RE: [SVGMobile12] Question on details of when <script> elements execute

*Boris Zbarsky wrote:
>If a script element is modified before script execution has
>     taken place (eg the xlink:href value is changed while the
>     script the original xlink:href value pointed to is loading),
>     what happens?  

We do not plan to standardize this since it would constrain
implementations; some are synchronous and some are asynchronous. We
agree that results would vary, and therefore recommend that content
authors don't do it.


Kind regards,
Andrew Emmons, on behalf of the SVG working group

Received on Thursday, 20 July 2006 17:01:40 UTC