On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Ian Hickson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jul 2011, Jonas Sicking wrote: >> >> On the other hand, we should [not] do things now that are likely to >> create a more complicated or inconsistent platform in the future. > > I agree, indeed that's my main reason for not wanting to make objects > inherit from EventTarget. :-)
I think adding EventTarget to the chain is a simplification as it makes that interface more consistent with the majority of other ones. >> It's a judgement call. I think we're just making different judgements on >> how likely it is that we'll need to extend this in the future. > > So far I haven't seen any suggestions that would need a change to the > constructor. We shouldn't try to solve problems we can't even imagine > yet; how could we possibly evaluate our solutions? Can you list the reasons for why you don't think we will not need any of the types listed in the following email: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2011AprJun/0732.html I'm also still interested in hearing feedback from other implementers. So far only two have spoken up and have both been in favor of making the argument an object. / Jonas
