Re: [FileAPI] createObjectURL isReusable proposal

Why though?  What stops UAs from accepting the relevant objects for .src
properties?

- Kyle

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 2:47 AM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Jan 2012, Kyle Huey wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Darin Fisher <darin@chromium.org>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm not sure what a concrete proposal would look like.  Maybe
> > > Element.URL.createObjectURL or just Element.createObjectURL?
> >
> > Wouldn't returning an object (which can be GCd) be a better solution?
>
> The whole point of the API is that we have an object but need a string (a
> URL).
>
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