[TreatNonCallableAsNull] alternative?

• From: Marcos Caceres <w3c@marcosc.com>
• Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:46:18 +0000
• To: public-script-coord <public-script-coord@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <BF2CB9DA86254DECBEB52E22355BBB6D@marcosc.com>

The WebIDL spec warns against using [TreatNonCallableAsNull] "unless required to specify the behavior of legacy APIs", but does not provide guidance on what to do in a situation where an Editor might need such a thing (apart from emailing this list); Can you please add some more text to the warning saying what the alternative is (e.g., using prose or to avoid defining "obj.onwhatever" event handler attributes… )?   



In a spec I'm working on, I had hoped to use something like:

Interface SomeThing : EventTarget{
[TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute SomeCallBack? onclose;
}



So I could have both:

window.something.onclose = function(){ ... }
window.something.addEventListener("close"….)


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Marcos Caceres
http://datadriven.com.au

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