[dojo-contributors] Allow multiple dojo versions in a page for 1.1?

[Shane O'Sullivan]

Also, if there is just one installation of Dojo on the page, will it
still be possible to use 'dojo' and not 'dojo10'?  If so, then this
seems like a good idea.  If not, not.

Thanks

Shane

On 02/01/2008, Jared Jurkiewicz <jared.jurkiewicz at gmail.com> wrote:
> As long as we have a way to still define globals (yuck), then I think
> we're okay.  That was my main concern, the whole 'external services
> require a global function name' issue.  Discussing it at the meeting
> would be great, to see if anyone else can think of any gotchas to this
> before the change is implemented in trunk.
>
> Sincerely,
> -- Jared Jurkiewicz
>
>
>
> On Jan 2, 2008 2:29 PM, James Burke <jburke at dojotoolkit.org> wrote:
> > On Jan 2, 2008 7:16 AM, Jared Jurkiewicz <jared.jurkiewicz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > This will cause problems with dojo.data, I believe.  Specifically,
> > > with third-party such as Flickr, which requires a loosely defined
> > > function.  My area of concern is your statement of
> > >
> > > > function foo() { /*do something*/ }
> > > >
> > > > in your module file means that it will not be visible as window.foo.
> > > > This limitation is already there for xdomain builds and for IE with
> > > > the normal dojo loader, but this change will now make this limitation
> > > > uniform. I think this is good, since dojo's behavior will always be
> > > > uniform and it encourages proper namespacing of code, but it can cause
> > > > issues for people assuming module files work just like normal fil
> > > > attached directly via script elements.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Because things like FlickrStore have to set a global function.
> > > Otherwise, the Flickr API tiself won't work.  What will the solution
> > > for that be?   Can you test your proposed changes against the
> > > dojox.data component?  (dojox/data/tests/runTests.html)
> > >
> > > This sort of major change makes me really nervous.  This should be
> > > discussed, I think, in the Wednesday weekly meetings before the
> > > changes are just committed in.
> >
> > You can define global functions, you just have to be explicit:
> >
> > window.myFlickrCallback = function() {}
> >
> > or perhaps even better:
> >
> > dojo.global.myFlickrBallback = function() {}
> >
> > If this change is approved, then I'll be sure to run the unit tests in
> > the different browsers. I'm up for discussing the topic at the weekly
> > meeting.
> >
> >
> > James
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