[Bug 15120] It would appear that setTimeout()'s algorithm doesn't ever actually check whether the task is still in the list of active timeouts, and doesn't remove the timeout from the list of active timeouts. Similarly with setInterval().

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15120

--- Comment #2 from contributor@whatwg.org 2012-01-31 22:47:11 UTC ---
Checked in as WHATWG revision r6955.
Check-in comment: Add a note about setTimeout() clearing the timer after
running the task.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6954&to=6955

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Received on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 22:47:14 UTC