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- Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:50:02 +0000
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https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16074
Travis Leithead [MSFT] <travil@microsoft.com> changed:
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--- Comment #7 from Travis Leithead [MSFT] <travil@microsoft.com> 2012-03-05 17:50:02 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> Indeed. Furthermore, we want it for *all* onfoo attributes, not just the old
> ones.
>
> Please register my formal objection to this decision.
What is the basis for your objection? Do you think that having event handler
attributes translate any non-function value into null is the right behavior? Or
are you pushing for consistency with existing [legacy] behavior?
Apparently there are a large number of W3C specs out there that jumped on this
syntax right away, without understanding that the syntax was intended for
legacy APIs. Due to the copy/paste nature of spec authors, the current approach
is likely to fail in its goal (of being for legacy event handlers only).
Perhaps a rename of the attribute is in order (similar to legacycaller)... or
we simply re-examine what we think is the acceptable behavior for *all* event
handlers, and reduce the friction by removing this attribute and creating a
bona-fide mechanism as has been suggested.
I'd be supportive of either of the above outcomes, but considering how the
[TreatNonCallableAsNull] extended attribute is being proliferated, "Won't Fix"
may not be appropriate.
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