On Oct 14, 2013 6:58 AM, "Anne van Kesteren" <annevk@annevk.nl> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Mark S. Miller <erights@google.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 2:16 AM, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org > > > wrote: > >> "DOMRectReadOnly" means that this interface provides only read access to > >> the object. It says nothing about whether there are ways to mutate the > >> object, whether through other interfaces on the same object or via related > >> DOM objects (e.g. when a DOMRectReadOnly is returned by the "bounds" > >> attribute of a mutable DOMQuad). This name may be confusing, > > > > The notion that the "Only" in the name refers only to the interface and not > > the object is confusing and bizarre. None of "DOM", "Rect", or "Read" refer > > to the interface, they all refer to the object. > > We have the same notion elsewhere though. E.g. a <input readonly> > cannot be modified by the user, but can be modified through script. In this case, the "only" still describes a meaningful restriction, where the restricted client is the user. > Attributes annotated in IDL with "readonly" have the same behavior. Could you provide a link to the relevant part of the webidl spec, and to an example of a webidl that makes use of this ambiguity? Thanks. > > > -- > http://annevankesteren.nl/
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