html5/spec Overview.html,1.3744,1.3745

Update of /sources/public/html5/spec
In directory hutz:/tmp/cvs-serv31829

Modified Files:
	Overview.html 
Log Message:
Make it clear that disabling a feature should truly remove it, not just stub it out. (whatwg r4693)

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   </div>
 
+  <p>When support for a feature is disabled (e.g. as an emergency
+  measure to mitigate a security problem, or to aid in development, or
+  for performance reasons), user agents must act as if they had no
+  support for the feature whatsoever, and as if the feature was not
+  mentioned in this specification. For example, if a particular
+  feature is accessed via an attribute in a Web IDL interface, the
+  attribute itself would be omitted from the objects that implement
+  that interface &mdash; leaving the attribute on the object but
+  making it return null or throw an exception is insufficient.</p>
+
   <hr><p>When vendor-neutral extensions to this specification are needed,
   either this specification can be updated accordingly, or an
   extension specification can be written that overrides the

Received on Friday, 12 February 2010 13:09:32 UTC