Re: XMLHttpRequest.abort()

"Mark Baker" <distobj@acm.org>
On 5/15/06, Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 May 2006 22:50:52 +0200, Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org> wrote:
>> > I think we could be more specific about what "reset the object" means,
>>
>> That's defined in the definition section. In theory it's also linked, but
>> I'm not sure if that works at the moment.
>
>And that section doesn't really cut it either, IMO.  It doesn't answer
>my questions about what "reset" means to the state of the object
>(cookies, auth credentials, for example).
>
>If nobody has a quick answer, I'll record a new issue.

The answer is surely nothing in respect to any of those things, there is no 
reason why cancelling a single request should have any effect on things 
which persists beyond a single request.

In particular cancelling cookies would cause particular oddness whilst there 
are two requests going on only one of which is abort'd.

Jim.

Received on Wednesday, 17 May 2006 21:13:01 UTC