- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:57:16 +0200
- To: public-webapps <public-webapps@w3.org>
Hi,
The spec states [1]:
"The key(n) method must return the name of the nth key in the list.
The order of keys is user-agent defined, but must be consistent
within an object between changes to the number of keys. (Thus,
adding or removing a key may change the order of the keys, but
merely changing the value of an existing key must not.)"
There is an ambiguity that can make that paragraph self-contradictory,
depending on how the phrase "[the order] must be consistent within an
object between changes to the number of keys.". The ambiguity appears
to be caused by the use of the word "between" in that context. I
initially interpreted that as meaning that the order must remain
consistent when the number of keys changes. But then this
interpretation is contradicted by the parenthetical sentence following it.
Please clarify.
[1] http://dev.w3.org/html5/webstorage/#dom-storage-key
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Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software
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Received on Tuesday, 9 June 2009 13:58:10 UTC