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

On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> wrote:
> >> This was already discussed:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.w3.org/mid/CAAWBYDDF1fRrJj08AvFARfCstkQfgg=RH85n-UPh3ZZ_fjc2wA@mail.gmail.com
> >
> > Can we describe in IDL that the interface DOMPoint inherits from the
> > dictionary DOMPointLiteral?
> > It seems that there are some subtle differences between attributes and
> > dictionary member that is otherwise lost.
>
> There's no need to do any of this.  It's very simple and easy.  A
> DOMPoint satisfies the definition of a DOMPointLiteral - it's an
> object with the necessary named attributes.  As long as we're not
> trying to do anything fancy just with "real" DOMPoints (which we
> aren't, and shouldn't), then just having the methods take a
> DOMPointLiteral is all we need to do.
>

OK. As long as we remember that going forward, this should be fine.


>
> A dictionary isn't a real "thing".  It's just a description of a
> "shape" that objects have to have.
>