- From: Ian Hickson via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:14:43 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv9902
Modified Files:
Overview.html
Log Message:
Require that <script src=javascript:...></script> result in no script execution, for any value of '...', for compatibility with most UAs. (whatwg r2046)
Index: Overview.html
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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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href="#src9">src</a></code> attribute, then the specified resource must
be <a href="#fetch" title=fetch>fetched</a>.</p>
+ <p>For historical reasons, if the <a href="#url">URL</a> is a <a
+ href="#the-javascript" title="javascript protocol"><code
+ title="">javascript:</code> URL</a>, then the user agent must not,
+ despite the requirements in the definition of the <a href="#fetch"
+ title=fetch>fetching</a> algorithm, actually execute the given script,
+ and instead the user agent must act as if it had received an empty HTTP
+ 400 response.</p>
+
<p>Once the fetching process has completed, and the script has <dfn
id=completed>completed loading</dfn>, the user agent will have to
complete <a href="#when-a" title="when a script completes loading">the
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