[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 6275] New: XMLHttpRequest.getResponseHeader should return an empty string for non-existent headers

bugzilla-daemon at opendarwin.org bugzilla-daemon at opendarwin.org
Wed Dec 28 13:40:36 PST 2005


http://bugzilla.opendarwin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6275

           Summary: XMLHttpRequest.getResponseHeader should return an empty
                    string for non-existent headers
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 412+
          Platform: Macintosh
               URL: http://www.hixie.ch/tests/adhoc/dom/web-
                    apps/XMLHttpRequest/008.html
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.4
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML DOM
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at opendarwin.org
        ReportedBy: ap at nypop.com


The current version of the Web Applications spec says so, and presumably this is how WinIE behaves. I 
cannot say that I find such behavior reasonable, though.

Firefox returns null, while Safari returns undefined.

<http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/>

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