Re: [XHR2] timeout from Kang-Hao (Kenny) Lu on 2011-12-21 (public-webapps@w3.org from October to December 2011)

From: Kang-Hao (Kenny) Lu <kennyluck@csail.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:07:35 +0800
To: Anne van Kesteren <annevk@opera.com>
CC: Jarred Nicholls <jarred@webkit.org>, WebApps WG <public-webapps@w3.org>
Message-ID: <4EF23C87.9020001@csail.mit.edu>

(11/12/21 23:47), Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:25:33 +0100, Jarred Nicholls
> <jarred@webkit.org> wrote:
>> 1. The spec says the timeout should fire after the specified number of
>> milliseconds has elapsed since the start of the request.  I presume
>> this means literally that, with no bearing on whether or not data is
>> coming over the wire?
>
> Right.

Does this need to be clarified? "follow the same-origin request event
rules" has the premise "as data becomes available and when the user
interferes with the request" and timeout seems a bit special here.

Received on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 20:08:05 UTC