[Bug 19143] setTimeout and setInterval should clamp at the maximum timeout value

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=19143

Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> 2012-09-29 15:32:25 UTC ---
Given that all browsers agree here, I would worry about web compat issues with
changes.

In particular, I'm >70% confident that using unsigned long would break sites
that currently pass "-1" to setTimeout and expect that to mean "as soon as
possible", because it would suddenly mean "never".

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Received on Saturday, 29 September 2012 15:32:27 UTC