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IDBIndex.openObjectCursor should return an IDBRequest. There's no way it could synchronously return an IDBCursor. And based on the description below, it seems clear it was just a typo.
Fixed in http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/IndexedDB/rev/520369bc9835