Re: [whatwg] Splitting CanvasRenderingContext2D

I think it may be possible to do this refactor without changing the order
of things since the current IDL has things grouped into categories that
more or less map to what Ian is suggesting.

I am currently in the middle of working on a pull request for the
OffscreenCanvas propsal, and I have to say I would very much like to rebase
it on top of what Ian is suggesting so that I could easily define an
"OffscreenRenderingContext2D" that excludes or redefines APIs that interact
with the Document or view.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:

> On 12/1/15 11:40 AM, Domenic Denicola wrote:
>
>> Since it has no web-visible impact
>>
>
> That may or may not be true.  For example, it's quite likely to change, in
> practice, the enumeration order for properties on the obect.  Of course
> there is no spec defining that enumeration order right now... but in
> practice I believe UAs mostly do it in the IDL order.
>
> Normally I wouldn't worry about it, but there is known content out there
> that depends on the enumeration order of _some_ things on this particular
> interface.  See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=631117 and
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=623437 (note that these are
> about different URLs, though caused by the same underlying issue).
>
> In practice I expect that an interface split that keeps arc() and arcTo()
> together in this case will be OK.  I just want to point out that the risk
> here is sadly nonzero.
>
> -Boris
>

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