[webkit-dev] Setting event handlers on the global context

[Drew Wilson]

Yes, it happens with window.onload() too (I didn't mean to imply that it was
a worker-only issue).
This seems like precisely the type of inoperability that the HTML5 spec
should address, but I figured I should get some input here before bringing
it up there.

-atw

On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Adam Barth <abarth at webkit.org> wrote:

> You should test the same thing with window.onload.  If I recall
> correctly, you'll see similar inoperability.
>
> Adam
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> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Drew Wilson<atwilson at google.com> wrote:
> > I was writing a new worker unit test and I noticed that all of our unit
> > tests set event handlers in worker global context like so:
> > onmessage = function(event) { ... do something ... };
> > I note that Firefox also allows setting event handlers like this:
> > function onmessage(event) { ... do something ... };
> > In WebKit, the latter form creates a function at global scope named
> > "onmessage" but does not set it as an event handler.
> > I'm trying to figure out what the correct behavior should be - I've asked
> > IanH, and his response was that he dimly recalls that both forms should
> be
> > valid "(through a convoluted argument that I forget right now, but which
> > should be examined carefully by whoever implements this, and which
> requires
> > careful examination of at least the ECMAScript spec and maybe also the
> > WebIDL and HTML5 specs)" - basically, he wasn't entirely certain and
> thought
> > I should check here and with the Mozilla devs to get your opinions.
> > Anyone familiar enough with the various specs to make a definitive
> argument
> > one way or the other?
> > -atw
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