On Monday, 7 January 2013 at 19:15, Rick Waldron wrote:
> I wonder if this is the moment where redemption can happen... Instead of
> trying to invent some kind of new approach, why not standardize on the
> massive, 16 lane, mega-highway cow-path just waiting to be paved:
>
> on => addEventListener
> off => removeEventListener
> emit => dispatchEvent
>
>
> I'd suggest Node's EventEmitter (and EventEmitter2) as a reasonable starting
> point for an ideal, "subclassable" EventTarget-like system.
>
The above are great options, but I'd cry tears of joy for just having a
constructor on EventTarget. I guess if we can fix a whole bunch of issues in
one go (...man, that leveraging selectors for choosing targets is so nice...),
that would be great, but I'm worried about getting bogged down.
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Marcos Caceres
http://datadriven.com.au
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