20455 2012-12-20 08:33:03 +0000 converting to an ECMAScript value [of a specified type??] 2019-03-04 16:43:18 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WebAppsWG WebIDL unspecified All All RESOLVED FIXED [v1] P2 normal --- 1 jmdyck cam mike Ms2ger public-script-coord public-webapps-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 80430 0 jmdyck 2012-12-20 08:33:03 +0000 [1] In "4.4.1.1. Interface object [[Call]] method", in algorithm 2, step 6 says: Return the result of converting R to an ECMAScript interface type value I. I think the phrase "an ECMAScript interface type value I" doesn't make sense. The phrasing seems to establish 'I' as a metavariable for the value that results from the conversion, but (a) there's no need for such a metavariable, and (b) 'I' is already in use to refer to the interface. If we assume that 'I' *is* still meant to refer to the interface, then the nearest meaningful phrase I can think of is: a value of the interface type associated with interface I but that's an IDL value (in fact, I believe it correctly describes 'R'); inserting "ECMAScript" makes no sense. And anyway, the IDL->ECMAScript value conversion is completely determined by the IDL value, so there's no need to give particulars about the "target" of the conversion. So I think the quoted step should be changed to just: Return the result of converting R to an ECMAScript value. --- [2] Ditto "4.4.2. Named constructors", alg 1, step 4. --- [3] Similarly in "4.4.7. Operations", bullet 3, step 6: Return the result of converting R to an ECMAScript value of the type op is declared to return. For one thing, 'op' isn't defined; I assume 'operation' was intended. But 'operation' is an IDL operation, so the type it's declared to return is an IDL type, and it doesn't make sense to talk about an ECMAScript value of an IDL type. (Instead, *R* is presumably a value of that type.) And again, IDL->ECMAScript conversion needs no particulars about the "target", so I think you should just delete everything after "value". --- [4] Similarly in "4.6.5. Platform object [[Call]] method", step 4: Return the result of converting the return value from those actions to an ECMAScript value of the type operation is declared to return (or undefined if operation is declared to return void). Delete everything after "ECMAScript value". 129595 1 Ms2ger 2019-03-04 12:01:28 +0000 https://github.com/heycam/webidl/commit/8ad7c1968eec5c9ad5f30936d2f76b7c0204873e 129596 2 jmdyck 2019-03-04 16:43:18 +0000 Wow, that took a while! Thanks.