RE: Should Exceptions be Errors in the ECMAScript bindings?

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>From: arv@google.com [mailto:arv@google.com] On Behalf Of Erik Arvidsson
>
>I assume this has been covered before but I could not find any
>previous discussion.
>
>Would it make sense to make DOM exceptions be Error objects in the
>ECMAScript bindings? The reason this came up (again) is that some
>engines provide stack traces on Error objects and developers also want
>this on DOMExceptions. If DOMExceptions where real Errors engines
>would get that feature for "free".

I believe that WebIDL currently requires that DOM exceptions inherit from the ES "Error" prototype. This effectively makes them Errors for most purposes.

Received on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 19:10:28 UTC