[whatwg] Why are we merging Document and HTMLDocument again?

[Ian Hickson]

On Tue, 13 Aug 2013, Ryosuke Niwa wrote:
> On Jul 12, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> > On 7/12/13 1:57 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:
> > > On Thu, 14 Mar 2013, Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> > > > > On 3/5/13 3:30 PM, Ian Hickson wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > I don't want to merge the prototype objects for Document and 
> > > > > > > HTMLDocument, because I don't want to stick a named getter 
> > > > > > > on every document.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'd be fine with having a Document descendant that is used for 
> > > > > > Documents that have global scopes / browsing contexts / the 
> > > > > > works, and one that is used for Documents that don't (e.g. 
> > > > > > createDocument(), XHR); would that address this issue?
> > > > > 
> > > > > It's one way to address it, yes...
> > > > 
> > > > Just to be clear, this works for Mozilla, as long as it's clearly 
> > > > defined and other vendors are on board. Arv?
> > > 
> > > Having not heard any interest from anyone else, I haven't done 
> > > anything. If there's movement here, let me know.
> > 
> > That's because other UAs are just silently ignoring the spec as 
> > currently written, for the most part...
>
> I concur with Boris's concerns.

So you also support having a Document descendant that is used for 
Documents that have global scopes / browsing contexts / the works, and one 
that is used for Documents that don't (e.g. createDocument(), XHR), where 
the former has the named getter and the latter doesn't?


> Can we at least avoid having OverrideBuiltins on Document?

Do you mean in general? Wouldn't that be non-backwards compatible?


> Or can we keep HTMLDocument that just defines name getter?

When would it be used? Are you agreeing with the proposal above? Or do you 
have something different in mind?

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