spec/Overview.html 1.1619 2447 Clarify what the empty string means when

Clarify what the empty string means when passed to
DataTransfer.setData(). (credit: nd) (whatwg r2447)

clearData(format)
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1619.html#dom-datatransfer-cleardata-format
clearData()
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1619.html#dom-datatransfer-cleardata
effectAllowed
http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.1.1619.html#dom-datatransfer-effectallowed

http://people.w3.org/mike/diffs/html5/spec/Overview.diff.html
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.1618&r2=1.1619&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=2446&to=2447

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   than <code title="">none</code>, <code title="">copy</code>, <code title="">copyLink</code>, <code title="">copyMove</code>, <code title="">link</code>, <code title="">linkMove</code>, <code title="">move</code>, <code title="">all</code>, and <code title="">uninitialized</code>. On getting, the attribute must return
   the last of those values that it was set to.<p><code><a href=#datatransfer>DataTransfer</a></code> objects can hold pieces of data, each
   associated with a unique format. Formats are generally given by MIME
-  types, with some values special-cased for legacy reasons.<p>The <dfn id=dom-datatransfer-cleardata title=dom-DataTransfer-clearData><code>clearData()</code></dfn>
+  types, with some values special-cased for legacy reasons. For the
+  purposes of this API, however, the format strings are opaque,
+  <a href=#case-sensitive>case-sensitive</a>, strings, and the empty string is a
+  valid format string.<p>The <dfn id=dom-datatransfer-cleardata title=dom-DataTransfer-clearData><code>clearData()</code></dfn>
   method, with no arguments, must clear the <code><a href=#datatransfer>DataTransfer</a></code>
   object of al data (for all formats).<p>The <dfn id=dom-datatransfer-cleardata-format title=dom-DataTransfer-clearData-format><code>clearData(<var title="">format</var>)</code></dfn> method must clear the
   <code><a href=#datatransfer>DataTransfer</a></code> object of any data associated with the

Received on Wednesday, 26 November 2008 01:29:47 UTC