- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 16:50:52 -0400
- To: "Jim Ley" <jim@jibbering.com>
- Cc: "Web APIs WG (public)" <public-webapi@w3.org>
On 5/14/06, Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com> wrote: > > "Ian Hickson" <ian@hixie.ch> > >> Do we really want to define in that level of detail? > > No. +1 > > >> When invoked, this method MUST cancel any network activity for which > >> the object is responsible and reset the object. > > > > That's fine. > > And more than enough. I think we could be more specific about what "reset the object" means, unless we want developers to be exposed to the implementation of the object. Some post-conditions would be useful, I think. For example, does abort() clear (session) cookies? HTTP auth credentials? Does any other (indirectly) observable state get changed? Anybody know? If not, I guess some tests are in order ... Mark.
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