[whatwg] Adding FormData support to <form>

Anne van Kesteren annevk at opera.com
Fri Feb 26 16:12:21 PST 2010


On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:28:12 +0100, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs at apple.com>  
wrote:
> On Feb 26, 2010, at 11:37 AM, Michael Nordman wrote:
>> Sure, but a better name could help a bit. For example, this produces
>> a 'shared' object:
>>
>> document.getElementById("foo")
>>
>> while this creates a new one:
>>
>> myFormElement.getFormData()
>>
>> It might be ok, but it is a bit inconsistent.
>>
>> Why not:
>> formData = new FormData();
>> formData = new FormData(myFormElement);
>>
>> ah... +1 the ctor
>
> Indeed, constructor syntax makes it very clear that you are getting a
> new object. I like.

I could add this to XMLHttpRequest Level 2.


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