From: Kris Zyp [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:38 PM Subject: Re: Seeking pre-LCWD comments for Indexed Database API; deadline February 2
>> On 6/10/2010 4:15 PM, Pablo Castro wrote: >> > >> >>> From: [email protected] >> >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kris Zyp >> >>> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 9:49 AM Subject: Re: Seeking >> >>> pre-LCWD comments for Indexed Database API; deadline February >> >>> 2 >> > >> >>> I see that in the trunk version of the spec [1] that delete() >> >>> was changed to remove(). I thought we had established that >> >>> there is no reason to make this change. Is anyone seriously >> >>> expecting to have an implementation prior to or without ES5's >> >>> contextually unreserved keywords? I would greatly prefer >> >>> delete(), as it is much more consistent with standard DB and >> >>> REST terminology. >> > >> > My concern is that it seems like taking an unnecessary risk. I >> > understand the familiarity aspect (and I like delete() better as >> > well), but to me that's not a strong enough reason to use it and >> > potentially cause trouble in some browser. >> > >> So there is a real likelyhood of a browser implementation that will >> predate it's associated JS engine's upgrade to ES5? Feeling a >> "concern" isn't really much of technical argument on it's own, and >> designing for outdated technology is a poor approach. I don't think there is, just wanted to avoid imposing it. If you think it's really important then let's change it back to delete assuming other folks are good with it. -pablo
