- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:10:41 -0500
- To: "Bjoern Hoehrmann" <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: "Web API public" <public-webapi@w3.org>, Ellen.Siegel@sun.com
On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:11:52 -0500, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> wrote: > * Charles McCathieNevile wrote: >> For the namespaceURI parameter to initProgressEventNS (actually, to all >> the initXXXEventNS methods): is it legal for this parameter to be null? >> I think this needs to be clarified: is there an expectation that if the >> namespace is null the non-NS init method should be used? Or is it valid >> to provide a null value for the namespace parameter in the NS init >> method? In Event::initEventNS the description of the namespaceURI >> parameter says that it should be null if there is no namespace, but that >> clarification does not show up in most of the other event type parameter >> descriptions. In particular, it does not show up in initProgressEventNS, >> but I think that in general a single consistent answer should apply >> across all of the various event types. > > As you point out, this is clear from the Event::initEventNS method, and > in DOM Level 3 Events all similarily named methods simply defer to that > method, as such I am not sure there is anything unclear here. Yeah. We agreed to actually ask editors to say this in so many words (if they don't already) - e.g. that means I should clarify it in the Progress spec. cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile, Opera Software: Standards Group hablo español - je parle français - jeg lærer norsk chaals@opera.com Try Opera 9.1 http://opera.com
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