[Bug 17705] New: Getting unsigned long only returns values in the range 0 to 2^31-1, but setting allows 0 to 2^32-1. Why this assymetry?

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17705

           Summary: Getting unsigned long only returns values in the range
                    0 to 2^31-1, but setting allows 0 to 2^32-1. Why this
                    assymetry?
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#ref
                    lecting-content-attributes-in-idl-attributes
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: other Hixie drafts (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, simonp@opera.com


Specification:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/common-dom-interfaces.html
Multipage:
http://www.whatwg.org/C#reflecting-content-attributes-in-idl-attributes
Complete:
http://www.whatwg.org/c#reflecting-content-attributes-in-idl-attributes

Comment:
Getting unsigned long only returns values in the range 0 to 2^31-1, but
setting allows 0 to 2^32-1. Why this assymetry?

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Received on Friday, 6 July 2012 04:57:32 UTC