- From: poot <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:52:21 -0500
- To: public-html-diffs@w3.org
hixie: Define 'this' for setTimeout functions (whatwg r5879)
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.4720&r2=1.4721&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5878&to=5879
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<p>If the first argument to the invoked method is an object that
- has an internal [[Call]] method, then return a <a href="#concept-task" title="concept-task">task</a> that checks if the entry for <var title="">handle</var> in <var title="">list</var> has been cleared,
- and if it has not, calls the aforementioned [[Call]] method with
- as its arguments the third and subsequent arguments to the invoked
- method (if any), and abort these steps.</p>
+ has an internal [[Call]] method, then return a <a href="#concept-task" title="concept-task">task</a> that checks if the entry for <var title="">handle</var> in <var title="">list</var> has been
+ cleared, and if it has not, calls the aforementioned [[Call]]
+ method with as its arguments the third and subsequent arguments to
+ the invoked method (if any), and with an undefined <var title="">thisArg</var>, and abort these steps. <a href="#refsECMA262">[ECMA262]</a></p>
+
+ <p class="note">Setting <var title="">thisArg</var> to undefined
+ means that the function code will be executed with the <code title="">this</code> keyword bound to the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code>
+ or the <code>WorkerGlobalScope</code> object, as if the code was
+ running in the global scope.</p>
<p>Otherwise, continue with the remaining steps.</p>
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