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

[Adam Barth]

I think we should do what Firefox does in the window.onload case.  :)

I'm not familiar with the history through.  Is there some particular
reason we have our current behavior?

Adam


On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Drew Wilson<atwilson at google.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>> 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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