[whatwg] Terminology: managed vs. manual transactions

• From: Cameron Heavon-Jones <cmhjones@gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:13:17 +0100
• Message-ID: <345BBEA5-A485-4D6A-82A1-20A6928815A3@gmail.com>

On 29/08/2011, at 7:18 PM, Aryeh Gregor wrote:

> In the UndoManager spec <http://rniwa.com/editing/undomanager.html>,
> there are two types of transactions: managed and manual.  Managed
> transactions are handled by the browser, while manual ones are handled
> by the author.  The term "managed" keeps confusing me, though.  I
> never remember if it means managed by the browser, or by the author.
> Why don't you rename managed transactions to "automatic transactions"
> or something like that?

it could be implicit\explicit transactions. 

for me, 'manual' is the non-ambiguous term.

cam

Received on Tuesday, 30 August 2011 05:13:17 UTC