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Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2023 23:22:11 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Pre-RFC: Fixing spec bugs in the DOM extension
From: landers.robert@gmail.com (Robert Landers)

On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 11:14=E2=80=AFPM Niels Dossche <dossche.niels@gmail=
.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Tim
>
> On 26/12/2023 22:58, Tim D=C3=BCsterhus wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > On 12/26/23 22:45, Niels Dossche wrote:
> >> In my opinion, having them become proper classes instead of aliases ha=
s my preference: either we fix everything in one go now while we have the o=
pportunity, or never.
> >
> > As I've already told you in private, I'm in favor of using this opportu=
nity.
> >
> >> Let me know what you think, especially regarding the type issues.
> >>
> >
> > Will the classes be made `final` if they are no longer aliases? That sh=
ould (hopefully) make similar changes somewhat easier in the future.
>
> I've been thinking about that as well, but I'm not sure.
> We still have the registerNodeClass() feature, and I've seen people ask t=
o bring this even further to allow custom Element classes (e.g. MyHTMLScrip=
tElement etc).
> I'd like to hear from more people on this matter.
>
> >
> > Best regards
> > Tim D=C3=BCsterhus
>
> Kind regards
> Niels
>
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Hi Niels,

> We still have the registerNodeClass() feature, and I've seen people ask t=
o bring this even further to allow custom Element classes (e.g. MyHTMLScrip=
tElement etc).
> I'd like to hear from more people on this matter.

Custom element classes would be really nice! I ended up having to
write a custom html5 parser in pure php due to the shortcomings of
php's extension. Having the ability to create custom elements can make
the semantics much more clear (a HeaderElement class, for example).

Robert Landers
Software Engineer
Utrecht NL