- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 01:32:32 +0000 (UTC)
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010, Robert O'Callahan wrote: > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Ian Hickson <ian at hixie.ch> wrote: > > > > toDataURL() was named that way for consistency with toString(), which > > seems a closer analogue here than getElementById() and friends. > > But you're not really converting the form element into something > equivalent, are you? That's what "to" methods usually imply, IMHO. Maybe > it should be "createFormData" or "extractFormData"? create* is generally used for independent factory methods that aren't based on the state of the object they're invoked on. extract* would be a new convention... I think toFormData() here is converting the form to the same extent toDataURL() is converting the canvas. But I'll spec whatever ends up implemented, if it's implemented by the time I get around to responding to this thread properly. :-) -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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