Re: [CSSOM] Revisiting transforms and getBoundingClientRect()

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org>
> wrote:
> > I think if we're going to use any prefix, we should use the same prefix
> for
> > Point, Rect, Quad and Matrix. I'm afraid to arrogate those names as-is.
> > Either DOM or CSS would work for me. Blink has already got an
> implementation
> > of CSSMatrix so I think we may as well go with the "CSS" prefix. Yes,
> it's
> > useful for more than just CSS, but that doesn't bother me.
>
> Note that Dirk's the maintainer of that code, and he's planning to
> rename the interface, I think to TransformMatrix.  That prefix isn't
> good for point/rect/quad, though.
>

Alright, DOMPoint/DOMRect/DOMQuad works for me until someone else objects...

> I can't see how "Node sourceNode" is more helpful than "Node from". But I
> > agree about the ordering.
>
> On first glance, I had no clue what the relation was between the
> passed node and quad, and what the quad was getting transformed to.
> Linking the two args by name in the IDL makes it clearer that they're
> interpreted together, and the "source" prefix makes it clearer that
> there's an implicit "destination" node (what it's called on) and quad
> (what's returned).
>

As you wish. It's certainly not worth spending any more time discussing :-).

Rob
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