[Bug 10694] Specify window.console

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10694

--- Comment #9 from Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net> 2010-09-29 18:42:47 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> I think I'll take a stab at speccing window.console.
> 
> Maciej, you wrote:
> > We added console.log and a few related calls in Safari in part because
> > sites broke occasionally due to a stray console.log. Realistically, a
> > new browser would have to include the console object to achieve a
> > competitive level of compatibility.
> 
> I went looking for what the few related calls might be: when
> window.console was originally added to WebKit[1], its error, info, log,
> and warn methods were added. Since then, WebKit has added a bunch more
> to its Console object[2]; do you have a sense for how much of that is
> needed for interop with web content?
> 
> 
> Ted
> 
> 1. http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/27161
> 2.
> http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/LayoutTests/fast/dom/Window/window-properties-expected.txt#L2171

I'm assuming that you'll submit your spec to WebApps or another group? 

If so, since this won't be in HTML, or is considered not relevant to the HTML5
spec, can we close this bug out?

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Received on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:42:49 UTC