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Re: [XBL] Attachment and Detachment

From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:10:22 +0000 (UTC)
To: Cyril Concolato <cyril.concolato@enst.fr>
Cc: "WAF WG (public)" <public-appformats@w3.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0701082108500.22379@dhalsim.dreamhost.com>

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Cyril Concolato wrote:
>
> In Section 4 "Binding Attachment and Detachment", what does 'the element 
> has been created' mean ? For instance, in a SAX parser, may this mean as 
> soon as the start event has been called ?

No, it means, as soon as the DOM Element object for the element has been 
created. Spec updated to be clearer.


> What are the consequences of  "[...] such that to any running scripts it
> appears that the binding was applied immediately." ? In particular, Section
> 4.4 says "this attachment is not necessarily synchronous". Do I understand
> correctly:
> - if the binding is loaded, the attachment should be instantaneous (almost
> synchronous)
> - if the binding is not loaded, the attachment is not synchronous ?

Yes, you understand correctly.

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