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Bug 8538 - What is the resolution of the attributes? Should the amount of seconds be expressed as an integer or a float, and in the latter case, with what precision?
Summary: What is the resolution of the attributes? Should the amount of seconds be exp...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2009-12-23 11:56 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:48 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2009-12-23 11:56:18 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#offsets-into-the-media-resource

Comment:
What is the resolution of the attributes? Should the amount of seconds be
expressed as an integer or a float, and in the latter case, with what
precision?

Posted from: 80.101.150.236
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-01-11 02:30:53 UTC 
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Status: Did Not Understand Request
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: The attributes are floats, and the values expressed for, for instance, duration, should be the duration. If that's 29.25497s, then that would be the value returned. The only way the spec allows rounding is via the "hardware limitations" clause, but beyond that I don't see anything that would allow the browser to round off the value or anything... could you elaborate on what text exactly you'd like to see in the spec to clarify this sufficiently?