Re: [XHR2] FormData for <form>

I have a preference for the second syntax. These sorts of classes
should always be "new"-able.

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> There was some discussions regarding the syntax for generating a
> FormData object based on the data in an existing <form>. I had
> proposed the following syntax
>
> myformelement.getFormData();
>
> however it was pointed out that the downside with this API is that
> it's not clear that a new FormData object is created every time.
> Instead the following syntax was proposed:
>
> new FormData(myformelement);
>
> however I don't see this syntax in the new XHR L2 drafts. Is this
> merely an oversight or was the omission intentional?
>
> I'm fine with either syntax, but since we're getting close to shipping
> Firefox 4, and I'd like to include this functionality (in fact, it's
> been shipping for a long time in betas), I'd like to see if how much
> consensus the various proposals carried.
>
> / Jonas
>
>

Received on Tuesday, 14 September 2010 17:56:34 UTC