- From: Jim Blandy <jimb@mozilla.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:04:20 -0700
- To: es-discuss Steen <es-discuss@mozilla.org>
- CC: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, "Mark S. Miller" <erights@google.com>, public-script-coord@w3.org, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
One could characterize the difference by saying that Mozilla has "reluctant properties" whereas WebKit has "reluctant values". :) In other words, in WebKit, 'document.all' has a value --- a value that can be assigned to other variables, stored in data structures, and so on without changing its behavior --- but which is hard to get a grip on. Whereas, in Mozilla, 'document' sort-of-has and sort-of-doesn't-have a property named 'all', depending on how you look at it. It could just be organizational bias, but reluctant properties strike me as the more bounded form of insanity.
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