18420 2012-07-27 01:45:13 +0000 Cycles via dictionary members should probably be prohibited 2012-12-10 05:17:21 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WebAppsWG WebIDL unspecified PC Windows 3.1 RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 bzbarsky cam mike public-script-coord public-webapps-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 71557 0 bzbarsky 2012-07-27 01:45:13 +0000 Consider this IDL: dictionary Dict1 { Dict2 member; }; dictionary Dict2 : Dict1 { }; or even simpler: dictionary Dict1 { Dict1 member; }; This should probably be disallowed, since there's no sane way to do it. 79799 1 cam 2012-12-10 05:17:21 +0000 I've disallowed all direct and indirect references to the same dictionary: http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/2006/webapi/WebIDL/Overview.xml.diff?r1=1.576;r2=1.577;f=h