Re: ISSUE-70: what to do about window timers?

On 4/4/06, Web APIs Issue Tracker <dean+cgi@w3.org> wrote:
> A.2) Define using a TimerListener interface which is meant only for other languages, while ECMAScript only actually allows strings or functions to be passed.

I (and others) strongly advise against specifying a timer interface
that accepts strings of code as executable input.

It can continue to exist as an implemented behavior, but as it
essentially uses eval() for its functionality, it should be strongly
discouraged, and certainly not officially specified.

For more, see: http://xkr.us/js/eval

Thanks.

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Brad Fults
NeatBox

Received on Wednesday, 5 April 2006 05:50:43 UTC