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    <bug>
          <bug_id>27749</bug_id>
          
          <creation_ts>2015-01-05 10:53:25 +0000</creation_ts>
          <short_desc>&quot;DOMException constructor object&quot; as IDL</short_desc>
          <delta_ts>2015-01-05 10:59:10 +0000</delta_ts>
          <reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
          <cclist_accessible>1</cclist_accessible>
          <classification_id>1</classification_id>
          <classification>Unclassified</classification>
          <product>WebAppsWG</product>
          <component>WebIDL</component>
          <version>unspecified</version>
          <rep_platform>PC</rep_platform>
          <op_sys>All</op_sys>
          <bug_status>RESOLVED</bug_status>
          <resolution>INVALID</resolution>
          
          
          <bug_file_loc></bug_file_loc>
          <status_whiteboard></status_whiteboard>
          <keywords></keywords>
          <priority>P2</priority>
          <bug_severity>normal</bug_severity>
          <target_milestone>---</target_milestone>
          
          
          <everconfirmed>1</everconfirmed>
          <reporter name="Simon Pieters">zcorpan</reporter>
          <assigned_to name="Cameron McCormack">cam</assigned_to>
          <cc>annevk</cc>
    
    <cc>mike</cc>
    
    <cc>public-script-coord</cc>
          
          <qa_contact>public-webapps-bugzilla</qa_contact>

      

      

      

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          <long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>116783</commentid>
    <comment_count>0</comment_count>
    <who name="Simon Pieters">zcorpan</who>
    <bug_when>2015-01-05 10:53:25 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>https://heycam.github.io/webidl/#es-DOMException-constructor-object

[[
DOMException constructor object
]]

Why is DOMException specified as prose instead of as IDL (with prose for things not expressable in IDL, if anything)? Having it as IDL has the advantage of being easier to test and maybe also implement.</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>116784</commentid>
    <comment_count>1</comment_count>
    <who name="Anne">annevk</who>
    <bug_when>2015-01-05 10:58:10 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Because there&apos;s no IDL to express Error objects properly.</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>116785</commentid>
    <comment_count>2</comment_count>
    <who name="Simon Pieters">zcorpan</who>
    <bug_when>2015-01-05 10:59:10 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>I forgot that it&apos;s not an interface so I guess direct prose makes sense.</thetext>
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