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Bug 25115 - Does "set the returnValue attribute" mean JS-overloaded setter gets invoked or not?
Summary: Does "set the returnValue attribute" mean JS-overloaded setter gets invoked o...
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: WHATWG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: HTML (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: Unsorted
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: contributor
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2014-03-21 09:40 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2014-03-26 15:18 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Description contributor 2014-03-21 09:40:24 UTC 
Specification: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/commands.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#close-the-dialog
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#close-the-dialog
Referrer: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/

Comment:
Does "set the returnValue attribute" mean JS-overloaded setter gets invoked or
not?

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Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2014-03-21 15:49:16 UTC 
If it was the JS-level stuff getting invoked, it would use the word "property". The IDL attribute is below JS.
Comment 2 Simon Pieters 2014-03-26 15:18:32 UTC 
Yeah OK.