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Bug 10130 - The steps to "dispatch the event" within EventSource should first remove the LF from the data buffer before checking whether it is empty. Otherwise it can never be empty.
Summary: The steps to "dispatch the event" within EventSource should first remove the ...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: WebAppsWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HISTORICAL - Server-Sent Events (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: public-webapps-bugzilla
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-07-11 08:19 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-08-31 05:45 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-07-11 08:19:46 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/complete.html#dispatchMessage

Comment:
The steps to "dispatch the event" within EventSource should first remove the
LF from the data buffer before checking whether it is empty. Otherwise it can
never be empty.

Posted from: 83.85.115.123 by annevk@opera.com
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-08-30 18:56:33 UTC 
Why? Surely it can be empty if there's not been a "data:" line.
Comment 2 Anne 2010-08-31 05:45:43 UTC 
Good point.