Re: [WICG/webcomponents] Non-class based example of customElement.define() (#587)

@domenic @morewry I just want to pop in and say that this is ridiculous. Javascript is a prototype-based language, and to get "consensus" it was necessary to block a critical feature from being possible using the prototype paradigm--and you refuse to fix it when it causes problems because of some sort of politics? It's nice that we have the option to use nice ES6 class syntax... but it's less powerful than raw prototyping and it's simply mind-boggling to me that my search for a solution led me to "there is none, because a committee banned it to force you to code their way even though the core features you're using aren't going anywhere".

Sometimes features are deprecated and things aren't backwards compatible; sometimes poor design introduces obstacles; but "sometimes a committee wants everyone to code a certain way for no particular reason and introduces obstacles to using perfectly supported features in a given context on purpose"? Is Javascript deprecated? Or is there a plan to eliminate prototypes from the language and move to a purely class-based approach--then perhaps add in strong typing and C++ template syntax? If so, that's crazy; if not, then the lack of support for prototype-based custom components is a serious bug.

Is there no way this can be brought up and addressed now that 4 years have passed? If the only reason there's no solution is that the language was intentionally crippled by bureaucratic fiat at a face-to-face meeting half a decade ago, perhaps it could be fixed now?

I guess I will now proceed to implement a bizarre, unreadable, inefficient workaround or introduce some hideous class definitions into my otherwise class-free library, for no reason whatsoever except that "the owners of the internet don't like prototypes".

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