- From: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 14:57:01 -0700
- To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Cc: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>, "Web APIs WG (public)" <public-webapi@w3.org>
On Apr 21, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Anne van Kesteren wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 08:44:48 +0200, Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org> wrote: >> Please, Address extensibility. > > The new extensibility section currently contains the following text: > > <p>Extensions to the <code>XMLHttpRequest</code> interface are > reserved for > future work by the Web APIs WG. WGs besides the Web APIs WG may > extend the > interface, but MUST coordinate that with the Web APIs WG. UAs MAY > extend the > interface, but MUST prefix the new members using a string > specific to the > vendor following the <var>Vendor</var><var>Member</var> scheme. > (Normally > members follow the <var>member</var> scheme.) Company Foo could > introduce a > <code>FooFollowRedirect(<var>boolean</var>)</code> method for > example.</p> > <p>Authors MAY use extension mechanisms specific to the host > language, like > <code>.prototype</code> in ECMAScript.</p> Wouldn't this put all existing extensions (and therefore every existing implementation) out of compliance? Regards, Maciej
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