Re: Reflecting attributes: float, DOMTimeStamp (detailed review of the DOM)

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Simon Pieters wrote:
> 
> The spec says in reflecting attributes: [...]
> 
> I can't see any attributes that are of type float and are defined to 
> contain a time offset.

All attributes defined to contain a time offset are reflected in 
attributes of type float, namely the media.start, .end, etc, attributes.


> The attributes that contain a time offset are DOMTimeStamp, AFAICT. 
> Shouldn't the above paragraph talk about DOMTimeStamp instead? (If not, 
> it is not defined what should happen with attributes that are of type 
> DOMTimeStamp, like HTMLTimeElement.date.)

There are no DOM attributes of type DOMTimeStamp defined to reflect 
anything. (HTMLTimeElement.date, etc, are defined explicitly.)


> In any case, it is not defined what should happen with attributes that 
> are of type float but don't contain a time offset (like 
> HTMLProgressElement.value).

Fixed.

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