Re: Spec for [Global] does not seem to be quite web-compatible, and none of the UAs are really compatible with each other from Boris Zbarsky on 2013-12-26 (public-script-coord@w3.org from October to December 2013)

From: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 17:27:22 -0500
To: Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen@gmail.com>
CC: "public-script-coord@w3.org" <public-script-coord@w3.org>
Message-ID: <52BCAD4A.7060900@mit.edu>

On 12/26/13 1:34 PM, Garrett Smith wrote:
>> 1)  Come up with a new extended attribute to replace
>> [TreatNonCallableAsNull].  Maybe [TreatNonObjectAsNull].
>>
> That allows for legacy support of:
> addEventListener("click", {handleEvent: function(ev) { } }, true);

addEventListener has nothing to do with this discussion.  We're talking 
about event handler attributes, not event listeners.

-Boris

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