[webkit-dev] Runtime setting for incomplete features

[Drew Wilson]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com> wrote:

>
> Slightly better. The only real difference it would make is if someone tests
> using a === comparison to undefined (as opposed to == or just a plain
> boolean test).
>
>
One reason why I'm pursuing this is that a naive google developer would
probably use our in-house javascript library to check for localStorage
support like so:

if (goog.isDef(window.localStorage)) {
  // do stuff
}

Where goog.isDef() is defined like so:

goog.isDef = function(val) {
  return val !== undefined;
};

So I doubt that anyone would explicitly ever write "if (window.localStorage
=== undefined)" or "if (typeof window.localStorage == "undefined")", but
plenty of people use standard library calls without being aware of all the
implications.

I agree with your conclusion, Jeremy - we should definitely make certain
that chromium never ships experimental features outside of the dev channel.


> Regards,
> Maciej
>
>
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