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Bug 14755 - rename FunctionStringCallback::handleEvent
Summary: rename FunctionStringCallback::handleEvent
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC Linux
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2011-11-10 11:42 UTC by Olli Pettay
Modified: 2011-11-11 22:26 UTC (History)
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Description Olli Pettay 2011-11-10 11:42:05 UTC 
The callback isn't handling any event. Perhaps handleData(DOMString data)
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-11-11 00:01:44 UTC 
EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document:
   http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html

Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: For consistency with both other parts of the Web platform as well as other APIs going back decades, all callbacks are called handleEvent().
Comment 2 Olli Pettay 2011-11-11 00:05:57 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Rationale: For consistency with both other parts of the Web platform as well as
> other APIs going back decades, all callbacks are called handleEvent().

Not all other parts of the platform is using handleEvent.
Comment 3 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-11-11 22:26:54 UTC 
EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document:
   http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html

Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: Then file bugs on those places.