[Bug 17631] New: "The close() method on Window objects should... close the browsing context". What does it mean to "close a browsing context"? Are any event handlers triggered e.g. beforeunload?

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=17631

           Summary: "The close() method on Window objects should... close
                    the browsing context". What does it mean to "close a
                    browsing context"? Are any event handlers triggered
                    e.g. beforeunload?
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#api
                    s-for-creating-and-navigating-browsing-contexts-by-nam
                    e
        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


Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/
Multipage:
http://www.whatwg.org/C#apis-for-creating-and-navigating-browsing-contexts-by-name
Complete:
http://www.whatwg.org/c#apis-for-creating-and-navigating-browsing-contexts-by-name

Comment:
"The close() method on Window objects should... close the browsing context".
What does it mean to "close a browsing context"? Are any event handlers
triggered e.g. beforeunload?

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