Re: [matrix][cssom-view] DOMPoint, DOMPointLiteral definitions

On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote:

> On 9/24/13 2:44 PM, Rik Cabanier wrote:
>
>> Can we describe in IDL that the interface DOMPoint inherits from the
>> dictionary DOMPointLiteral?
>>
>
> In what sense?
>
> (I mean, you can't, but what do you want such inheritance to mean?)


So a function that takes a DOMPointLiteral can be passed a DOMPoint.


>
>
>  It seems that there are some subtle differences between attributes and
>> dictionary members that is otherwise lost.
>>
>
> Like what?


Dictionary members are always optional. So, it's Ok for DOMPointLiteral to
not contain members, but not for DOMPoint (unless we change its IDL)