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

From: Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:34:46 +0200
To: "Robert O'Callahan" <robert@ocallahan.org>
Cc: www-style <www-style@w3.org>, "Boris Zbarsky" <bzbarsky@mit.edu>
Message-ID: <op.w30tb8l5idj3kv@simons-macbook-pro.local>
On Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:17:55 +0200, Robert O'Callahan  
<robert@ocallahan.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-script-coord/2013JulSep/thread.html#msg663
>>
>> Takeaway so far:
>>
>> * There is precedent for separate interfaces: URLUtils and
>> URLUtilsReadOnly.
>> * Anne van Kesteren at least seems to prefer separate interfaces.
>>
>
> We can have separate interfaces but I don't think one should inherit from
> the other. That gets confusing because you have a "read only" or
> "immutable" interface which is also implemented by objects which are
> mutable.

Yeah, I agree that the inheritance can be confusing.

> Next decision: DOMRectImmutable or DOMRectReadOnly?

Immutable seems more accurate.

I've changed the spec to use DOMRect and DOMRectImmutable without  
inheritance.

https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/csswg/rev/2c78cbe04199

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Simon Pieters
Opera Software
Received on Thursday, 26 September 2013 13:35:24 UTC

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