Re: Javascript data types

That sounds great. I am not sure I can work on it, though. I will let you
know if I do.


☆*PhistucK*


On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:29 AM, Amelia Bellamy-Royds <
amelia.bellamy.royds@gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with those arguments, but I don't think a custom script is a good
> solution.
>
> I am fairly certain that the desired flexibility can be achieved by:
>
> (a) Creating a new parent category and making the following sub-categories
> of it: Javascript data types; Javascript objects; and DOM objects/interfaces
>
> (b) Setting the form to generate the option list from all pages in the new
> parent category (
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms/Defining_forms#Autocompletion
> ).
>
> (C) Changing the property type from "enumeration" to "page" and removing
> the "allowed values" list
>
> There would probably also need to be some changes to the templates so that
> the object type only shows up as "RangeError" and not
> "dom/Selection/RangeError" (the full page name).
>
> The net result would be that if you wanted to list a given object or
> interface type as the return value of a method, all you would have to do is
> make sure that a reference page for that object or interface existed and
> was properly categorized.
>
> If anyone with a love of all things Semantic MediaWiki (or a desire to
> learn!) is able to make that happen, please do.  Feel free to contact me
> directly if you want to bounce around ideas about how to implement it.
>
> If no one else takes control, I will look at it more closely later in the
> summer when I start working on the SVG templates.
>
> AmeliaBR
>
>
>
>
>
> On 14 July 2014 12:22, PhistucK <phistuck@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This is a major obstacle at the moment (and has been since the
>> beginning), unfortunately.
>> I do not think this should be a closed list. Any interface, prototype or
>> class can be a "javascript data type". We should not need to explicitly add
>> types, this does not scale and makes contributors needlessly dependent on
>> administrators in order to finish articles.
>> If it must be a closed list (or if it cannot be updated at real time) due
>> to a Wikimedia/Semantic Wiki limitation, then perhaps an automated script
>> that runs every night or every hour and updates this list according to all
>> of the API Interface (I am not sure regarding the name of the page
>> template, sorry) names.
>>
>>
>> ☆*PhistucK*
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Julee Burdekin <julee@adobe.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hi, Rob!
>>>
>>>  There is a Range object in the spec.[1] So I would add it. But where?
>>> I noticed the ES6 draft separates out the language & specification types.[2]
>>>
>>>  Maybe we should have a separate type section for specifications?
>>>
>>>  What do others think?
>>>
>>>  J
>>>
>>>  [1]
>>> http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Traversal-Range/ecma-script-binding.html
>>>  [2] https://people.mozilla.org/~jorendorff/es6-draft.html (see table
>>> of contents)
>>>
>>>  -------------------
>>> Julee Burdekin
>>> Content Strategist
>>> Adobe Web Platform
>>> @adobejulee
>>> julee@adobe.com
>>>
>>>   From: Rob^_^ <iecustomizer@hotmail.com>
>>> Date: Monday, July 14, 2014 at 1:35 AM
>>> To: WebPlatform Public List <public-webplatform@w3.org>
>>> Subject: Javascript data types
>>> Resent-From: WebPlatform Public List <public-webplatform@w3.org>
>>> Resent-Date: Monday, July 14, 2014 at 1:36 AM
>>>
>>>    Hi,
>>>
>>> re: http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/dom/Range/cloneRange
>>>
>>> as Range and RangeError are not in the list at
>>> http://docs.webplatform.org/wiki/Property:Javascript_data_type
>>>
>>> I end up with a nonsense Return Value description....
>>>
>>> “Returns an object of type Object”
>>> [object Range]
>>>
>>> I am pressed for time, so I have flagged the item as almost ready....
>>> awaiting Range object to js data-types.
>>>
>>> Comments/Advice?
>>>
>>> ...seems to me that the js object types should be open to editor
>>> discretion as ‘objects’ can be anything one wants....
>>>
>>> var WPO={‘toString’:function(){return ‘[object WPO]’;}}
>>>
>>> there are ‘core’ data-types... number, date, boolean, string, regex and
>>> Array, but what were once ‘object’ can now be [object Anything]
>>>
>>> eg. var test=2; typeof test returns ‘number’
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>
>>
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