- From: Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:55:36 +1100
- To: David Bruant <bruant.d@gmail.com>
- CC: "public-script-coord@w3.org" <public-script-coord@w3.org>, Ms2ger <ms2ger@gmail.com>
On 22/01/13 3:27 AM, David Bruant wrote: > I assume in these cases, the interface always inherits from EventTarget; > tell me if it's not always the case. > Would it make sense to add an event annotation, as in: > > event success > > WebIDL would describe this as "attribute EventHandler onsuccess;" + > "instances can trigger such an event in circumstances described by the > spec". The latter part is omitted from WebIDL and I think it would be > extremely valuable for developers too to see that things are events and > not just on* properties. > > What do you think? It seems a bit like a layering violation for Web IDL to describe events. The "EventHandler" name is already pretty suggestive about the purpose of the attribute, IMO. :)
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