[webkit-dev] Re: sharing code between kjs and khtml

Darin Adler darin at apple.com
Mon Jul 25 10:19:25 PDT 2005


On Jul 24, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

> I can think of three basic options for code sharing:
>
> 1) Cut and paste the relevant files, use in both places. This sucks  
> because any fixes or improvements would have to be made in two  
> places, and history shows that people will usually forget to update  
> other copies of the code.
>
> 2) Dump in kjs and export for use in khtml, even though this stuff  
> has basically nothing to do with a JavaScript API.
>
> 3) Make a new module that both kjs and khtml depend on ("kxmlcore"?  
> "kxmlbase"? something like that...).

I like both (2) and (3) and don't have a strong preference between them.

But then again I usually agree with Maciej on things, so that's no  
big surprise.

     -- Darin




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