[xinf] DOM Events?

[hank williams]

The problem with enums is that they are just numbers. They would not be
valid outside the given compilation unit and so would not communicate
meaning to a previously compiled piece of code  a piece of code that was not
sharing a common file.

Regards
Hank

On 6/23/06, Lee McColl-Sylvester <lee.mccoll at lyons-group.co.uk> wrote:
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>  I was thinking more along the lines of using enums or something similar.
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> *From:* xinf-bounces at xinf.org [mailto:xinf-bounces at xinf.org] *On Behalf Of
> *hank williams
> *Sent:* 23 June 2006 16:18
> *To:* xinf is not flash
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> *Subject:* Re: [xinf] DOM Events?
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> I'm not sure how this helps. You cant guarantee that any "type" in the
> programmatic sense really implies any particular "type" in a semantic sense.
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> On 6/23/06, *Lee McColl-Sylvester* <lee.mccoll at lyons-group.co.uk> wrote:
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> What about a dynamic type? Surely, so long as it's unique to the event
> to be raised, then all should work the way the coder plans?
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> daniel fischer
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> Subject: Re: [xinf] DOM Events?
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> "hank williams" <hank777 at gmail.com> (on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:04:59
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>   > I need a way to communicate semantic
>   > intent of the event. Your system doesnt do that
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> seems you are right here. semantics in nicolas' proposal are implied by
> the dispatcher variable "name". i'd prefer explicit "event types" ("what
> happened?") too. i cannot think of anythin better than string, although
> using strings also poses problems...
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> deadlocked?
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