- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 23:25:41 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010, Boris Zbarsky wrote: > On 8/10/10 9:11 PM, Ian Hickson wrote: > > Specifically, this means the magic "/" string is no longer supported > > Why? That seemed like a useful feature, and not something likely to > break anyone out there.... > > In particular, it allows use cases that are not possible right now (e.g. > reasonable postMessage from an about:blank page to a page that has the > same origin as the about:blank page). On Tue, 10 Aug 2010, Adam Barth wrote: > > Yeah, it seems like there's a big difference between breaking changes > (e.g., rejecting previously valid inputs) and non-breaking changes > (e.g., allowing some new, previously invalid inputs). On Wed, 11 Aug 2010, Sigbjorn Finne wrote: > > Opera has reverted targetOrigin validation back to previous in current > builds, but we also wouldn't mind keeping "/". On Thu, 12 Aug 2010, Hallvord R M Steen wrote: > > I stated somewhere that reverting the path validation stuff should > include removing the magic '/' feature, given this use case it was > probably better to keep '/'. I have returned the '/' feature to its former glory without readding the URL path restriction. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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