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Bug 11301 - "Run" and "execute" shouldn't mean different things, it's extremely confusing. Rename "run" to "attempt to execute" or something.
Summary: "Run" and "execute" shouldn't mean different things, it's extremely confusing...
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LC1 HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P1 critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Blocks: 11323
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Reported: 2010-11-11 18:13 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-08-04 05:00 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-11-11 18:13:29 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/scripting-1.html
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#script

Comment:
"Run" and "execute" shouldn't mean different things, it's extremely confusing.
 Rename "run" to "attempt to execute" or something.

Posted from: 68.175.61.233 by AryehGregor+whatwgspec@gmail.com
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-02-08 21:03:59 UTC 
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Status: Partially Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: Agreed.
Comment 2 contributor 2011-02-08 21:05:24 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r5855.
Check-in comment: Rename the algorithms for running and executing a script to have less confusing names. They're now 'prepare a script' and 'execute the script block' respectively.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5854&to=5855
Comment 3 Michael[tm] Smith 2011-08-04 05:00:19 UTC 
mass-moved component to LC1