On May 14, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: > Name is important. As a stawman I suggest replacing the name ArrayBuffer > with BinaryBlob (Binary is redundant in this context but I'd be worried > about name conflicts with just Blob). BinaryBuffer would also work but the > word buffer may carry implications for some people that do really apply here.
"Binary" isn't really informative. Perhaps DataBuffer? > > Allen > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:es-discuss- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Marrin >> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 7:27 AM >> To: Alex Russell >> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Erik Arvidsson; es- >> [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Adoption of the Typed Array Specification >> >> >> On May 13, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Alex Russell wrote: >> >>> On May 13, 2010, at 5:15 PM, Vladimir Vukicevic wrote: >>> >>>> This is difficult to do, given the goals of typed arrays -- they wouldn't >>>> behave >> like normal Arrays in most meaningful ways. >>> >>> Sounds like a bug to be fixed ;-) >>> >>>> At the core, an ArrayBuffer is of fixed size, and it doesn't make sense to >>>> index >> an ArrayBuffer directly (because there's no indication of what format the >> data >> should be accessed in). Making the array view types instances of Array might >> work, but again given that they're fixed length, there's a significant >> difference >> there. >>> >>> >>> That the length property of a particular array subclass leaves the >>> constructor >> non-configurable and read-only isn't much of a trick in ES5. That said, why >> *doesn't* TypedArray spec a mutable variant? Surely it'd be useful. >> >> One of the important aspects of ArrayBuffer is its fixed length. As I >> mentioned >> before, perhaps the issue here is the poor naming (using "Array" in the >> names of >> objects that don't behave in the same way as the ES Array object). The names >> can be changed but I think we need the concept of a fixed length buffer with >> fixed views into it. >> _______________________________________________ >> es-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > ----- ~Chris [email protected] _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
