- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 22:43:53 +0000 (UTC)
On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Alexey Feldgendler wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:29:46 +0100, Anne van Kesteren <annevk at opera.com> > wrote: > > > I think the specification should be clearer about what happens when an > > <area> element is added or removed. When an <img> element is added > > with a usemap="". When the shape="" attribute is altered, et cetera. > > Either by handling each case specifically or stating in general that > > the specified algorithms always apply or something. The spec says: "Image maps are live; if the DOM is mutated, then the user agent must act as if it had rerun the algorithms for image maps." > Isn't it implied that any modification to the DOM tree should be > equivalent to replacing the document with another one which would parse > into the resulting DOM? If not, maybe it's worth specifying that this > holds true unless explicitly stated otherwise. I don't think this is necessarily true. Replacing a document with another one has all sorts of implications that are quite complex. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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