- From: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:39:19 -0800
- To: public-webapps@w3.org, public-html@w3.org
Cameron McCormack wrote: > Hello WGs. > > I’ve just committed changes to Web IDL on how it treats index and name > getters and setters. Browers don’t agree on some specifics of how the > index and name properties on HTMLCollections are handled, so I’ve tried > to make some sensible decisions in these cases. Comments welcome! > > Here’s a summary of changes to Web IDL: > > * Removed [IndexGetter], [IndexSetter], [NamedGetter] and > [NamedSetter]. > > * Removed the custom [[Get]] behaviour on host objects. > > * Added [NumberedIndex] and [NamedIndex], which can appear on > interfaces. Both of these can take identifier arguments Creatable, > Modifiable and/or Deletable, which control how the properties that > are placed on host objects can be interacted with. Properties for > [NumberedIndex] are enumerable, and those for [NamedIndex] aren’t. > > * Changed the custom [[Put]] behaviour on host objects so that it > only is there to support [PutForwards]. > > For details see: > > http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebIDL/#NamedIndex > http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebIDL/#NumberedIndex > http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebIDL/#index-properties It seems very unfortunate that we now have to use prose to describe which functions the getters/setters map to. Why was that part of these changes needed? / Jonas
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