-29 (public-script-coord@w3.org from July to September 2009)

From: Mark S. Miller <erights@google.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:06:48 -0700
To: public-script-coord@w3.org, Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>, Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>, Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, Mike Smith <mike@w3.org>, Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, Sam Ruby <rubys@intertwingly.net>, Paul Cotton <Paul.Cotton@microsoft.com>
Message-ID: <4d2fac900909291406w2c0740b8v3f049f0989e53e0d@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au> wrote:

> As for having a simplified version first including only what’s needed
> for those specs that need Web IDL done quickly, maybe.  HTML5 is by far
> the biggest user of the esoteric ECMAScript features.  I guess I would
> like to know, for the authors of dependent specs, how quickly they need
> Web IDL done.
>

And how much of WebIDL they need. In particular, can they do without
deleters? Perhaps without any catchalls?

-- 
   Cheers,
   --MarkM

Received on Tuesday, 29 September 2009 21:07:28 UTC