Re: IDL: special DOMString that converts to Unicode

Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> Look, this algorithm is already in Web IDL:
> http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebIDL/#dfn-obtain-unicode The reason
> I'm asking for an attribute is because I am an API developer and I
> dislike the make work and redundancy of invoking this algorithm all
> over the place.

Agreed, declarative notation in WebIDL is good even for hard cases.

> I did not expect this much Stop Energy over something so simple. It's
> getting kind of insane.

No, you want to add a type. Expect discussion (call the whaambulance 
over "stop energy"). WebIDL is a shared good and people have to care 
about *not* adding to it, or it'll grow like crazy. (This happens with 
JS too, and HTML -- but you know all about that!)

/be

Received on Tuesday, 30 October 2012 17:36:04 UTC