Re: [WICG/webcomponents] Updating Element Registration. (#820)

>Given most of native apps don't have the ability to monkey patch itself while running, I have a hard time believing that many web apps would opt to do this.

One significant difference between native apps and web apps, is that web apps tend to load progressively.  It would be nice to be able to create a "basic" version of a component, and a "deluxe" version with far more bells and whistles.  

Imagine a simple grid component, for example, that just shows data in a tabular format, but then could be replaced by a fully functional grid featuring sorting, charting, etc., once all the dependencies are downloaded.

There are some tricky issues here, just from a "spec" point of view -- like could property values or other state settings be transferred?  

But just wanted to throw out another use case.

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