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Bug 8969 - "If the entry in the list of active timeouts that was added in the earlier step has been cleared, then abort this algorithm" should be done in the task that is queued, not before the task is queued. Same for setInterval().
Summary: "If the entry in the list of active timeouts that was added in the earlier st...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
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: 2010-02-14 03:12 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 13:58 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-02-14 03:12:47 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#timers

Comment:
"If the entry in the list of active timeouts that was added in the earlier
step has been cleared, then abort this algorithm" should be done in the task
that is queued, not before the task is queued. Same for setInterval().

Posted from: 98.248.33.53 by ian@hixie.ch
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-02-18 01:56:05 UTC 
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Status: Accepted
Change Description: see diff given below
Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments.
Comment 2 contributor 2010-02-18 01:57:27 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r4769.
Check-in comment: Fix setTimeout() and setInterval() to check whether the imteout has been cleared before running the task, not before queuing the task. This prevents tasks from being queued after the lists are emptied when shutting down.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4768&to=4769