Re: [WebIDL] Simplify callbacks

OK. Seems like a wart, but it is simple.

Dominic

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Ojan Vafai <ojan@chromium.org> wrote:

> That's exactly the point. Every API uses handleEvent even though they're
> not actually handling events (e.g. the IndexedDB callbacks use
> handleEvent). We should keep the platform simple for this weird edge case
> and use handleEvent everywhere. The only thing that changes is what
> arguments the callback takes. Each spec will still need to describe that.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Dominic Cooney <dominicc@google.com>wrote:
>
>> I like this idea. [Callback(Event)] EventListener? seems more flexible
>> than Callback(Event) in that it can use a name other than handleEvent when
>> dealing with an object.
>>
>> Web Audio, for example, has a callback for processing audio buffers.
>> handleEvent is a weird name for this since it doesn’t handle events.
>>
>> What about (future) callbacks that have return types or raise exceptions?
>>
>> Dominic
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Travis Leithead <
>> travis.leithead@microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  FWIW, I like the idea. The current indirection through an interface
>>> annotated with [Callback] has historically been hard for newbies to WebIDL
>>> to figure out. Anne's concept helps reduce the indirection. ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Another syntax could be:****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> addEventListener(DOMString type, [Callback(Event)] EventListener?
>>> listener, optional boolean capture)****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Which re-uses the "constructor" parameter syntax (in an extended
>>> attribute) that we already have in WebIDL.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> *From:* ojan@google.com [mailto:ojan@google.com] *On Behalf Of *Ojan
>>> Vafai
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 08, 2011 9:05 AM
>>> *To:* Anne van Kesteren
>>> *Cc:* public-script-coord@w3.org
>>> *Subject:* Re: [WebIDL] Simplify callbacks****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> I support this. While it's not the API I'd design from scratch, I think
>>> it's what we're stuck with and the simplicity provided by doing this
>>> throughout the platform is worth it.****
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
>>> wrote:****
>>>
>>> It seems that all callbacks use handleEvent() and we cannot change that
>>> at this point I think. We should simplify callback syntax to a) make IDL
>>> easier to read and b) ensure consistency throughout the platform.
>>>
>>> addEventListener(DOMString type, Callback(Event)? listener, optional
>>> boolean capture)
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Anne van Kesteren
>>> http://annevankesteren.nl/****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
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