I have a preference for the second syntax. These sorts of classes should always be "new"-able.
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Jonas Sicking <jo...@sicking.cc> wrote: > Hi All, > > There was some discussions regarding the syntax for generating a > FormData object based on the data in an existing <form>. I had > proposed the following syntax > > myformelement.getFormData(); > > however it was pointed out that the downside with this API is that > it's not clear that a new FormData object is created every time. > Instead the following syntax was proposed: > > new FormData(myformelement); > > however I don't see this syntax in the new XHR L2 drafts. Is this > merely an oversight or was the omission intentional? > > I'm fine with either syntax, but since we're getting close to shipping > Firefox 4, and I'd like to include this functionality (in fact, it's > been shipping for a long time in betas), I'd like to see if how much > consensus the various proposals carried. > > / Jonas > >