- From: Johnny Stenback <jst@netscape.com>
- Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2001 05:11:17 -0700
- To: www-svg@w3.org
Johnny Stenback wrote: > Hello all, > > It was recently brought to my attention (well, a while ago, but I > haven't had a chance to do anything about this until now) that the DOM > interfaces to SVG elements are currently defined in IDL in the SVG CR > using multiple interface inheritance. Using multiple interface > inheritance makes these interfaces *impossible* to use as is in a COM > like environment (such as Mozilla's XPCOM and Microsoft's COM), and IMO > this is something that the SVG WG should change, not only because it's > impossible to use these interfaces in COM like environments, but also > because it doesn't match the way the DOM specifications (on which the > SVG DOM is based) define interfaces, the DOM spec never uses multiple > inheritance in it's interfaces, for this very reason (and possibly others). > > What is the SVG WG's thoughts about this problem? > Does silence mean that nobody cares if the SVG DOM interfaces are un-implementable in COM like environments? -- jst
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