Re: HTMLIFrameElement.width and height

• From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
• Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:43:43 +0000 (UTC)
• To: Nathan <nathan@webr3.org>
• cc: public-html-comments@w3.org
• Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1008172243130.28793@ps20323.dreamhostps.com>

On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Nathan wrote:
> 
> Noted that HTMLIFrameElement.width and height are specified as 
> DOMString, whilst on other HTMLElements like HTMLImageElement they are 
> 'unsigned long' - is there a reason for this or is it a minor bug?

A lot of things like this exist, unfortunately. They're mostly that way 
for historical reasons and can't be changed without breaking 
compatibility with legacy content.

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