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Bug 21076 - Remove _-escape mechanism for identifiers
Summary: Remove _-escape mechanism for identifiers
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: WebAppsWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: WebIDL (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Cameron McCormack
QA Contact: public-webapps-bugzilla
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Reported: 2013-02-21 17:06 UTC by Anne
Modified: 2013-02-21 17:18 UTC (History)
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Description Anne 2013-02-21 17:06:39 UTC 
Now identifiers have almost no restrictions this complexity is not warranted. And I think there's a bug too, e.g.

  static attribute Node _prototype;

looks like it would be allowed.
Comment 1 Anne 2013-02-21 17:18:10 UTC 
It is warranted.