[DOMCore] setAttribute() and xmlns prefix match

• From: David Flanagan <dflanagan@mozilla.com>
• Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:07:53 -0700
• To: www-dom@w3.org
• Message-ID: <4E56D5C9.6080606@mozilla.com>

Step 3 of the setAttribute() algorithm says:
>
> If "xmlns" is a prefix match for qualifiedName, throw a NAMESPACE_ERR 
> and terminate these steps. 
Shouldn't that prefix match include a colon?  Or is the intent to 
exclude attributes like "xmlnsisgreat" and "xmlns2:foo"?

     David

Received on Thursday, 25 August 2011 23:08:30 UTC