Re: [FileAPI] Why is FileList a sequence?

Ian Hickson:
> Makes sense. What I really want is a NodeList-like interface, but ideally 
> one that supports all the Array accessors, but I don't want to have to 
> redefine it each time. Is there some way we could get a "macro" for that 
> kind of thing?
> 
> See also:
>    http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11195

Yeah, let’s see what comes out of that bug when I get to it.

> > I think sequence<T> is fine for the purpose of accepting a JS Array of 
> > items as a method argument.  Presumably the requirement to have 
> > something like that in WA 1.0 isn’t going away, and there isn’t 
> > another way to do that in Web IDL currently, so unless there are 
> > concrete problems with sequence<T> or anyone has ideas on how to do it 
> > better, I’ll just leave it alone for now.
> 
> Is there some way we can make it only be allowed in arguments to 
> host-implemented APIs?

It might make sense to restrict it in that way, yes.  (Plus as a return
type.)  Filed http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12287 for
that.

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