Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of WebKitIDL

Timestamp:

Jan 27, 2012 6:16:41 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

haraken@chromium.org

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WebKitIDL

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 The [http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/ Web IDL] is a language that defines how WebCore interfaces are bound to external languages such as JavaScriptCore, V8, ObjC, GObject and CPP. We need to write IDL files (e.g. XMLHttpRequest.idl, Element.idl, etc) to expose WebCore interfaces to those external languages. When WebKit is built, the IDL files are parsed, and the code to bind WebCore implementations and JavaScriptCore/V8/ObjC/GObject/CPP interfaces is automatically generated.
 
-This page describes practical information about how the IDL binding works and how we can write IDL files in WebKit. The syntax of IDL files is fairly well documented in the [http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/ Web IDL spec], but it is too formal to read:-) and WebKit uses a bit different syntax due to implementation issues.
+This page describes practical information about how the IDL binding works and how we can write IDL files in WebKit. The syntax of IDL files is fairly well documented in the [http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/ Web IDL spec], but it is too formal to read:-) and there are several differences between the Web IDL spec and the WebKit IDL due to implementation issues.
 
 = Basics of the IDL =