[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 27433] enable toString function under gobject bindings

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27433





--- Comment #15 from Mark Rowe (bdash) <mrowe at apple.com>  2009-07-30 11:08:34 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #14)
> (In reply to comment #13)
> > (From update of attachment 33380 [details] [details])
> > As we've mentioned repeatedly: we do not feel that it is appropriate to expose
> > toString methods outside of JavaScript.  The toString function is a JavaScript
> > concept that does not map directly to other languages.  They are not part of
> > the DOM itself.  The information they expose is available via existing means.
> 
>  yet the burden of _getting_ that information is so onerous that all other
> competitor products to webkit have just gone "fine - let's just make it
> available".
> 
>  do you accept this?

No.

1) You're assigning a reason for why other libraries include this with no basis
for doing so.
2) In almost all cases it is trivially available as a property of the object in
question.  I say "almost all" only because I've not memorized the entire DOM,
not because I'm aware of any objects for which this is not the case.

>  or do you consider it reasonable to impose a massive development burden onto
> webkit developers, when it would be so incredibly easy to make their lives much
> much easier?
> 
>  do you accept this?

Given that no massive burden is being imposed there isn't anything here for me
to agree with.

>  for the record - for archival purposes and so that people can see in the
> future why it was not added, and to whom they need to address their concerns -
> please state yes or no to each of the two questions, above.

Luke, my dear man, I do think you should consider checking your ego at the door
in the future.

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