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Bug 25051 - "The return type of the operation is given by th..."
Summary: "The return type of the operation is given by th..."
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: WebAppsWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebIDL (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Cameron McCormack
QA Contact: public-webapps-bugzilla
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Reported: 2014-03-14 17:13 UTC by Boris Zbarsky
Modified: 2015-06-05 13:26 UTC (History)
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Description Boris Zbarsky 2014-03-14 17:13:39 UTC 
http://heycam.github.io/webidl/#idl-operations

> The return type of the operation is given by the type (matching ReturnType)
> that appears before the operation’s optional identifier.

What does that mean in the case of overloads?

In particular, what should happen with operations which have some overloads returning a Promise and some not?

I propose we disallow having some overloads return Promise while others don't.