Re: [ResourcePriorities] Error in example

Now I understand. Thanks for your patience in explaining this to me.

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Regards,
Ivan Kotenkov


12.09.2013, в 18:20, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU> написал(а):

> On 9/12/13 4:15 AM, Ivan Kotenkov wrote:
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/WebIDL/#dfn-read-only .
>> "The attribute is read only if the readonly keyword is used before the
>> attribute keyword.
> 
> This is talking about IDL attributes (properties of the JS object)
> 
>> I think, using setAttribute is a direct assignment
> 
> setAttribute sets a _content_ attribute, not an IDL attribute.  Please read up on the difference between the two.
> 
>> Next let's look at an example. As a developer of chromium-based browser
>> I'll use chromium code as an example.
>> /interface HTMLInputElement/ is defined in HTMLInputElement.idl. Among
>> other attributes it has
>> /readonly attribute boolean willValidate;/
> 
> Right, but it doesn't have a defined "willvalidate" content attribute at all.  As in, <input willvalidate="something"> has no efeect whatsoever.
> 
>> Now let's create a simple webpage that will try to change the attribute:
> 
>> /  input = document.getElementById('inp');/
>> /  alert(input.willValidate);/
>> /  input.setAttribute('willValidate', false);/
>> /  alert(input.willValidate);/
> 
> That's because the content "willValidate" attribute and the IDL "willValidate" attribute are completely unrelated.  Try getAttribute("willValidate") after your setAttribute call.
> 
>> Also, grepping the *.idl files for 'readonly' gives us attributes that
>> obviously should not be change by using setters, for example:
>> /HTMLFormElement.idl:    readonly attribute HTMLCollection elements;/
>> /HTMLFormElement.idl:    readonly attribute long length;/
> 
> Those don't correspond to content attributes either.
> 
> But the attribute we're discussing here _does_ correspond to a content attribute.  <script lazyload> is supposed to change the behavior of the <script>.
> 
> Again, the real problem the spec has here is that it doesn't actually define the behavior of the "lazyload" IDL attribute.  It needs to do that.
> 
> -Boris