- From: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:16:13 +0100
- To: "Gerd Wagner" <wagnerg@tu-cottbus.de>
- Cc: www-dom@w3.org
On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 13:44:30 +0100, Gerd Wagner <wagnerg@tu-cottbus.de> wrote: >>> What about replacing the misnomer "currentTarget" by "observer" in the >>> Event interface? >> >> We cannot break compatibility. > > I understand this requirement, but does it imply that we have to live > with bad choices made in the past (going on to create misunderstanding > costs) forever? Yes. Though really this is not that bad. > One possible approach would be introducing "observer" and declaring > "currentTarget" as deprecated. That just introduces the possibility for more issues. -- Anne van Kesteren http://annevankesteren.nl/
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