Re: [whatwg] new constructor method for Path2D

On Wed, 5 Mar 2014, Rik Cabanier wrote:
> 
> To work around this, we could add a couple of constructor methods to the 
> 2D context:
> 
> Path2D createPath();
> 
> Creates a new empty Path object [...]

This used to be how many Web APIs worked, but over the years we've 
received enormous volumes of feedback to the effect that constructor-based 
APIs are way better than factory-based APIs. Is there no way we could at 
least have all the canvases within a Document in Firefox use the same 
backend? It would be really unfortunate to have to use factories here to 
get around an implementation detail in one browser.

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Received on Wednesday, 5 March 2014 22:36:03 UTC