Re: [whatwg/fetch] Split 'document' destination into 'frame' and 'iframe'. (#948)

mikewest commented on this pull request.



> @@ -1567,13 +1573,13 @@ whose <a for=request>destination</a> is "<code>audio</code>", "<code>audioworkle
 "<code>object</code>" or "<code>embed</code>".
 
 <p>A <dfn export>non-subresource request</dfn> is a <a for=/>request</a>
-whose <a for=request>destination</a> is "<code>document</code>",
-"<code>report</code>", "<code>serviceworker</code>", "<code>sharedworker</code>",
-or "<code>worker</code>".
+whose <a for=request>destination</a> is "<code>document</code>", "<code>frame</code>",
+"<code>iframe</code>", "<code>report</code>", "<code>serviceworker</code>",
+"<code>sharedworker</code>", or "<code>worker</code>".

Huh. I hadn't thought about that case. My initial thoughts are:

1. Don't do that.
2. That's surprising behavior!

Should we special-case this in the navigate algorithm by checking `<embed>` and `<object>` in https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/4976 along with `<iframe>` and `<frame>`?

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