17775 2012-07-13 22:03:43 +0000 DOMParser Errors should be exceptions 2012-07-14 07:34:36 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WebAppsWG DOM Parsing and Serialization unspecified PC Windows NT RESOLVED WONTFIX P2 normal --- 1 travil Ms2ger mike Ms2ger www-dom public-webapps-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 69974 0 travil 2012-07-13 22:03:43 +0000 See: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/2012JulSep/0121.html Seems like a more robust design to throw in these cases so that developers can easily spot errors (versus returning an error document). The claim is that it shipped this way in IE9 with no reported issues. 69978 1 Ms2ger 2012-07-14 07:34:36 +0000 Given that IE often hits other code paths than other browsers, I don't believe that alone is sufficient evidence that the non-IE web doesn't depend on the specced behaviour.