[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 114457] typeof HTMLElement should be "function"

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114457





--- Comment #3 from Oliver Hunt <oliver at apple.com>  2013-04-11 12:54:51 PST ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> It is not constructable but it has a prototype.
> 
> This is speced in WebIDL:
> 
> http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/WebIDL/#interface-object
> 
> > The interface object for a given non-callback interface is a function object.
> 
> -------------------
> 
> WebKit also returns `"object"` for `typeof XMLHttpRequest` which is clearly constructable. ;-)
> 
> ----------------------
> 
> The DOM interface objects are like:
> 
> class HTMLElement extends Element {
>   constructor() {
>     throw new TypeError('Illegal constructor');
>   }
> }

It's really defined as being a constructor, but throws anyway? why?

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