[whatwg] link.sizes and [PutForwards=value]

• From: Olli Pettay <Olli.Pettay@helsinki.fi>
• Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:45:41 +0300
• Message-ID: <4CB88535.9070007@helsinki.fi>

On 10/15/2010 02:45 PM, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:46:30 +0200, Olli Pettay
> <Olli.Pettay at helsinki.fi> wrote:
>> may I wonder why on earth any new API, like
>> link.sizes uses PutForwards?
>> IMHO, PutForwards should be limited to the
>> awkward DOM0 APIs like window.location.
>
> What's wrong with PutForwards?
>
It makes getters and setters work in a very different way.
Inconsistency in APIs isn't a good thing.


-Olli

Received on Friday, 15 October 2010 09:45:41 UTC