[webkit-dev] window.internals abuse

[Simon Fraser]

On Mar 13, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Dana Jansens <danakj at chromium.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Simon Fraser <simon.fraser at apple.com> wrote:
> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80046 (landed in http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/114081) added internals. setBackgroundBlurOnNode().
> 
> I consider this to be abuse of the Internals object. As shown by the location of the files (Source/WebCore/testing/Internals.*), the Internals interface is intended for testing, not adding API to toggle features in WebCore for non-test code.
> 
> Sorry, but I think this is based on a misunderstanding. That function is used for enabling the feature in layout tests in order to verify it is working. It is not used in non-test code.

So why does the feature exist at all?

Simon


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