Seems fine to me. -Sam
On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:36 AM, Kentaro Hara <hara...@chromium.org> wrote: > At TPAC there was no objection for DOM4 Event constructors (e.g. new > MouseEvent()). > > Now DOM4 Event constructors are on editor's draft: > http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com/dom4events/ > https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/d4e/raw-file/tip/source_respec.htm > > Given the above, I am planning to implement them in WebKit (without > any flag). If you have any concern, please let me know. > > Best Regards > > > On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Kentaro Hara <hara...@chromium.org> wrote: >>> Since TPAC is less than a month away, I don't understand why we can't wait >>> for that discussion. >> >> Sounds reasonable. I'll wait for TPAC. >> >>> I do support the idea in general, and I plan to be at TPAC and will >>> advocate for it. >> >> I'll be also going to TPAC. I would appreciate your support. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 2:11 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <m...@apple.com> wrote: >>> >>> Since TPAC is less than a month away, I don't understand why we can't wait >>> for that discussion. I do support the idea in general, and I plan to be at >>> TPAC and will advocate for it. >>> >>> I understand that sometimes we need to move ahead of the spec. If there's a >>> reason not to wait a few extra weeks in this case, then please at least use >>> a prefix. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Maciej >>> >>> On Sep 30, 2012, at 6:32 PM, Kentaro Hara <hara...@chromium.org> wrote: >>> >>>> TL;DR: Would it be OK to implement constructors for DOM4 Events in >>>> WebKit without waiting for the spec? >>>> >>>> >>>> == Background == >>>> >>>> Events should have constructors. 'new XXXEvent()' is much easier than >>>> 'e = document.createEvent(...); e.initXXXEvent(_a_lot_of_arguments_)'. >>>> We have already implemented constructors for a bunch of Events such as >>>> Event, CustomEvent, ProgressEvent, etc [5]. However, we have not yet >>>> implemented constructors for DOM4 Events (i.e. UIEvent, MouseEvent, >>>> KeyboardEvent, WheelEvent, TextEvent, CompositionEvent) because they >>>> are not yet speced. >>>> >>>> Recently PointerEvent was speced with [Constructor] [2]. Considering >>>> that PointerEvent inherits MouseEvent, now we want to support >>>> [Constructor] on MouseEvent >>>> too. In terms of implementation, it is possible to implement >>>> [Constructor] on PointerEvent without implementing [Constructor] on >>>> MouseEvent. However, implementing [Constructor] on both PointerEvent >>>> and MouseEvent would be best. >>>> >>>> == Rationale for implementing constructors for DOM4 Events == >>>> >>>> I have been discussing this topic for one year, in www-dom@ [4] and a >>>> www.w3.org bug [3]. It looks like there is a consensus on introducing >>>> constructors for DOM4 Events. However, the spec is still a draft [1] >>>> and the www.w3.org bug [3] is marked as LATER. Last week I discussed >>>> the timeline of the spec with Jacob Rossi (a.k.a. a spec author of >>>> PointerEvent and DOM4 Events). According to him: >>>> >>>> - Their primary focus is on finishing DOM3 Events first. >>>> - With DOM3 Events in Candidate Recommendation, they are going to >>>> start working on the DOM4 Events. They will discuss it in TPAC. >>>> - They will introduce constructors to DOM4 Events. >>>> >>>> In summary, constructors for DOM4 Events are going to be speced, but >>>> it will take time. So I would like to implement them in WebKit a bit >>>> ahead of the spec (and thus implement PointerEvent constructors too). >>>> If you have any concern, please let me know. >>>> >>>> >>>> == References == >>>> [1] The spec draft by Jacob Rossi: >>>> http://html5labs.interoperabilitybridges.com/dom4events/ >>>> >>>> [2] The spec of Pointer Events: >>>> http://www.w3.org/Submission/pointer-events/ >>>> >>>> [3] www.w3.org bug: >>>> https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=14051 >>>> >>>> [4] Discussion on www-dom@: >>>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/2011OctDec/0081.html >>>> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/2012JanMar/0025.html >>>> >>>> [5] WebKit bug: >>>> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67824 >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kentaro Hara, Tokyo, Japan (http://haraken.info) >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> webkit-dev mailing list >>>> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >>>> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> webkit-dev mailing list >>> webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org >>> http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev >> >> >> >> -- >> Kentaro Hara, Tokyo, Japan (http://haraken.info) > > > > -- > Kentaro Hara, Tokyo, Japan > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev