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Bug 14027 - The text about clearData() does not state what happens if the item list contains more than one entry whose type string matches the format argument. I believe all such entries should be removed.
Summary: The text about clearData() does not state what happens if the item list conta...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML5 spec (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
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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Reported: 2011-09-04 13:47 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2011-10-19 22:25 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Description contributor 2011-09-04 13:47:39 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/dnd.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#the-datatransfer-interface
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#the-datatransfer-interface

Comment:
The text about clearData() does not state what happens if the item list
contains more than one entry whose type string matches the format argument. I
believe all such entries should be removed.

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Comment 1 Hallvord R. M. Steen 2011-09-04 13:49:04 UTC 
Simple fix might be 

"6. Remove the item in.." -> "6. Remove any items in.."
Comment 2 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2011-10-19 22:25:15 UTC 
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: There can only be one entry per type.