[webkit-dev] WebAccessibilityRole must match AccessiblityRole enums?

[Chris Fleizach]

Was just hoping something easier might come along. I'll let the appropriate people know if I need any help 

thanx

On Jun 4, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Peter Kasting wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Chris Fleizach <cfleizach at apple.com> wrote:
> For one, I would like to alphabetize that list. That will require hundreds of changes, requiring me to make hundreds of blind changes in chromium code.
> 
> When ARIA2 comes out, mayhaps there will be a dozen or two new additions.
> 
> OK, but each of those seems like one change that touches multiple lines, not dozens or hundreds of separate changes that will each individually cause a separate problem.  Alphabetize, see compile failure, alphabetize the other list.
> 
> I don't have a proposal for a better API.  One of the primary purposes of Chromium's WebKit API layer is to firewall WebKit types, so a replacement design would have to be able to compile without referencing any WebKit headers, which seems like it precludes something that automatically tracks WebKit-side changes.  Even Darin's mention of switch-based translations would still require you to at least make changes for new and modified enum values (though it would avoid problems due to simple reordering of the enums; but if you're going to reorder once, that costs rather than saves effort).
> 
> If it's any consolation, I'm sure any of us Chromium folk would be happy to help make any Chromium-side changes necessary, if there's anything we can do to help.  And if I've missed a good replacement design, we're certainly open to implementing different things in principle.
> 
> PK 

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