Hi Cameron,
On Jun 19, 2009, at 06:54 , Cameron McCormack wrote:
I’m thinking about removing some of the extended attributes in Web IDL
and replacing them with non-extension syntax in the language.
Originally, I had a goal of keeping compatibility with OMG IDL,
which is
why many features currently require extended attributes.
Not only do I think that compatibility with OMG IDL isn't useful, I
also don't think that WebIDL is currently compatible — or at the very
that as written it enforces the creation WebIDL documents that are
also well-formed OMG IDLs. One example is case-sensitivity: OMG IDL is
case-preserving but compares identifiers in a case-insensitive manner
(and I forget the scope of the comparison, but I think it's per
*module*); that's one of the reasons why some of the SVG IDLs
originally claimed conformance to nothing.
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