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> add-ons that modify our code via regular expressions That's... actually kinda terrifying.
by cwyers 11y ago
> add-ons that modify our code via regular expressions
That's... actually kinda terrifying.
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- mook 11y agoIt is. And it's done because Firefox doesn't expose the right hooks and isn't interested in exposing them. They obviously know what's happening already. From the addon's point of view, the option is do it via regular expressions or not at all; it turns out the most users don't actually care how things get done.