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Bug 10520 - The script's 'for' and 'event' attributes should be checked after setting 'already started'
Summary: The script's 'for' and 'event' attributes should be checked after setting 'al...
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All All
: P1 critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
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Reported: 2010-09-01 11:27 UTC by Henri Sivonen
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:48 UTC (History)
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Description Henri Sivonen 2010-09-01 11:27:59 UTC 
Gecko sets 'already started' before it checks the 'for' and 'event' attributes when running a script.

Unless there's a really good reason for the spec to reverse this order, the spec should reorder the steps to match Gecko.
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-09-25 19:32:08 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: Not just Gecko, also WebKit.
Comment 2 contributor 2010-09-25 19:32:59 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r5497.
Check-in comment: Match reality
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5496&to=5497