hixie: Clarify what stopping a task means. (whatwg r5714)

hixie: Clarify what stopping a task means. (whatwg r5714)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.4578&r2=1.4579&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5713&to=5714

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
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diff -u -d -r1.4578 -r1.4579
--- Overview.html 8 Dec 2010 00:52:03 -0000 1.4578
+++ Overview.html 8 Dec 2010 20:51:04 -0000 1.4579
@@ -36371,7 +36371,7 @@
   a list of the element's <code><a href="#the-label-element">label</a></code>s. The <code title="dom-fae-form"><a href="#dom-fae-form">form</a></code> IDL attribute is part of the
   element's forms API.</p>
 
-  </div><h4 id="the-meter-element"><span class="secno">4.10.17 </span>The <dfn><code>meter</code></dfn> element</h4><p class="XXX annotation"><span><a href="http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/97">ISSUE-97</a> (meter) blocks progress to Last Call</span></p><!-- Keep this after <progress> and NOT close to <time> --><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
+  </div><h4 id="the-meter-element"><span class="secno">4.10.17 </span>The <dfn><code>meter</code></dfn> element</h4><!-- Keep this after <progress> and NOT close to <time> --><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
    <dd><a href="#flow-content">Flow content</a>.</dd>
    <dd><a href="#phrasing-content">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
    <dd><a href="#category-label" title="category-label">Labelable</a> <a href="#form-associated-element">form-associated element</a>.</dd>
@@ -47345,9 +47345,12 @@
    <code><a href="#document">Document</a></code>s are not <a href="#fully-active">fully active</a>. The user
    agent may pick any <a href="#task-queue">task queue</a>.</li>
 
+   <!-- warning! if you renumber these steps, make sure to update the
+   "spin the event loop" algorith below! -->
+
    <li><p>If the <a href="#storage-mutex">storage mutex</a> is now owned by the
    <a href="#event-loop">event loop</a>, release it so that it is once again
-   free.</p>
+   free.</li>
 
    <li><p>Remove that task from its <a href="#task-queue">task queue</a>.</li>
 
@@ -47376,9 +47379,16 @@
   <ol><li><p>Let <var title="">task source</var> be the <a href="#task-source">task
    source</a> of the currently running <a href="#concept-task" title="concept-task">task</a>.</li>
 
-   <li><p>Stop the currently running <a href="#concept-task" title="concept-task">task</a>, allowing the <a href="#event-loop">event
-   loop</a> to resume, but continue these steps
-   asynchronously.</li>
+   <li>
+
+    <p>Stop the currently running <a href="#concept-task" title="concept-task">task</a>, allowing the <a href="#event-loop">event
+    loop</a> to resume, but continue these steps
+    asynchronously.</p>
+
+    <p class="note">This causes the <a href="#event-loop">event loop</a> to move on
+    to the second step of its processing model (defined above).</p>
+
+   </li>
 
    <li><p>Wait until the condition <var title="">goal</var> is
    met.</li>

Received on Wednesday, 8 December 2010 20:53:54 UTC