hixie: Clarify that not trying to obtain a resource doesn't delay the load event. (whatwg r4362)

hixie: Clarify that not trying to obtain a resource doesn't delay the
load event. (whatwg r4362)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.3494&r2=1.3495&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4361&to=4362

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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retrieving revision 1.3495
diff -u -d -r1.3494 -r1.3495
--- Overview.html 27 Oct 2009 19:38:44 -0000 1.3494
+++ Overview.html 27 Oct 2009 19:42:15 -0000 1.3495
@@ -9511,8 +9511,8 @@
   the resource</dfn>, the user agent must <a href="#resolve-a-url" title="resolve a
   url">resolve</a> the <a href="#url">URL</a> given by the <code title="attr-link-href"><a href="#attr-link-href">href</a></code> attribute, relative to the
   element, and then <a href="#fetch">fetch</a> the resulting <a href="#absolute-url">absolute
-  URL</a>. User agents may opt to only <a href="#fetch">fetch</a> such
-  resources when they are needed, instead of pro-actively <a href="#fetch" title="fetch">fetching</a> all the external resources that are
+  URL</a>. User agents may opt to only try to obtain such resources
+  when they are needed, instead of pro-actively <a href="#fetch" title="fetch">fetching</a> all the external resources that are
   not applied.</span></p><!-- http-origin privacy sensitive --><div class="impl">
 
   <p>The semantics of the protocol used (e.g. HTTP) must be followed
@@ -9539,7 +9539,10 @@
 
   <p>The element must <a href="#delay-the-load-event">delay the load event</a> of the
   element's document until all the attempts to obtain the resource and
-  its critical subresources are complete.</p>
+  its critical subresources are complete. (Resources that the user
+  agent has not yet attempted to obtain, e.g. because it is waiting
+  for the resource to be needed, do not <a href="#delay-the-load-event">delay the load
+  event</a>.)</p>
 
   <p>Which resources are considered critical or not is defined by the
   relevant specification. For CSS resources, only <code title="">@import</code> rules introduce critical subresources; other

Received on Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:21:01 UTC