Re: ReSpec / IDL / iterable

Hi Mark,

On 31/05/2016 17:33, Mark Watson wrote:
> ReSpec adds the following
> ​paragraph
>  for interfaces with an iterable declaration:
> 
> /This interface has "entries", "keys", "values" and @@iterator methods
> brought by iterable./
> 
> However, WebIDL now also specifies the "forEach" method.
> 
> I can't find anywhere in the ReSpec source where it adds this sentence,
> otherwise I would have provided a Pull Request.

https://github.com/w3c/respec/blob/develop/js/core/webidl-oldschool.js#L756

> I know Old School IDL is deprecated, but we do not have time to fix that
> for our specification right now.

FWIW, I have set up a script that enables to convert mostly
automatically from -oldschool to -contiguous:
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/spec-prod/2015OctDec/0070.html

If that's of interest, we can discuss off list to see if it would apply
to your spec as well.

Dom