On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 10:00:33PM +1300, Robert O'Callahan wrote: > The JS engine has always been a problem when trying to enforce consistent > standards across Gecko. Part of that comes from it being viewed as an > independent product, much more so than any other Gecko module. Another part > of that is due to the JS engine having particularly, um, "strong" module > owners :-). > > Therefore JS has always had its own style. Since MFBT is a base for both JS > and the rest of Gecko, this put MFBT in a difficult position. Creating a > third style probably wasn't a good choice, though.
The sad part is JS used to be C. Its idiosyncratic C++ rules could have been inherited from Gecko instead. Mike _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
