Re: The key custom elements question: custom constructors?

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Domenic Denicola <d@domenic.me> wrote:
> Even if it can be specced/implemented, should it? I.e., why would this be OK where MutationEvents are not?

Apart from the verbosity and performance issues with mutation events,
I think the main problem with mutation events has been the lack of a
clear processing model (and that is true to this day), causing crashes
in user agents:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2011JulSep/0779.html

In other words, the specification authors invented something, but
didn't do the due diligence of writing down how that invention would
actually impact the overall model. (This is a problem to this day.
E.g., UI events.)

So the main problem with custom constructors seems to be the
processing model, combined with the work of actually implementing and
vetting that.


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Received on Thursday, 16 July 2015 17:17:59 UTC