Re: Figuring out easier readonly interfaces

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 10:58 AM, James Graham <james@hoppipolla.co.uk> wrote:
> On 17/10/13 16:49, Mark S. Miller wrote:
>> Yes. I don't like DOMRectView but I will not object to it.
>
> Isn't this confusing with ArrayBufferView, which afaict is read/write?
>
> I think DomRectReadOnly is a fine name. Anyone who expects "readonly" to
> mean "immutable" will already be confused by DOM, WebIDL, and numerous other
> libraries and frameworks that use "readonly" in some situation where the
> mutability depends on who is trying to make the change (e.g. [1], [2])

Plus the fact that there will *also* be an *Immutable subclass.

Yeah, I object to the alternate naming proposals.  LSP doesn't depend
on the name of a class, and ReadOnly is clear and matches the use of
"readonly" elsewhere in the platform's docs.

~TJ