Re: Custom elements ES6/ES5 syntax compromise, was: document.register and ES6

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Dimitri Glazkov <dglazkov@google.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Scott Miles <sjmiles@google.com> wrote:
> > MyButton = document.register(‘x-button’, {
> >   prototype: MyButton.prototype,
> >   lifecycle: {
> >      created: MyButton
> >   }
> > });
> >
> > What's the benefit of allowing this syntax? I don't immediately see why
> you
> > couldn't just do it the other way.
>
> Daniel answered the direct question, I think,


I must have missed that.


> but let me see if I
> understand the question hiding behind your question :)
>
> Why can't we just have one API, since these two are so close already?
> In other words, can we not just use "constructor" API and return a
> generated constructor?
>
> Do I get a cookie? :)
>
> :DG<
>

Well, yes, here ya go: (o). But I must be missing something. You wouldn't
propose two APIs if they were equivalent, and I don't see how these are not
(in any meaningful way).