Vaguely clarify event loop mechanics for web workers. (whatwg r3222)

Vaguely clarify event loop mechanics for web workers. (whatwg r3222)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.2371&r2=1.2372&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=3221&to=3222

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--- Overview.html 10 Jun 2009 23:46:35 -0000 1.2371
+++ Overview.html 11 Jun 2009 21:40:01 -0000 1.2372
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
    <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="a-vocabulary-and-associated-apis-for-html-and-xhtml">A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML</h2>
    <!--ZZZ:-->
    <!--<h2 class="no-num no-toc">W3C Working Draft 23 April 2009</h2>-->
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor-s-draft-date-1-january-1970">Editor's Draft 10 June 2009</h2>
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor-s-draft-date-1-january-1970">Editor's Draft 11 June 2009</h2>
    <!--:ZZZ-->
    <dl><!-- ZZZ: update the month/day (twice), (un)comment out
     <dt>This Version:</dt>
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
   track.
   <!--ZZZ:-->
   <!--This specification is the 23 April 2009 Working Draft.-->
-  This specification is the 10 June 2009 Editor's Draft.
+  This specification is the 11 June 2009 Editor's Draft.
   <!--:ZZZ-->
   </p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><!-- relationship to other work (required) --><p>This specification is also being produced by the <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/">WHATWG</a>. The two specifications are
   identical from the table of contents onwards.</p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><!-- context and rationale (required) --><p>This specification is intended to replace (be a new version of)
@@ -42752,17 +42752,7 @@
    manipulation, e.g. when that element is <a href="#insert-an-element-into-a-document" title="insert an
    element into a document">inserted into the document</a>.</p>
 
-  </dl><p>Each <a href="#concept-task" title="concept-task">task</a> is associated with a
-  <code>Document</code>; if the task was queued in the context of an
-  element, then it is the element's <code>Document</code>; if the task
-  was queued in the context of a <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>, then
-  it is the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>'s <a href="#active-document">active
-  document</a> at the time the task was queued; if the task was
-  queued by or for a <a href="#concept-script" title="concept-script">script</a> then
-  the document is the <a href="#script-s-browsing-context">script's browsing context</a>'s
-  <a href="#active-document">active document</a> at the time the task was queued.</p>
-
-  <p>When a user agent is to <dfn id="queue-a-task">queue a task</dfn>, it must add the
+  </dl><p>When a user agent is to <dfn id="queue-a-task">queue a task</dfn>, it must add the
   given task to one of the <a href="#task-queue" title="task queue">task queues</a>
   of the relevant <a href="#event-loop">event loop</a>. All the tasks from one
   particular <dfn id="task-source">task source</dfn> (e.g. the callbacks generated by
@@ -42780,6 +42770,17 @@
   processing events from any one <a href="#task-source">task source</a> out of
   order.</p>
 
+  <p>Each <a href="#concept-task" title="concept-task">task</a> that is <a href="#queue-a-task" title="queue a task">queued</a> onto a <a href="#task-queue">task queue</a> of
+  an <a href="#event-loop">event loop</a> defined by this specification is
+  associated with a <code>Document</code>; if the task was queued in
+  the context of an element, then it is the element's
+  <code>Document</code>; if the task was queued in the context of a
+  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>, then it is the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
+  context</a>'s <a href="#active-document">active document</a> at the time the task
+  was queued; if the task was queued by or for a <a href="#concept-script" title="concept-script">script</a> then the document is the
+  <a href="#script-s-browsing-context">script's browsing context</a>'s <a href="#active-document">active
+  document</a> at the time the task was queued.</p>
+
   <p>A user agent is required to have one <dfn id="storage-mutex">storage
   mutex</dfn>. This mutex is used to control access to shared state
   like cookies. At any one point, the <a href="#storage-mutex">storage mutex</a> is
@@ -42791,6 +42792,8 @@
   a <a href="#concept-script" title="concept-script">script</a>, the user agent must
   release the <a href="#storage-mutex">storage mutex</a>.</p>
 
+  <p class="note">Other specifications can define other <a href="#event-loop" title="event loop">event loops</a>; in particular, the Web
+  Workers specification does so.</p>
 
 
   <h5 id="processing-model-2"><span class="secno">6.5.4.2 </span>Processing model</h5>

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