Re: [WebIDL] interface objects with [Constructor] and [[Call]]

• From: James Graham <jgraham@opera.com>
• Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:31:37 +0200 (CEST)
• To: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
• cc: James Graham <jgraham@opera.com>, Travis Leithead <travil@microsoft.com>, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>, "public-script-coord@w3.org" <public-script-coord@w3.org>, annevk@opera.com
• Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1006120030250.8617@sirius>

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
>
> Another possibility when there are no legacy constraints is to not 
> implement [[Call]], so that there is only one way to invoke the 
> constructor. For vanilla JS functions, calling them with and without 
> "new" has quite different behavior. And for many builtins, calling with 
> and without "new" actually does subtly different things. Thus, I don't 
> think we want to encourage developers to mix and match.
>

Fair enough, unless the legacy points us strongly in the other direction.

Received on Friday, 11 June 2010 22:32:22 UTC