[Bug 12715] When used to include data blocks (as opposed to scripts), the data must be embedded inline

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12715

Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> changed:

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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
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--- Comment #7 from Simon Pieters <simonp@opera.com> 2011-11-05 23:07:28 UTC ---
Reopening to let the editor consider the request.

(In reply to comment #6)
> Doesn't the 'defer' attribute, and 'onload' events cover this? besides, for
> synchronous cases, separating fetch from parse solves most of the perceived
> performance issues.

The problem is that browsers don't want to download a script that won't be run.
(Some pages use bogus type="" and don't use it as a "data block", and there
it's just wasted bandwidth and time.)

> Imagine if the same restriction applied to <img>.

<img> can't be used for data blocks, so I don't follow.

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Received on Saturday, 5 November 2011 23:09:36 UTC