Subj : Re: How to convert some C-values to jsval?
To   : =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Georg_Maa=DF?= <georg@vnett.de>
From : Brendan Eich <brendan@meer.net>
Date : Wed Aug 06 2003 07:42 pm

Georg Maaß wrote:

> Brendan Eich wrote:
>
>> The use of New, Construct, and Define is consistent in the API.  New 
>> means make a new unconstructed instance, Construct = New + call the 
>> class constructor, Define means bind a property name to a value (in 
>> the case of DefineObject, a New object).
>
>
> Thanks, this removes a lot of that fog and makes things look more clear. 


It could have been clearer: DefineNewObject.  Too late; ancient API, 
mostly for convenience in the early (now "level 0" DOM) code in Netscape.

/be

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